Mexicans Battle Over Wal-Mart-Owned Store
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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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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  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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Wal-Mart de MÃ©xico, the discount retailer, said it had received final approval from MexicoÂs finance ministry to open a Mexican bank. The retailer said that Julio GÃ³mez MartÃ­nez, former chief executive of the Bank One Corporation in Mexico, would head the independent unit, known as Banco Wal-Mart de MÃ©xico Adelante. The bank will begin operating during the second half of 2007, the company said.
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A federal lawsuit alleges Wal-Mart Stores Inc. discriminates against blacks seeking truck-driving jobs, a contention the world's largest retailer denies.
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In the shadow of colossal pyramids left by a great Mexican civilization, a Wal-Mart rises, and some locals have gone to court to overturn its approval.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's biggest retailer, plans to set up a venture with Indian billionaire Sunil Mittal, gaining access to the second-most populous nation as the government considers tempering restrictions on overseas ownership.
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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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After years of dogging Wal-Mart Stores Inc., organized labour has begun to make some surprising inroads at the planet&#39;s largest retailer.
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In the debate over what to do about the growing number of working people in the United States with little or no health insurance, no company may be taking more heat than the country&#39;s largest employer, Wal-Mart Stores.
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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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It is a Texas showdown, a war of words over illegal immigration at the border.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. female workers who are seeking billions of dollars for what they allege are discriminatory pay and promotion practices should be able to sue the company as a group, a lawyer told a US court.
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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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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , the world's biggest retailer, struck a $1 billion deal to take over a Chinese rival by 2010, challenging Carrefour  as the largest operator of super-centers in booming China.
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More than 100,000 defiant supporters of leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador massed Saturday in a bid to overturn his narrow election defeat with protests that threatened to widen Mexico&#039;s regional and class divisions.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , the nation's largest private employer, lost a bid to prevent 2 million current and female former workers from proceeding as a group with sex bias claims in the largest employment lawsuit in U S history.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. chief executive Lee Scott led a media charge Thursday to counter criticism that the world's largest retailer is a behemoth that takes advantage of its workers and stifles competition.