BENTONVILLE, Ark., June 4 (UPI) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said it would add 22,000 workers to its payroll this year, as it aims to increase its U.S. retail outlets by up to 157 stores.
SHANGHAI, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has agreed to buy 35 percent of a Chinese "hypermarket" chain in a move to get a bigger share of the fast-growing market.
FORT SMITH, Ark., Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will pay $33 million in back wages to employees after determining it paid too little in overtime, the U.S. Labor Department said Thursday.
SEOUL, May 22 (UPI) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. sold its 16 South Korean stores Monday to domestic market leader Shinsegae for $872 million.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- A U.S. appeals court reinstated a suit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. that opposes union member exclusion from some employment benefit plans.
SAO PAULO, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. paid $757 million for the 140-store retail operations of Brazil's Sonae SGPS SA. The Sonae retail company, based in Porto Alegre, has about 20,000 employees and operations in the state of Sao Paulo and the southern states of Rio Grand
BENTONVILLE, Ark., Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Tuesday it bought a stake in a Central American chain of retail stores.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Wal-Mart will ask a federal appeals court to disallow a class-action lawsuit alleging sex bias against the company, The Washington Post reports.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 22 (UPI) -- A federal judge in San Francisco has granted class action status to a suit accusing Wal-Mart of sex discrimination -- the biggest such case in U.S. history.
TOKYO, March 14 (UPI) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, announced Thursday it is entering the Japanese retail market by acquiring a stake in Seiyu, Japan's fifth-largest retailer. Under the terms of the agreement, Wal-Mart will spend $46 million or 6 billion
