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Wal-Mart to shutter 269 stores, 154 of them in the US
Shoppers walk from the checkout at a Wal-Mart Supercenter store in Springdale, Ark. (Associated Press)
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Global supermarkets selling shrimp peeled by slaves
In this Monday, Nov. 9, 2015 photo, a Thai soldier stands between abandoned work stations during a raid on a shrimp shed in Samut Sakhon, Thailand. One woman said she had been working in the peeling factory for eight years. Another man said he ended up peeling shrimp there after breaking free from an equally brutal site. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
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Smartphones overtake desktops for holiday shopping
Tashalee Rodriguez, of Boston, uses a smartphone app while shopping at Macy's in downtown Boston. For the first time, analysts predicted that more than half of online traffic to retailer sites would come from smartphones than desktops during the busy Black Friday holiday shopping weekend. (Associated Press)
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Online Opinion Outpost: March 31, 2015
The Opinion Outpost features opinions and commentary on the latest hot topics from national news sources. As much as you love hearing from The Universe, we thought you might like to hear from journalists around the nation.
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Wal-Mart VP inspires students to make a difference
The senior VP of marketing for Wal-Mart stores in the United States challenged listeners to make a difference in the world by enduring to the end.
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