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BENTONVILLE, Ark -- Wal-Mart and Sam's Club are giving shoppers an opportunity to recognize outstanding local teachers through the company's 10th annual Teacher of the Year program.

NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Equity One, Inc., a real estate investment trust that acquires, renovates, develops, and manages neighborhood and community shopping centers, has completed the sale of a retail center in North Ellenton, Fla., anchored by Publix and Kmart, for $14.9 million.

DENVER -- A three judge panel in the 10th Circuit federal appeals court here has overturned a 1999 ruling that Wal-Mart broke labor laws by not compensating its pharmacists for overtime work, according to published reports. The reversal of the ruling virtually guarantees a long trial, unless the parties reach a settlement.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. ¿ Wal-Mart and Sam's Club pharmacies will offer complimentary cholesterol and blood pressure screenings as part of two Healthy Heart Community Events this month to raise awareness of the nation's No. 1 killer -- heart disease.

Retail digital-photo processing is finally stealing ground from at-home printing -- but the competitive picture keeps changing.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. ¿ Wal-mart said yesterday that it will present a nationwide program in celebration of Black History Month, by offering shoppers free copies of "unique, inspirational, and educational" publications during the month of February.

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Washington state independent Yoke's Fresh Markets is responding to growing demand in the city of West Richland with a new 56,000-square-foot market, its thirteenth, slated to open in early 2006.

NEW YORK ¿ Wal-Mart's stumbles won't prevent it from reaching half a trillion dollars in sales in about five years, according to Retail Forward analysis.