Ahold Delhaize

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is interested in buying the Brazilian, Argentine, and Peruvian units of Dutch retailer Ahold, sources close to the process told Reuters on Friday.

AMSTERDAM -- The 2002 earnings of embattled retailer Royal Ahold NV will be hit by EUR907 million in accounting irregularities, but not by paying an extra net contribution to the company's pension fund, Royal Ahold said Tuesday.

LANDOVER, Md. - In the aftermath of an accounting scandal that has rocked its Netherlands-based corporate parent, Ahold NV, Giant Food LLC, has sold a package of seven premier strip shopping centers, each anchored by a Giant supermarket, to Edens & Avant for an undisclosed price.

BUENOS AIRES -- The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is considering putting up as much as 25 percent of the cash needed to buy Disco SA, the Argentine unit of troubled Dutch supermarket chain Royal Ahold NV.

BUENOS AIRES -- Disco, S.A., the Argentine unit of troubled retail giant Royal Ahold NV, said Tuesday it is not being investigated as part of a judicial probe in the Netherlands of its parent company.

AMSTERDAM - A Dutch public prosecutor initiated a criminal investigation into possible falsification of accounts at Ahold over the weekend, raiding the company's headquarters, Reuters reports.

BOSTON -- Peapod by Stop & Shop delivered its millionth customer order on June 18, the company said yesterday.

AMSTERDAM - Ahold today announced it has completed internal forensic probes into its accounts and has found a total of $1.1 billion in irregularities that will force it to restate results.