Wal-Mart checks Russia, won&#39;t comment on plans
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday said it has had a team checking expansion opportunities in Russia, but would not comment on a report saying
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Shoppers wait their turn in frigid wind-chill temperatures to enter Wal-Mart in Hamburg, NY, Friday, Nov. 26, 2004. Bargain shoppers woke up before dawn to head for the nation&#39;s malls and stores Friday, the
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Russia rejected on Wednesday U.S.  criticism of sweeping political changes proposed by President  Vladimir Putin, saying this was strictly Moscow's business.
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YEKATERINBURG, Russia, Aug. 31 -- For the first time in 3 1/2 years, Russia on Friday allowed visiting American officials to look inside the world's largest fortified warehouse for nuclear materials, a graveyard for plutonium that Russia has tried to keep closed.
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Russia hinted on Saturday that a  proposed deal with the United States over the use of Russian  radar stations as an alternative to building part of a U.S.  missile defense system in eastern Europe, may not be reached.
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Russia rejects US criticism of plans to strengthen central government control in the wake of the Beslan siege.
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A U.S. watchdog group has called on Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to put a stop to what it says is worker abuse at a factory in the Philippines that makes apparel for the retailer.
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Russia dismissed accusations that  Russian firms abused the U.N. oil-for-food program imposed on  Iraq, saying on Wednesday that there was no proof of wrongdoing  by Russian companies.
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Russian leader Vladimir Putin said Tuesday he doesn't expect President Bush to react immediately to Russia's proposals for changes in the U.S. plan for a missile defense system in eastern Europe.
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Russia will not halt Shell's Sakhalin gas-and-oil project while a new environmental probe takes place.
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Russia rejected on Wednesday U.S. criticism of sweeping political changes proposed by President Vladimir Putin, saying this was a matter strictly for Moscow to decide.
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The federal agency overseeing Russia's military exports on Friday denied reports that the country is planning to deliver a powerful new anti-aircraft missile system to Iran.
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Although Wal-Mart prefers to handle labor negotiations directly with individual employees, the world&#39;s largest retailer does not have a global anti-union policy, a company spokeswoman said Friday.
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Russian officials Wednesday shrugged off the decision by embattled oil giant Yukos to file for bankruptcy protection in the US, saying the move was politically motivated.
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Russia on Wednesday curtly rejected U.S.  criticism of sweeping political changes proposed by President  Vladimir Putin, telling Washington to stay out of its business.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  said on  Monday it fired a systems technician for intercepting text  messages of non-Wal-Mart employees and recording telephone  conversations with a New York Times reporter without  authorization.
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Toys ''R&quot; Us Inc. is determined not to let Wal-Mart Stores Inc. spoil its holiday season.