Retailer's Share Up on Wal-Mart Interest
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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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Analysts upgraded their ratings on  Wal-Mart Stores Inc.&#39;s  stock, citing the world&#39;s  largest retailer&#39;s plans to curb its U.S. store growth and a  $15 billion share buyback announcement.
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Stocks rose at the open on Thursday after a flurry of retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  Target Corp  and J.C. Penney Co. Inc.  released reassuring monthly sales figures and outlooks.
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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.
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WAL-MART Stores, the worldâs largest retailer and owner of Asda supermarkets, said sales at stores open at least a year rose 2.4 per cent in September, slightly higher than its preliminary report but still towards the low end of its forecast range.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world&#39;s largest retailer, reported a 12.7 percent increase in its third-quarter earnings.
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The world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart, reports rising profits and says it is optimistic it will see strong sales over the festive season.
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U.S. stocks gained on Tuesday as  retail shares, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N, got a  boost from a rise in January retail sales, while an increase in  M&A activity brightened sentiment.
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U.S. stocks climbed on Tuesday as  retail shares like Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N got a lift from  better-than-expected January retail sales data, while  technology shares received a boost from a 3.6 percent rise in  Apple Computer.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. met Wall Street expectations with a 12.7 percent increase in its fiscal third-quarter earnings. Wal-Mart said Tuesday it earned $2.29 billion, or 54 cents per share, in the August-October
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Wal-Mart shares surge on capital reallocation plan that slows expansion.
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Sears, Roebuck & Co.  shares rose as much as 31 percent on Friday after real estate company Vornado Realty Trust  said it raised its stake in the retailer, a step that could lead Sears to convert some of its real estate assets into cash.
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Stock arrows point higher as retail sales Friday total more than $8 billion. But Wal-Mart&#39;s November sales stumble. After listless holiday trading last week, buyers are back in force this morning.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N, the  world's biggest retailer, on Monday brightened its outlook for  December sales at U.S. stores open at least a year, seeing  sales up 3 percent bolstered by post-Christmas spending.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc  on Thursday reported a higher-than-expected 3.1 percent rise in August sales at its U.S. stores open at least a year as the retailer cut prices to entice more back-to-school shoppers.
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U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday as retail  shares like Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N got a lift from  better-than-expected January retail sales data and news of a  $3.25 billion takeover offer for Circuit City Stores Inc.  CC.N.
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U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday, helped by better-than-expected results from Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  and a handful of merger deals, including a plan by Sirius Satellite Radio  to buy rival XM Satellite Radio  for $4.6 billion.