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    October 27, 2006

    Business Updates

  • Wal-Mart adds 12 states to drug plan (AP)
  • AP - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the worlds biggest retailer, said Thursday it is extending its $4 generic prescription drug plan to another 12 states, bringing to total to 27 states.

    • Retail News From Topix.net

  • Belk plans to sell 11 Parisian stores
  • The owner of the Belk retail chain said Wednesday it plans to shed 11 recently acquired Parisian department stores, including one at Citadel Mall in Charleston.
  • AutoNation profit declines
  • AutoNation Inc., the nation's largest car retailer, said Thursday third-quarter profit dropped 37 percent, weighed down by economic pressures that deter consumer spending including rising interest rates and a ...
  • OfficeMax Reports 3Q Profit
  • OfficeMax Inc., the nation's third-largest office supplies retailer, said Thursday it swung to a profit in the third quarter after a loss a year earlier as its turnaround plan began to pay modest dividends.

    • Franchising

  • An American Tradition Goes Upscale
  • "A hot dog at the ball park is better than steak at the Ritz." That's what Humphrey Bogart, American icon, said way back when. Today, the once-lowly hot dog has become an icon of its own, especially at sporting events around the world.

    • Forbes Commerce News

  • Clear Channel To Go Private?
  • A group of private equity firms including Providence Equity Partners, Blackstone Group and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts have expressed interest in a leveraged buyout.

    • RetailNet

  • My Healthy Access opens second clinic
  • My Healthy Access, Intrepid Holdings' clinic operating company, opened its second clinic today in the Wal-Mart supercenter in Katy, Texas.
  • Universal Forest Products looks to triple sales by 2010
  • Company veteran J.F. Granger has been promoted to the new position of executive vp-sales and marketing.
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