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Amazon lowered its prices on hot upcoming book releases to $9, once again matching Walmart.com in an escalating price war.

Wal-Mart's earnings were flat on lower same-store sales. The retail giant raised the low end of its fiscal-year outlook and plans to speed up cost-cutting measures.

The recession steered a new type of customer to Wal-Mart — deeper in the pockets and suddenly looking for bargains.

Discounter Wal-Mart Stores Inc says it will add more than 22000 jobs in its US namesake stores in 2009.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc is awarding approximately $2 billion to its U.S. hourly employees through financial incentives, including handing out $933.6 million in bonuses on Thursday, after the world's largest retailer gained market share amid a recession.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Thursday posted better-than-expected February sales results, boosted by value-seeking shoppers, and hiked its dividend by 15%.

Microsoft assigns "taksforces" to fight GNU/Linux adoption (Wal-Mart in this case).