Wal-Mart expands Chinese business
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Wal-Mart is to expand its presence in China by buying a 35% stake in discount store chain Trust-Mart.
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But the chain, which is the nationâs largest consumer electronics retailer, said it would keep investing in new stores, including as many as 25 in China.
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Wal-Mart has seen a larger number of customers in its US stores over the past week as all-important holiday shopping improved. The world&#39;s biggest retailer said that its general merchandise sales picked up as the week progressed.
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TOKYO Wal-Mart Stores is considering taking a stake in the heavily indebted Japanese retailer Daiei, a move that could greatly expand the presence of the world&#39;s largest retailer in the world&#39;s second-largest retail market.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Tuesday it is expanding the number of health care plans it will offer its 1.3 million U.S. employees, including adding health care credits and $4 monthly prescriptions for any of 2,400 generic drugs.
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Southeast Asia&#39;s largest property developer CapitaLand Ltd. said Thursday it is teaming up with a Chinese state-linked group to buy and manage a slew of mainland shopping malls whose tenants include Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world&#39;s largest retailer, is accelerating plans for new so-called supercenter stores next year as the markets, which average about 186,000 square-feet, draw
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc  said on Wednesday it would increase technology activities in India, as it seeks to expand its remote sourcing model.
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Wal-Mart said it would expand the use of RFID tracking to 500 more stores, meaning over a quarter of the chain's 3,900 Wal-Mart and Sam's Club locations would now be using the controversial technology.
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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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China&#39;s leading trade union group says it will help multinationals in China including Wal-Mart to set up their own trade unions as soon as possible.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  said on Wednesday that it intends to open 1,000 Wal-Mart MoneyCenters and launch a reloadable prepaid Wal-Mart MoneyCard, in a major expansion of financial services the retailer provides to its base of low-income customers.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Tuesday it  is expanding the number of health care plans it will offer its  1.3 million U.S. employees, including adding health care  credits and $4 monthly prescriptions for any of 2,400 generic  drugs.
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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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Facing foreign competition in 2007, China's banks are expanding loan options.
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Big Blue adds features, beefs up training efforts in China; rival Unisys debuts new line and pricing plan.
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Wal-Mart is to allow its Chinese employees to join a trade union following pressure from the Chinese authorities.