Earnings at Wal-Mart $3.24 billion for quarter
Posted: November 13, 2009 at 4:50 a.m.
Laura Godfrey (left) and Elizabeth Godfrey shop for groceries this week at a Wal-Mart store in Rogers. The grocery segment saw almost half of Wal-Mart’s sales in the past fiscal year.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reported third-quarter earnings Thursday that exceeded its forecast and Wall Street expectations, but the company predicted that sales would be flat compared with a year ago in the fourth quarter, which includes the Christmas shopping season.
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