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Economics

The Eighteenth Brumaire of Sam Walton

Michael Moynihan | 9.4.2007 9:02 AM

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They beat a hasty retreat from the German market, chalking up over $1 billion in losses, but at least Wal-Mart made this photograph possible:

Via Club for Growth.

Last year, reason's Kerry Howley wondered if the retail giant had peaked.

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