Anne D'Innocenzio

• Wal-Mart's CEO paid $18.1 million in 2011

  By Anne D'Innocenzio  |  April 17, 2012

  Mike Duke, the CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., received a pay package in 2011 worth $18.1 million, a 3 percent dip from the year before, according to an Associated Press calculation, mainly because his performance-based cash bonus shrank.

• Best Buy's Dunn departure sparks speculation

  By Anne D'Innocenzio  |  April 13, 2012

  Innocent until proven guilty? Maybe not if the defendant is a CEO and the jury is a company's board of directors.

• Americans in November more confident about economy

  By Anne D'Innocenzio  |  November 29, 2011

  Americans' confidence in the economy in November bounced back to its highest level since July, the latest sign that consumers are beginning to feel more cheerful about spending during the holiday shopping season.

• Wal-Mart cuts some health care coverage

  By Anne D'Innocenzio  |  October 21, 2011

  Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the nation's largest private employer, is scaling back health care coverage for future part-time workers while raising premiums for some full-time workers.

• Consumers' confidence remains weak in September

  By Anne D'Innocenzio  |  September 27, 2011

  Consumers' confidence remained weak in September after dropping to a post-recession low during the month before. That's left economists to wonder just what it'll take to get Americans feeling good about the economy again.

• Consumer confidence lowest in 2 years

  By Anne D'Innocenzio  |  August 30, 2011

  Consumers' confidence in August dropped almost 15 points to the lowest level since April 2009 as worries about the economy fueled the wildest stock market swings since the financial meltdown in 2008.

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  Target faces union opposition

  By Anne D'Innocenzio  |  July 14, 2011

  Until recently, the Minneapolis-based discounter largely had avoided the labor disputes and public relations challenges that have plagued Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer. But now Target could face the same union opposition as its much bigger rival.