California town the latest to snub Wal-Mart
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The town of Hercules, California,  has upscale aspirations and its vision of the good life rules  out a Wal-Mart store.
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The California Supreme Court has ruled that shopping malls can't stop protesters from urging the boycott of stores while on mall property.
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By ?Bob Cuddy, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Mar. 1--The long-rumored threat that rancher/developer Ernie Dalidio would be stalled by legal action before he could build his shopping center in San Luis Obispo came true Wednesday.
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By Melanie Cleveland, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Dec.
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By George Kelly, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Sep.
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Mayor Richard Daley vetoed an ordinance Monday that would have required mega-retailers to pay their workers more than other employers after some of the nation's largest stores including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. warned the measure would keep them from opening their doors within the city's limits.
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Wal-Mart, the nation's largest retailer, is not selling comedian George Carlin's best-selling new book, "When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops," in its stores because its cover makes fun of the "Last Supper," a spokesman for Carlin said on Thursday.
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A Wal-Mart-owned discount store rising a half-mile from the ancient temples of Teotihuacan has touched off a fight by a small coalition that doesn't want to see the big, boxy outlet from the top of the Pyramid of the Sun.
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US retailers are expected to post modest November sales this week, with No. 1 retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. already cutting its holiday outlook on high oil prices and warmer weather.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  sent an open letter to California residents on Thursday, hoping it will help the world's largest retailer  overcome resistance to its plans for expansion in that state.
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By Leigh Hornbeck, Albany Times Union, N.Y.  Feb. 22--STILLWATER -- The post office and the Fire Department's historic steamer may get new homes if a proposal for a strip mall on North Hudson Avenue is OK'd.
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A town that hasn't had a grocery store for at least a decade may soon have two. A Super Stop &amp; Shop is set to open today on Plymouth Street in Halifax, and about a year from now, Wal-Mart expects to open a nearby ''supercenter&quot; that would include a full-scale supermarket.
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Californians may be ignoring a chance to claim their part of the $1.1 billion deal.
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The temperature may be cooling down, but is Wal-Mart's holiday season warming up?
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By Matt Krasnowski  and Dan Laidman COPLEY NEWS SERVICE  The Los Angeles City Council is expected today to consider a tentative settlement in an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit that has prevented police from arresting homeless people who camp on the sidewalks of Skid Row.
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The sporting-goods retailer is down but not out.
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San Franciscans searching for the perfect toy this holiday season have had the added hurdle of finding a place to buy it.