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Wal-Mart names CEO of Walmart Latin America

Dec. 18, 2009
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has named the head of its Walmart de Mexico business as president and CEO of its Walmart Latin America regional operations. The retailer, based in Bentonville, said Friday that Eduardo Solorzano will oversee Wal-Mart operations in...
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego wins Finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler