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With only a few days left for holiday shopping, Walmart (NYSE: WMT) announces more big savings plans, now on the smaller and in some cases most requested gift items.

Walmart gives an early Christmas to more than 10,000 military children and families who will receive free toys, books, Walmart gift cards and gift packages.

Walmart announced today that it will collaborate with FIFA’s exclusive worldwide master licensee, Global Brands Group (GBG), to operate 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Official Event Stores in nearly all of its retail markets around the world.

Workers making shoes, Christmas lights, tools, curtains and paper boxes sold at Wal-Mart stores labor in illegal and degrading conditions.

Snapfish by HP, the No. 1 online photo service, today announced it is partnering with Walmart, the No. 1 retailer in the United States, and Duane Reade, the “uniquely New York” drug store chain.

Walmart today announced plans to develop a worldwide sustainable product index during a meeting with 1,500 of its suppliers, associates and sustainability leaders at its home office. The index will establish a single source of data for evaluating the sustainability of products.

At its 39th Annual Shareholders' Meeting today, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) announced that its Board of Directors has approved a new share repurchase program that gives the company authorization to repurchase $15 billion of its shares.

Positions to staff new or expanded stores; include store management, pharmacists, human resource managers, cashiers and sales associates

$1 Million Grant from the Wal-Mart Foundation Funds Education, Job-Training and Entrepreneurial Support Programs for Women and Girls

Company reports 25 percent increase in spend with minority- and women-owned companies - totaling more than $8 billion.

NASA's Shared Services Center received the Best New Captive Shared Services Organization Excellence Award from the Shared Services Outsourcing Network.

AT&T today announced that FORTUNE magazine has named AT&T the Most Admired Company in the telecommunications industry, marking 11 times in 14 years AT&T has received the top distinction.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) reported net sales for the four- and 52-week periods ending Jan. 30, 2009, and Feb. 1, 2008, respectively, as follows (dollars in billions).

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) committed today to reduce phosphates in laundry and dish detergents in the Americas region by 70 percent by 2011.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) confirmed today as successful its tender offer to acquire Distribucion y Servicio D&S S.A. (DYS), Chile's largest food retailer.

Greatest Hits is Bruce Springsteen's fifth compilation album, that will ve released January 13, 2009 exclusively through Wal-Mart retailers.

Duke Energy has entered into an agreement with Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the world, to provide electricity for its growing Texas market.

Power purchase equivalent to annual usage of more than 20,000 average American homes

BMW will continue to offer SIRIUS as a factory option with a one-year bundled subscription

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