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BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- In its latest commitment to sustainability, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. said it has pledged to donate $1.5 million to the University of Arkansas Applied Sustainability Center to fund projects related to advanced research on greenhouse gas emissions, agriculture, and environmental education..

NEWPORT, R.I. -- A bomb threat that caused the evacuation of a Wal-Mart store here and forced employees to wire $10,000 to the caller looks to be part of a broader scam targeting businesses around the country.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Tom Coughlin, the former Wal-Mart executive who was sentenced to home detention in a fraud case, must be sentenced again, an appeals court ruled yesterday.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Grocery Manufacturers/Food Products Association (GMA/FPA) here will gather senior-level sales and marketing executives from CPG manufacturers and sales agencies with retail merchandising executives, to foster collaborative strategies for better understanding and reaching consumers at the trade group's annual Merchandising, Sales and Marketing Conference (MSM), to be held Sept. 30 to Oct. 2, 2007, at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, CO.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - The latest attempts by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. here to broaden its retail horizons sparked speculation yesterday it was mulling an unprecedented M&A strategy, speculation that the chain later said was off base.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Speculation continues to mount that Wal-Mart is studying new formats, the latest round fed by a report in the Wall Street Journal last week claiming the retailer is prepared to test two new small-footprint formats in early 2008: a smaller, urban, convenience-type store that could go head to head with Tesco's new Fresh and Easy format in the West; and a stand-alone store dedicated to health services and products.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Speculation continues to mount that Wal-Mart is studying new formats, the latest round fed by a report in the Wall Street Journal last week claiming the retailer is prepared to test two new small-footprint formats in early 2008: a smaller, urban, convenience-type store that could go head to head with Tesco's new Fresh and Easy format in the West; and a stand-alone store dedicated to health services and products.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- The union representing 9,500 grocery workers at Dierbergs Markets Inc, Schnuck Markets Inc., and Shop 'n Save, all based here, have tentatively inked a new labor pact that will apparently sidestep a repeat performance of a bitter strike that occurred in 2003.