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Forty years after Samuel Moore Walton opened the first Wal-Mart Discount City store in Rogers, Ark., the 4,150-store global retail chain that now sells everything from children's clothing to hunting equipment is poised to become the world's larges

Four people face charges in what the FBI described as a $32 million check-kiting scheme to defraud Michigan National Bank.

The Kroger Co. is building a huge warehouse on a site along U.S. 36 on the east side of the city that will employ more than 600 people.

Afghanistan's national carrier made its first international flight Thursday in nearly 2

Most female managers earned less compared with men in 2000 than they did five years earlier, according to a congressional study of 10 industries.

An environmental organization is asking the state to protect Georgia coastal waters, saying pollution is responsible for the steep decline in the seafood industry.

Siemens AG, the German electronics and engineering giant, said Wednesday it posted a profit in the last three months of 2001 as cost-cutting helped end a series of three consecutive quarterly losses, though earnings were still weaker than a year ago.

As Kmart Corp. plans its next steps following its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, several analysts say one thing is certain: Keeping Martha Stewart is a must.

Martha Stewart won't pull her line of home and garden products from Kmart stores "for the foreseeable future," despite the retailing giant's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.

A board that oversees the accounting profession has voted to disband after raising concerns about proposed changes in the way firms are regulated following the collapse of Enron.