Consider: Wal-Mart raised 10-year and 30-year capital almost as low as the U.S. Treasury.

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Consider another Wal-Mart veteran, Jim McDonald, who joined Starbucks ( SBUX) in 2002 and took the top job in 2005.

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Her immediate strategy: To expand it in the accounts they had, get it started in major retailers like Target and Wal-Mart, consider new distribution points (airlines, convenience stores and amusement parks) and help consumers find it.

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Wal-Mart, which many consider to be an economic indicator in and of itself, reported decent results, but domestic growth was muted suggesting a poor economic environment.

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Some candidates to consider: McDonalds (NYSE:MCD), Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT), and Walgreen Co. (NYSE:WAG).

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The latter would be a step too far even for the most reforming firms but several large companies, including McDonald's and Wal-Mart, have said that they will consider some reforms to the way board members are elected.

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Maybe the time has come for Wal-Mart to take a lesson from Costco and consider the potential upside of treating employees like human beings.

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We also remand with respect to the claims of putative class members who no longer worked for Wal-Mart when the complaint was filed so that the district court may consider whether to certify an additional class or classes under Rule 23(b)(3).

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Oliver Morante, John Forsyth's executive vice president, said Wal-Mart's list of banned factories is "another piece of information" to consider in deciding where to source future products.

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