Stocks wavered between small gains and losses on Thursday to close little changed as traders weighed generally strong earnings reports against the falling fortunes of energy companies.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to eliminate health insurance coverage for some of its part-time U.S. employees in a move aimed at controlling rising health care costs of the nation’s largest private employer.
The ongoing three-way tussle for control of Family Dollar Stores Inc. will have lasting consequences beyond the dollar store industry. Wal-Mart, the world’s biggest retailer, is keenly watching the saga unfold.
Is America’s love affair with gadgets fading? Best Buy and Sears on Thursday both blamed their weak quarterly results on the fact that shoppers aren’t shelling out for consumer electronics.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., America’s low-cost retailer, is facing criticism for having filed for a temporary restraining order against protesters outside its June 7 shareholder meeting in Fayetteville, Ark.
Wal-Mart toxic dumping: Wal-Mart will have to pay $110 million in federal and state fines after the company entered a guilty plea for mishandling toxic waste and pesticides at its stores.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has been ranked No. 1 on the list of the 250 largest global retailers of fiscal 2011 in the Global Powers of Retailing January 2013 report, published by Deloitte LLP, a member of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd.
A group of New York City pension funds is suing Wal-Mart executives in hopes of recovering financial damages caused by a series of lawsuits against Wal-Mart, related to allegations of bribery against the company in Mexico.