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...week, Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, said that it planned to improve its second quarter sales by offering shoppers irresistible bargains. For the last quarter, Wal-Mart reported flat earnings of $.77 and said it expected to deliver a range of $.83 to $.88 in the current period. Same-store sales for this quarter are expected to be between flat and up 3%. Wal-Mart may have an uphill fight to post strong second quarter earnings. Recent employment numbers and shrinking access to credit will hurt retail sales, although Wal-Mart probably has its share of people...
...section leaders will not hear about job availability until the summer, and some will not know whether they are teaching until the end of shopping period...
...Without something called pre-registration, we don’t know how many people will be taking classes until after shopping period,” said Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds. “It’s a pretty inefficient system...
...Korea in the face of stiff competition and poor sales. Still, Wal-Mart has been weathering the economic crisis better than most. The company on May 14 announced it earned $3.02 billion in the three months ended April 30, about equal to the profit it made in the same period in 2008. Revenue fell 0.6% to $93.47 billion from $94.04 billion a year earlier. Highlighting the growing importance of markets such as India, nearly one-fourth of Wal-Mart's sales for the quarter - 22.7% - came from its international division...
...different stations. The government ultimately hopes to install 120 stations around the city. In crowded Taipei, notorious for its streets clogged with aggressive drivers, bike rentals have been limited to its newest - and safest - business district, Hsinyi, where 500 bikes were stationed during a recent six-week trial period. During that time, 20,000 users in the zone rode for free. (See the top 10 green stories...