Jindal heads to Iowa this weekend - Quad-Cities Times
BATON ROUGE, La. - Gov. Bobby Jindal traveled Friday to Iowa, a state
that is pivotal to a presidential campaign, in a trip that has heightened
speculation that Jindal is planning a presidential bid in 2012. But Jindal
said the speculation is ...
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Analyst: New CEO Could Point Wal-Mart Toward Global Growth - Arkansas
News Bureau
Mike Duke will take the reins of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. from CEO Lee
Scott at the start of the new fiscal year, the retailer said Friday. Duke,
the 58-year-old executive of Wal-Mart's international division, will
succeed Scott Feb. 1 to become the ...
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Scott to retire as CEO of Wal-Mart on Feb. 1 - Louisville
Courier-Journal
Wal-Mart Stores, in a surprise move, said yesterday that Chief
Executive Lee Scott is stepping down after nine years of leading the
world's largest retailer. Effective Feb. 1, the roles of Scott, 59,
as president and CEO will be filled by Mike Duke ...
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Biz Quicks - Tulsa World
Only four months after peaking at an unheard of $4.11 a gallon, the
national average price for gasoline tumbled below $2 Friday, its lowest
point in more than three years. Retail gasoline in Tulsa also kept
falling. Most stations were charging $1.62 ...
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Logistics investment growth slows - China Economic Net
Fixed-assets investment in China's logistics and related sectors
amounted to 1.068 trillion yuan ($156.5 billion) in the first three
quarters of this year, sources with China Federation of Logistics &
Purchasing said on Saturday. The investment grew ...
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