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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.
Greeks take part in nationwide strike
Jeremy Hobson Sep 26, 2012
Greece has been shut down today because of a huge nationwide strike. Fifty thousand people took to the streets of Athens and police fired tear gas after violence broke out near the parliament. The issue, of course, is austerity: The very unpopular budget cuts going on as part of the solution to the debt crisis.
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.
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.
Music stars rock Walmart shareholders' meeting
Eve Troeh Jun 1, 2012
Despite troubling bribery allegations, shareholders partied at the giant retailer's annual meeting this week to live performances by big-name celebs like Justin Timberlake, Aerosmith and Celine Dion.
