TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said that this year it will create more than 22,000 jobs in the U.S. in a variety of management and line positions as it expands stores and opens new ones.
On Thursday, the day before the annual meeting, the Bentonville, Ark., the retailing giant said in a statement that as part of the plan it would create more than 1,000 jobs in each of several states: Arizona, California, Florida, Michigan, New Jersey, South Carolina, Utah and Virginia.
Last October, Wal-Mart /quotes/comstock/13*!wmt/quotes/nls/wmt (WMT 48.32, +0.07, +0.15%) said it would open or expand 142 to 157 stores during fiscal 2010.
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On Thursday, the day before the annual meeting, the Bentonville, Ark., the retailing giant said in a statement that as part of the plan it would create more than 1,000 jobs in each of several states: Arizona, California, Florida, Michigan, New Jersey, South Carolina, Utah and Virginia.
Last October, Wal-Mart /quotes/comstock/13*!wmt/quotes/nls/wmt (WMT 48.32, +0.07, +0.15%) said it would open or expand 142 to 157 stores during fiscal 2010.
Read the rest of the story.....
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