Wal-Mart earnings in line
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world&#39;s biggest retailer, posted a higher quarterly profit Tuesday, in line with Wall Street expectations, and said it was optimistic about the rest of the year.
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McDonald's Corp. MCD.N on Tuesday  reported quarterly earnings that were in line with a  higher-than-expected forecast the company gave last week,  helped by strong sales in the United States and a tax benefit.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc  posted better-than-expected fourth quarter profit on Tuesday as penny-pinching U.S. shoppers scoured its discount stores for low prices on necessities like food to offset tough economic conditions.
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LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas Wal-Mart Stores, the world&#39;s largest retailer, on Tuesday reported a 12.7 percent rise in its earnings in the third quarter, meeting Wall Street expectations, but its stock fell on worries over its sales outlook.
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Amid reports yesterday of sluggish back-to-school sales from the nation&#39;s largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., analysts maintained forecasts for a decent retail season.
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BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Discount retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Monday pegged its December same-store sales growth at the midpoint of current estimates and said sales on the Sunday after Christmas exceeded expectations.
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U.S. stock index futures pointed to a weaker market open on Wednesday after Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , the world's largest retailer, cut its September same-store sales figure and a national employment index came in well below economists' forecasts.
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NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s disappointing sales forecast sent stocks fluctuating Monday as investors' concerns about a slowing economy eclipsed their relief over a drop in oil prices.    October contracts for a barrel of light crude were quoted at $46.25, down 47 cents, on the New York Mercantile Exchange...
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N, the  world's biggest retailer, posted a 13 percent rise in quarterly  profit on Tuesday and raised its outlook and expectations for  holiday sales, saying the economy was improving.
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Shares in a range of area retailers dipped Monday on disappointing Thanksgiving sales data from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. In addition, ShopperTrak, which tallies sales results from 30,000 stores nationwide, said
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N, the  world's biggest retailer, reported a 13 percent rise in  quarterly profit on Tuesday, in line with expectations, and  raised its outlook for the full year.
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Some shoddy reports trickling in Thursday night threw a wrench into an otherwise uneventful second-quarter earnings season for retailers. At least one analyst thinks its a harbinger, as consumers get cautious about spending money on anything that isn&#39;t ...
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Amid reports yesterday of sluggish back-to-school sales from the nation's largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , analysts maintained forecasts for a decent retail season.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. investors  will be focused on the retailer's forecast for its new fiscal  year and indications as to when sales at its U.S. store base  may finally strengthen when the world's largest retailer  reports fourth-quarter results on Tuesday.
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Nortel Networks Corp. NT.TO NT.N  filed 2004 first-half earnings that were in line with previous  estimates on Tuesday, meeting a promise to investors and  nudging it a step closer to the release of up-to-date results.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  on  Thursday reported a higher-than-expected 2.4 percent June rise  in sales at its U.S. stores open at least a year, and the  world&#39;s largest retailer said its second-quarter earnings  forecast is &quot;attainable.&quot;
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. expects to report 3 percent growth in same-store sales for December after sales for the past weekend came in above the retailer's internal plan.