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HOLLYWOOD, CA - MAY 22: Kenny 'Hutch' Hutchinson and Steve 'Steve-O' Owen of Atlanta Fire Rescue Department grill Walmart USDA Choice steaks during the Walmart Steak-Over Challenge national competition presented by Kingsford charcoal, Dr Pepper and A1 Steaksauce on May 22, 2013 at Hollywood & Highland Courtyard in Hollywood, California.

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  • Opinion: Wal-Mart, Gap skirt the issue

    If the horrific garment factory collapse last month in Bangladesh has any silver lining, it is the response from more than 30 of the world's leading apparel companies - including Benetton, PVH, Abercrombie & Fitch , H&M; , Inditex (Zara), Marks & Spencer   Read more »

  • Walmart hiring for LI debut of 'Neighborhood Market'

    Walmart has opened a hiring center in Levittown, as the retail giant prepares for the Long Island debut of one of its smaller format stores this summer.This week, the chain, which is based in Bentonville, Ark., opened a hiring center at 148 Gardiners Ave   Read more »

  • Wal-Mart going its own way on Bangladesh factory safety

    Wal-Mart Stores says it is going its own way on fire and safety inspections in Bangladesh factories that produce its goods.Wal-Mart announced Wednesday that is stepping up its Bangladesh factory inspections while U.S. and European retailers pursued separ   Read more »

  • H&M backs safety accord in Bangladesh factories

    (AP) -- Swedish fashion retailer H&M; said Monday that it will sign up to a legally binding fire and building safety plan drawn up by unions in Bangladesh, following the deaths of hundreds of garment workers in a building collapse there last month.The co   Read more »

  • Man who robbed Massapequa Walmart sought

    Nassau police are looking for a man who robbed a Massapequa Walmart at gunpoint early Saturday morning.Police said the man was let into the closed Walmart at 200 Sunrise Mall about 1:25 a.m. by a store manager who thought he was an employee. The man was   Read more »

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About Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (or Walmart as written in its new logo) is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large, discount department stores. It is the world's largest public corporation by revenue, according to the 2008 Fortune Global 500. Founded by Sam Walton in 1962, it was incorporated on October 31, 1969, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1972. It is the largest private employer in the world and the third-largest utility or commercial employer, trailing the British National Health Service, and the Indian Railways. Wal-Mart is the largest grocery retailer in the United States, with an estimated 20% of the retail grocery and consumables business.[clarification needed] It also owns and operates the North American company, Sam's Club.

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