Wal-Mart may invest in Daiei
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World&#39;s biggest retailer Wal-Mart said it was considering investing in Daiei Inc., helping send shares in the troubled Japanese retailer up 27 percent Thursday.
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Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese retail stocks rose as Daiei Inc. surged on optimism a possible investment by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. may help it avoid going to a government bailout agency.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is launching a new share repurchase plan in which it will buy back $10 billion of company shares. The plan replaces a previous plan in which the company was buying back $7 billion worth of shares.
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The US retail giant Wal-Mart investedone million US dollars to establish China&#39;s first retail research center at Beijing&#39;s prestigious Tsinghua University.
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Retail giant plans to build up to 250 supercenters in &#39;05 despite a rising tide of community opposition. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world&#39;s largest retailer, plans to open more so-called supercenters next year
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world&#39;s largest retailer, said on Saturday it still anticipates a 2 percent to 4 percent increase in November sales at its stores open at least a year.
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By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Jan. 30--TOKYO -- Trading house Sumitomo Corp. is considering investing  in Westinghouse Electric Co., a major U.S. nuclear reactor builder which  Toshiba Corp. took control of last year, industry sources said Tuesday.
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Wal-Mart Stores , the world's  largest retailer, said on Monday it acquired a 35 percent stake  in China's Bounteous Company, expanding its presence in the  world's most populous country.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s  Japanese subsidiary, Seiyu Ltd. , on Friday forecast a return to profit this year as its core supermarket operations started to show recovery and it continues its reform efforts.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's biggest retailer, gave ground to Chinese pressure Tuesday and said it would allow its workers to set up a trade union.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world&#39;s largest retailer, plans to open as many as 15 new stores in China next year, competing for a foothold with Carrefour SA and Metro Group as the government lifts curbs on foreign retailers.
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Shares of Japan's troubled supermarket chain Daiei Inc. soared 27 percent Thursday following reports that U.S. giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. planned to submit a proposal for turning the company around.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said yesterday it is considering new store sizes and types in the US market but played down the possibility of acquisitions as it faces slowing sales growth at older stores and new competition from British rival Tesco PLC.
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By Loren Steffy, Houston Chronicle  May 30--Dell may be losing its religion, but Wal-Mart is an unlikely savior.   Last week, the computer maker, known for its direct sales by phone and the Internet, said it would begin selling PCs through the discount chain.
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Wal-Mart is buying a 35 percent stake in a company that operates Trust-Mart, a major Chinese discount chain, as international competitors jostle for position in China's rapidly growing retail market.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc , the world's largest retailer, said it plans capital expenditures for its current fiscal year of $14.7 billion to $15.4 billion, lower than its previous forecast.
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Wal-Mart Stores, the worldâs largest retailer, said it had acquired a 35 percent stake in the Bounteous Company in China. Bounteous operates 101 hypermarkets in 34 Chinese cities under the Trust-Mart banner. Wal-Mart said it eventually expected to acquire control of the company. A Wal-Mart vice chairman, Michael Duke, called the investment âan important step in bringing our additional scale to our China retail business.â Wal-Mart said it already operated 73 stores in China. Trust-Mart stores employ more than 31,000, and will continue to use the Trust-Mart name.