Wal-Mart

• Weak open on Wall Street

  By The Associated Press  |  May 16, 2013

  Stocks are opening slightly lower on Wall Street a day after the market hit its latest record high.

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  Consumers warming up to life insurance policies at retail shops

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  April 17, 2013

  Superstores can be more than just a place to stock up on groceries and household items—they’re also a spot to buy life insurance policies. And consumers are warming up to the idea, according to a new survey.

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  Have 401(k)s failed investors?

  By Danielle Andrus  |  March 4, 2013

  It's not yet a "failed experiment," experts say, but there is certainly room for improvement.

• Obama nominates Wal-Mart's Burwell as budget chief

  By JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent  |  March 4, 2013

  President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Wal-Mart's Sylvia Mathews Burwell as his next budget chief, thrusting her into the center of Washington's heated partisan budget battles.

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  First lady’s anti-obesity campaign prompts change

  By Darlene Superville, Mary Clare Jalonick  |  February 27, 2013

  Wal-Mart is putting special labels on some store-brand products to help shoppers quickly spot healthier items. Millions of schoolchildren are helping themselves to vegetables from salad bars in their lunchrooms, while kids' meals at Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants automatically come with a side of fruit or vegetables and...

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  Budget impasse holding back economy

  By Christopher S. Rugaber  |  February 26, 2013

  The political standoff over the budget is slowing the economy — more so than any hesitance by Americans to spend freely.

• Stocks keep sliding

  By Daniel Wagner  |  February 21, 2013

  U.S. stocks continued a two-day slide Thursday on weak economic data and concern about the Federal Reserve's resolve to keep juicing the market.

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  Stocks keep sliding

  By Daniel Wagner  |  February 21, 2013

  U.S. stocks continued a two-day slide Thursday on weak economic data and concern about the Federal Reserve's resolve to keep juicing the market.

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  AIG: After the bailout, a lawsuit against the feds?

  By Andy Stonehouse  |  January 8, 2013

  Are investors owed more money, even though they would have lost all their money if AIG had not been bailed out in the first place?

• Are unions aiming for Wal-Mart to prop up pensions?

  By Andy Stonehouse  |  November 30, 2012

  Do labor unions need the fresh blood of Wal-Mart employees to prop up their pensions, or are they fighting for better working conditions and pay for workers?