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NEW YORK (AP) Forty
years after Sam Walton
opened his first Wal-Mart in
Rogers, Ark., the 4,150-store
global chain is about to over
take Exxon Mobil Corp. to
become the biggest company
in the world.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is on
track to record more than $220
billion in revenue for the 2001
fiscal year. That would make it
No. 1 on Fortune magazine’s
annual list of the world’s 500
biggest corporations.
“Everyone needs toilet
paper and toothpaste, and
they’re the most efficient at
selling it,’’ said Eric Beder, a
retail analyst at Ladenburg.
Thalmann & Co. in New
York. “It is really an incredi
ble story.”
The most notable aspect of
Wal-Mart’s achievement, ana
lysts said, is that a company
that makes nothing would
launch to the front of a list that
has long been dominated by
manufacturers.
“It’s indicative that We’ve
made a big shift in this coun
try to a service economy,”
said Warren Batts, professor
of strategic management at the
University of Chicago busi
ness school.
Service companies did not
become part of the Fortune 500
until 1995.
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than 10 percent annually for
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HOUSTON (AP) — Two plans to bar Arthur
Andersen from any further shredding of docu
ments related to its audits of Enron Corp. were
before a federal judge Wednesday.
One plan was drawn up by the lawyers for
shareholders suing 29 current and former Enron
Corp. executives and board members. Those plain
tiffs include Amalgamated Bank, the University of
California Regents and pension funds for Georgia,
Ohio and other states. Pension funds for Florida
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Rusty Hardin, a Houston attorney for Arthur
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ongoing investigations. They also want
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