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1 hr ago | Victorville Daily Press

Solar farms to soak up local sun

APPLE VALLEY With its plentiful sunshine and land, Apple Valley has started to attract a number of solar farm projects.

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Related Topix: Apple Valley, CA, Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Lancaster, CA, Palmdale, CA, San Bernardino County, CA, Retail

5 hrs ago | The Motley Fool

Wal-Mart May Be Google's Secret Weapon

The world's leading search provider announced yesterday that the number of stores stocking Chromebook notebooks will triple this week.

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Related Topix: Retail, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Microsoft, Startups, Science / Technology, Apple

8 hrs ago | ArkansasBusiness.com

Walton Family Foundation Gives 2 Education Groups $1.3M

The Walton Family Foundation said Tuesday that it had given a total of $1.3 million to two organizations working to improve Arkansas' K-12 schools.

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Related Topix: Arkansas, Retail, Arkansas Tech University

10 hrs ago | Business Journal

Walmart hiring nearly 100 for new Greensboro store

Hiring has begun for 95 associates for the new Walmart Neighborhood Market store opening this summer on High Point Road in Greensboro.

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Related Topix: Greensboro, NC, Retail

10 hrs ago | Food World

Market Study 2013: Giant, Wal-Mart Hold Top Spots In $44.3B Mid-Atlantic Region

The message remains the same: a still uncertain economy, a region that remains significantly overstored and greater food penetration from non-supermarket channels created another challenging year for many traditional grocers.

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Related Topix: Retail, Marketing, Salisbury, NC

14 hrs ago | Barron's

What's a - Consumer Staples' Fund? Depends Who You Ask

Those were some of the interesting nuggets that S&P Capital IQ's Tom Graves turned up this week in a look this week at the group's exchange-traded funds, which offer a variety of holdings and have delivered a diversity of returns.

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Related Topix: Retail

17 hrs ago | Indybay.org

Corporate America Loves Jason Furman

Corporate America Loves Jason Furman by Stephen Lendman Key Obama officials comprise a virtual rogues gallery of scoundrels.

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21 hrs ago | NWAonline

Wal-Mart: Clothes plants stay open

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s third-party experts assigned to inspect the 279 garment factories the retailer uses in Bangladesh have completed the initial inspection on 16 facilities so far and found "no safety threats that would a require their closure during remediation," a Wal-Mart spokesman said Monday.

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Related Topix: Retail

Mon Jun 17, 2013

ArkansasBusiness.com

Movista: Bentonville A City On Fire

Innovate Arkansas client Movista was born in the MBA program at the University of Arkansas Walton Business College, but when it came time to put down permanent roots, co-founders April Seggebruch and Stan Zylowski chose a house just off the square in downtown Bentonville.

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Related Topix: University of Arkansas, Bentonville, AR, Retail, Benton County, AR

Investopedia

Walmex May Sell Restaurant Group - Analyst Blog

According to media reports, Walmex, the Mexican subsidiary of the giant retailer, Walmart Stores , is weighing its options on selling its restaurant chain in the country.

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Related Topix: Retail, Life, Food, Mexican Cuisine

Star Tribune

In apparel industry, advantages of Made in USA label wear thin

Workers sewed T-shirts at Los Angeles apparel firm Venley. Despite the higher production costs, the company's owner refuses to send work overseas and produces everything locally.

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Related Topix: Apparel, Retail, American Apparel

The Wall Street Journal

Lender Targets Developing Nations' Top Entrepreneurs

What would happen if business owners in developing countries who lacked access to commercial lending were offered a more generous helping hand - offering credit that exceeded the typical $5,000 microloan? The short answer, according to ANDE Executive Director Randall Kempner , is that millions of jobs could be created in emerging markets-and in ... (more)

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Related Topix: Retail

Seeking Alpha

Nutrisystem Partnership With Wal-Mart And New CEO Are Game Changers

Shares of weight loss company Nutrisystem Inc. shot up 7% on Friday with news of a new partnership with Wal-Mart .

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Related Topix: NutriSystem, Recreation, Retail, Medicine, Diabetes, Health

The Nation

Workers Crash Walmart's Party

Taking inspiration from small strikes and actions over the past few years, OUR Walmart activists struck a note of dissent at the corporation's annual party.

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Related Topix: Retail, Creative Commons Company, Creative Commons, Flickr, Social Software

Investopedia

Consumer ETFs: 3 Things To Consider

Exchange-traded funds have taken the market by storm, with more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management across more than 3,000 securities.

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Related Topix: Paper, Kimberly Clark, Financial Markets, Retail

Seeking Alpha

PriceSmart: Counting On Colombia

PriceSmart, Inc. is Latin America's smaller version of Costco Wholesale Corp. . This small, but rapidly growing warehouse store has been on a tear for quite while now.

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Related Topix: PriceSmart, Retail, Costco Wholesale, Target

NWAonline

Students' 'Wal-Art' Inspires National Project

Wayne Anderson of Columbia, Mo., looks over the "Wal-Art" mural Thursday off the square in Bentonville.

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Related Topix: Retail, Education Etc.

Automotive News

Battery maker Exide files for bankruptcy

Time ran out last week for Exide Technologies, the 125-year-old battery maker once led by longtime auto industry executive Bob Lutz.

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Related Topix: Economics News, Bankruptcy, Vernon, CA, Retail

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Washington Times

'Obamacare' benefits mandate could further phase out full-time work

President Obama's health care reform is prompting employers to hire more part-time and temporary workers to escape paying benefits under a mandate that goes into effect next year, amplifying a trend toward transient employment that took hold during the recession, according to a growing number of economic indicators.

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Related Topix: Health Insurance, Health, Retail

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Wal-Mart Board Appoints New Director with This Vote

The board of Wal-Mart has a new lead director whose background is in the company's audit committee and the halls of Harvard.

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Related Topix: Retail, Corporate Governance

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