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Wal-Mart tries to make good with Super Smash Bros. Brawl fans who feel cheated. After listing the Wii brawler for pre-order at $19.82, then unsurprisingly canceling those orders, the mega-retailer is apologizing. Sort of. They're giving out $10 gift cards good for online purchases at WalMart.com to those who tried to get Brawl on the cheap. Feel better?
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Aug. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wal-Mart announces the launch of "DRM-free" MP3 music downloads, now available online at www.walmart.com. At only 94 cents per track and $9.22 per album, the new MP3 digital format delivers value, convenience and the ability for customers to play music on nearly any device, including iPod, iPhone and Zune portable media players. Wal-Mart is one of the first major retailers to offer MP3 digital tracks with music content from major record labels such as Universal and EMI Music.
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Wal-Mart will purchase solar-generated electricity under the SunPower Access™ program, a novel offering that allows customers to purchase solar power under a highly flexible power purchase agreement as an alternative to an outright system purchase. At the end of Wal-Mart's multi-year power purchase agreement, the retailer will have the option to renew it, transfer the equipment to a new site, or buy the system.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --- The first-ever investigation of Wal-Mart's local property tax records finds that the retailer systematically seeks to minimize its payments that support schools and other government services. That's the finding of Rolling Back Property Tax Payments, a report released today by Good Jobs First, a non-profit research center.
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"Wal-Mart's power and influence are awesome," Smith says. "By figuring out how to exploit two powerful forces that converged in the 1990s -- the rise of information technology and the explosion of the global economy -- Wal-Mart has dramatically changed the balance of power in the world of business. Retailers are now more powerful than manufacturers, and they are forcing the decision to move production offshore."
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After a six year battle over a proposed Wal-Mart, the giant retailer decided not to build. Wal-Mart says it was part of a national pull back of growth, but the residents of Union County say it was their opposition. Its another victory for folks who want to choose the future of their neighborhoods, and not let huge corporations take over that role. Here's the article from the Charlotte Observer:
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