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...customers, many of whom don't have a bank account. It wants to be in any category where it can lower prices. "Their goal is to have a 30% share of every major business they are in and they are pretty serious about it," says Linda Kristiansen, a retail analyst for UBS Warburg Equity Research. They are also serious about global expansion. Wal-Mart wants to be in the world's top 20 national markets, which account for 60% of all retail activity. "I'm not trying to be flippant," adds Lee Scott, 52, Wal-Mart's third...
...same day Waxman's kidnapping ended in death, Arafat, Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres were named recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize. The award was not without controversy. Committee member Kare Kristiansen of Norway resigned, saying Arafat's past "was tainted with violence, terrorism and bloodshed...
...Friday, the Norwegian daily Aftenposten reported today. But the notion of honoring the duo, who clinched the Sept. 13, 1993 accord for Mideast peace, has reportedly tied the Nobel Peace Prize Committee in knots. Sources close to the deliberations told the Oslo paper that former Norwegian government minister Kaare Kristiansen, one of five Peace Prize Committee members and a longtime Israel supporter, has vowed to step down in protest because he still considers Arafat a terrorist. TIME Copenhagen reporter Julian Isherwood says the turmoil has prompted the committee to schedule an emergency meeting as soon as tomorrow to work...
...Samuelson] didn't affect my race," Kristiansen said. "I was in better shape than...
...Kristiansen's 12th victory in 20 marathons and her second at Boston. She won her first Boston title...