The tech giant’s board gave Steve Ballmer high marks for the move into cloud computing and the successful releases of several server and enterprise software products. But his bonus took a hit due to the unsuccessful launch of t…
Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT) will increase its workforce by 36% in the next five years to take advantage of growing international demand.
The new hires will take the company’s headcount to 3 million, from 2.2 million now, Susan Chambers, executive vice president for human resources, said at a conference in India.
New employees will be hired “mostly” outside the United States, Chambers…
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Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) is planning a $4.6 billion offer for South African retailer Massmart.
The deal would value Massmart at 148 rand ($21.10) a share, Bloomberg News said. That’s 9.8% higher than the company’s last closing price.
“We are continuin…
Target Corp. will open its first smaller, “urban” store in Seattle in 2012, marking attempts by the second-largest U.S. discount store chain to boost business by expanding beyond its largely suburban customer base.
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Don’t kid yourself. Real privacy no longer exists in this country. From your hobbies to your income to your phone calls, pretty much everything about you is tracked by someone, somewhere. We’ve examined the most intrusive firms…