Walmart

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Federal agents raided Wal-Mart's headquarters and 60 of its stores across the nation Thursday, arresting more than 300 illegal workers as part of an investigation known as "Operation Rollback." Federal law enforcement sources told the Associated Press that evidence indicates that Wal-Mart had direct knowledge of the immigration violations.

LOS ANGELES - The union that represents 70,000 striking and locked-out grocery workers in Southern California told federal mediators yesterday that it wants to jump-start negotiations with three major supermarket chains.

GAITHERSBURG, Md. - MedImmune Inc. has announced that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has decided not to establish a large-scale, national flu vaccination program this season and, therefore, will not be offering FluMist (Influenza Virus Vaccine Live, Intranasal) in its pharmacies this year.

Still busily blanketing the U.S. with stores, the largest retailer is also becoming a major presence in countries around the globe. So far, its prospects are bigger than its problems.

With a focus on fresh foods, neighborhood events, and family-style fellowship, Neumann's ValuMarkets reaches out to the ethnic communities of Louisville, Ky.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Grocery workers at Kroger stores in West Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky went on strike Monday night -- just days after Kroger clerks walked out in Southern California.

BOISE, Idaho - Albertsons Inc. laid off an undisclosed number of employees at its Boise headquarters late last week, citing an "ultra-competitive" environment and the need to lower costs, reports The Idaho Statesman.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores here said today its September sales at U.S. stores open at least a year rose a better-than-expected 6 percent, as a blast of cool weather in the final week of the period drove demand for fall merchandise.