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New Bluebird prepaid card is alternative to checking accounts
Jeff Tyler Oct 9, 2012
Walmart and American Express have teamed up to offer the new Bluebird card. They say it should help people avoid the high fees on checking accounts and debit cards.
Stores expand holiday layaway options
Shereen Marisol Meraji Oct 5, 2012
Slow economic recovery means layaway is thriving.
Walmart gives Amazon Kindle the boot
Bob Moon Sep 21, 2012
Walmart, following Target’s lead, will stop selling the Amazon Kindle. It’s recognition that the online retailer is a serious Walmart competitor.
One proposal to fix Medicare, tax code
Jeff Horwich Sep 10, 2012
Fortune Magazine’s Allan Sloan discusses his solutions to fixing Social Security, Medicare, and the tax code – without the help of politicians.
Heading towards fiscal health
David Lazarus Aug 31, 2012
David Lazarus of the Los Angeles Times answers caller questions on personal finance, along with CBS MoneyWatch.com editor-at-large Jill Schlesinger.
Walmart arms itself with vaccines
Dan Gorenstein Aug 23, 2012
The giant discounter will soon begin offering a slew of shots aimed at boosting its health care business.
Major retailers team up for mobile payment plan
Heidi N. Moore Aug 15, 2012
We've got news this morning that a group of major retailers, including Walmart, Target and 7-Eleven, are teaming up to create their own network for mobile payments. It's one more way for stores to draw you closer -- and get a jump on outsiders, like Google.
The paradox of the Walmart economy
Bob Moon Aug 16, 2012
Walmart's business has been on an upswing. But is it true that as goes the nation’s biggest retailer, so goes the nation’s economy?
Walmart pilots small 'Express' stores
Leoneda Inge Jul 2, 2012
Walmart may decide to compete with dollar stores in rural areas.
Shareholders to vote against Wal-Mart's board
Jeff Tyler Jun 1, 2012
A symbolic vote held today will a message that investors are not happy with Wal-Mart's management.
