Exclusive: Walmart to start work on opening in Peru - source

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LIMA - Wal-Mart Stores Inc will start work this year to eventually open stores in Peru and plans to form a local management team to run the effort, a source with the global retailer said on Monday, but a spokesman at Wal-Mart headquarters in the United States denied there were any such plans.

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Dutch pension group halts Wal-Mart investments, cites labor concerns

- Dutch pension administrator PGGM Vermogensbeheer B.V. said on Monday it would no longer invest in Wal-Mart Stores Inc , saying the retailer was not willing to discuss its concerns, including possible labor issues in the United States.

01 Jul 2013

Dutch pension group halts Wal-Mart investments, cites labor concerns

July 1 - Dutch pension administrator PGGM Vermogensbeheer B.V. said on Monday it would no longer invest in Wal-Mart Stores Inc, saying the retailer was not willing to discuss its concerns, including possible labor issues in the United States.

01 Jul 2013

Exclusive: Walmart to start work on opening in Peru - source

LIMA - Wal-Mart Stores Inc will start work this year to eventually open stores in Peru and plans to form a local management team to run the effort, a source with the global retailer said on Monday, but a spokesman at Wal-Mart headquarters in the United States denied there were any such plans.

01 Jul 2013

Wal-Mart India head leaves as store rollout struggles

MUMBAI - Wal-Mart Stores Inc , hit by a series of setbacks in its efforts to crack the promising but restrictive India market, said its country head had left the company.

26 Jun 2013

UPDATE 2-Wal-Mart India head leaves as store rollout struggles

* Raj Jain joined company in 2006, named country head in 2007

26 Jun 2013

Wal-Mart names interim head for India business

MUMBAI - Wal-Mart Stores Inc , which has spent years trying to crack the long-restricted India market, said on Wednesday its country head had left the company and named an interim replacement.

26 Jun 2013

Exclusive: Banks vie to run Wal-Mart's coveted $15 billion retirement plan

- Wal-Mart Stores Inc is considering bids from retirement plan managers to run its $15.6 billion 401(k) program, which has been administered by Bank of America's Merrill Lynch unit for 15 years, according to three sources familiar with the situation.

20 Jun 2013

Wal-Mart taps Cash as new presiding director, replacing Breyer

- Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Saturday that its board has appointed James Cash Jr. as lead independent director.

15 Jun 2013

Wal-Mart taps Cash as new presiding director, replacing Breyer

June 15 - Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Saturday that its board has appointed James Cash Jr. as lead independent director.

15 Jun 2013

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