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Based out of, , Wal-Mart Stores has n/a employees and is helmed by CEO. Vetr’s price objective suggests a potential upside of 11.69% from the stock’s previous close.

(KR – Get Report) is scheduled to release its 2015 second quarter earnings results before the market open on Friday morning. The firm set a “buy” rating and a $43.00 price target on the stock. “Our confidence in Kroger has never been stronger”....

Sales amounted to $17.43 billion, compared to the consensus estimate of $17.4 billion.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 33.84 points, or 0.2%, at 17,511.34, after being off as many as 59 points.

Earlier this year, Wal-Mart raised its minimum wage to $9 an hour, a move that benefited some 500,000 workers. Wal-Mart’s current market cap stands at $225.62 billion. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.93-1.05 for the period, compared to the...

“Only the “national team”… would be able to turn the tide like this”, said Yingda Securities analyst Li Daxiao, referring to entities acting for the government.

U.S. stocks closed lower after a choppy session Tuesday as investors digested a mixed bag of quarterly results and an upbeat report on home construction in July. The consensus was for $4.77 per share.

Apple (Swiss: AAPL.SW – news), for whom China is a key market, fell 0.5 percent to 116.60 and was the biggest drag on the Nasdaq and the S&P 500.

“A name like Wal-Mart today is part of what keeps the market kind of range bound, there are just too many companies with global businesses that are not really firing on all cylinders and then you throw in moves in China”.

Furthermore, Wal-Mart has recently introduced a number of initiatives in order to improve the in-store services, which is also believed to have had a positive impact on the store traffic.

This morning we discussed a new report related to the Tracy Morgan auto crash, which was caused by a trucker who rear-ended Morgan’s limo while speeding in a construction zone.

The crash has similarities with other truck accidents and raises safety concerns about how these large vehicles are operated in work zones, according to the NTSB.