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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - OCTOBER 27: (L-R) Plaintiffs in the class action suit Dukes vs Wal-Mart, Betty Dukes, Patricia Surgeson and Edith Arana attend a press conference at the Equal Rights Advocates office on October 27, 2011 in San Francisco, California. After the U.S. Supreme Court...

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - OCTOBER 27: (L-R) Plaintiffs in the class action suit Dukes vs Wal-Mart, Betty Dukes, Patricia Surgeson and Edith Arana look on as attorney Brad Seligman speaks during a press conference at the Equal Rights Advocates office on October 27, 2011 in San Francisco,...

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Betty Dukes, right, a plaintiff in Dukes v. Wal-Mart, and attorney Arcelia Hurtado listen to speakers at a news conference at the Equal Rights Advocates office in San Francisco, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011. A group of current and former female Wal-Mart workers in California have filed the...

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CHONGQING, CHINA - OCTOBER 25: People purchase goods at a Walmart supermarket on October 25, 2011 in Chongqing, China. Walmart reopened 13 Chongqing stores today after 15-day suspension, as a result of selling ordinary pork as organic pork.

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CHONGQING, CHINA - OCTOBER 25: Chief Operating Officer of Walmart China, Del Sloneker talks to the media on re-open day at Dadukou Walmart supermarket on October 25, 2011 in Chongqing, China. Walmart reopened 13 Chongqing stores today after 15-day suspension, as a result of selling...

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Employees stand in front of the gate to a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Chongqing municipality October 24, 2011. Wal-Mart stores in Chongqing reopened to surging crowds on Tuesday, two weeks after being shut down by local authorities for violating food and product standards. Picture taken...

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Customers choose pomelos at a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Chongqing municipality October 25, 2011. Wal-Mart stores in Chongqing reopened to surging crowds on Tuesday, two weeks after being shut down by local authorities for violating food and product standards.

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Customers choose pomelos at a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Chongqing municipality October 25, 2011. Wal-Mart stores in the central Chinese city of Chongqing were cited for violations 20 times over five years before the latest incident that led to the closure of all the chain's stores in the...

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Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in a Walmart warehouse in Mexico City, Friday Sept. 30, 2011. Fire began in the warehouse but quickly spread to the Walmart Supercenter. The five people that were trapped inside the store were rescued, according to initial reports. No fatalities...

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Procter & Gamble's Tide can be seen on display at a new Wal-Mart store in Chicago, January 24, 2012. The store will open on January 25, and it will be Wal-Mart's largest outlet in Chicago.

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A Walmart employee stocks shelves in a newly opened Walmart Neighborhood Market in Chicago September 21, 2011. The 27,000 square foot (2,508 square meters) store is the first in Illinois with an emphasis on groceries and basic household goods.

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A shopper carries her purchases from a newly opened Walmart Neighborhood Market in Chicago September 21, 2011. The 27,000 square foot (2,508 square meters) store is the first in Illinois with an emphasis on groceries and basic household goods.

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A Walmart Neighborhood Market sign is seen outside a newly opened store in Chicago September 21, 2011. The 27,000 square-foot store is the first in Illiniois with an emphasis on groceries and basic household goods.

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The exterior of a newly opened Walmart Neighborhood Market is seen in Chicago, September 21, 2011. The 27,000 square foot (2508 square meters) store is the first in Illinois with an emphasis on groceries and basic household goods.

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Residents watch smoke billowing during a fire in a Walmart store in Mexico City on Friday Sept. 30, 2011. Fire began in the warehouse but quickly spread to the shopping area. According to initial reports everybody was evacuated and there were no fatalities.

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ROGERS, AR - SEPTEMBER 10: Stacy Lewis putts during the second round of the Wal-Mart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G at Pinnacle Country Club on September 10, 2011 in Rogers, Arkansas.

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ROGERS, AR - SEPTEMBER 06: Javier Colon performs at the LPGA's Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Presented by P&G at the Embassy Suites in on September 6, 2011 in Rogers, Arkansas.

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ROGERS, AR - SEPTEMBER 06: A general view of atmosphere at the LPGA's Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Presented by P&G at the Embassy Suites in on September 6, 2011 in Rogers, Arkansas.

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Walmart employees Jon Christians and Lori Harris take job applications and answers questions during a job fair at the University of Illinois Springfield campus Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011 in Springfield, Ill. Businesses likely shrugged off recession fears and kept hiring in August, although...

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RIO GRANDE, NJ - AUGUST 26: A Walmart remained open but boarded up in preparation for Hurricane Irene August 26, 2011 in Rio Grande, New Jersey. The Cape May Department of Emergency Management ordered the evacuation of all residents and visitors of Cape May County in anticipation of a...

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A man walks out of a boarded up Walmart store with a cart full of bottled water and other supplies in Kitty Hawk in the North Carolina Outerbanks on August 26, 2011 ahead of the expected landfall in the area of Hurricane Irene. Millions of people on the US east coast braced for the...

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Job candidates receive information about employment at Walmart at a U.S. Congressional Black Caucus Jobs Fair in Miami, Florida August 23, 2011.

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BEIJING, CHINA - JANUARY 21: Chinese people buy pork for the lunar new year's eve dinner in a Wal-Mart neighborhood market on January 21, 2012 in Beijing, China. Chinese people are preparing for the lunar new year of Dragon, which will fall on January 23, 2012. New year celebrations...

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The Wal-Mart logo is seen on a sign in Phoenix, Arizona in this February 18, 2010 file photograph. Wal-Mart Stores Inc sharpened its focus on low prices and said it expects to get out of its U.S. sales slump later this year, sending shares higher on August 16, 2011. Wal-Mart, which runs...

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WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 05: People who work in the building that hosts the Walmart Federal Government Relations offices watch as hundreds of people from several different labor rights groups demonstrate in the street below August 5, 2011 in Washington, DC. Organized by the Jobs With...