Wal-Mart Changes 'Immediate Family' Policy
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Wal-Mart Stores is expanding the definition of "immediate family" in its employee-ethics policy to account for laws in states that recognize domestic partnerships and civil unions.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will next year   curtail the options that it offers newly hired workers for   health-care coverage, promoting a low-premium, high-deductible   plan, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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Although Wal-Mart prefers to handle labor negotiations directly with individual employees, the world's largest retailer does not have a global anti-union policy, a company spokeswoman said Friday.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc  said on Thursday that it is cutting prices on 15,000 more items this week as the world's largest retailer continues its push to boost sales headed into the holiday season.
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As Wal-Mart continues to struggle with soft sales amid a housing slowdown and gas price pressures, the retailer announced Monday that it will cut prices further on 16,000 items this week to spur sales for the back-to-school shopping season.
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The Walt Disney Company has revamped its executive compensation policy, requiring top officers to own and hold more stock and tying stock awards to the performance of the company&#39;s share price.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N can no  longer remain sheltered in its Bentonville, Arkansas,  headquarters while potentially costly lawsuits pile up, Chief  Executive Officer Lee Scott said on Wednesday.
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BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- A senior marketing executive hired by Wal-Mart to help sell more high-end products has left the company after less than a year on the job, the world's largest retailer said yesterday.
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DALLAS -- Life for the Washington family has changed. Instead of fast food for dinner, they have grilled chicken and vegetables. Sugary drinks have been replaced with diet soda. Frisbee games in their yard have encroached on television time.
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Texas Plywood &amp; Lumber Co., a seller of homebuilding products with 130 workers, has adopted a Bush administration plan to reduce health-care costs that Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
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Wal-Mart, the largest U.S. retailer, on Friday said it would phase out the sales of HD DVD offerings and exclusively offer high-definition Blu-ray hardware and DVDs by the middle of this year.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  will on  Thursday announce an upgrade to its walk-in medical clinic  business with plans for several hundred new clinics, according  to a report in the New York Times.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc  said on Wednesday that it is rolling out a new advertising campaign with the slogan, "Save Money. Live Better," replacing the motto "Always low prices" after 19 years.
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Online retail giant announces annual family membership plan; no minimum purchase needed.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., fresh from   cutting the prices on generic prescription drugs, is taking on   the packaging industry.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc  said it  faced glitches with its gift-card verification system on the  day after Christmas, when a large number of its customers came  to its stores for post-Christmas shopping, but resolved them on  the same day.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., faced with   accusations it provides inadequate health care for more than a   million U.S. employees, plans to announce a major health care   initiative on Thursday.