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Wal-Mart's Scott Joins Private-Equity Firm as Partner

By Ann Zimmerman Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s former Chief Executive Lee Scott has become an operating partner at Solamere, a private equity and venture capital firm with ties to Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts govenor and Republican Party presidential... Full Article at Wall Street Journal

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