{"id":2238,"date":"2011-02-17T03:00:18","date_gmt":"2011-02-17T11:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xbizx.com\/index.php\/2238\/wal-mart-target-drive-canada-s-retail-stocks-to-six-year-low-bloomberg\/"},"modified":"2011-02-17T03:00:18","modified_gmt":"2011-02-17T11:00:18","slug":"wal-mart-target-drive-canada-s-retail-stocks-to-six-year-low-bloomberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xbizx.com\/index.php\/2238\/wal-mart-target-drive-canada-s-retail-stocks-to-six-year-low-bloomberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Wal-Mart, Target Drive Canada   s Retail Stocks to Six-Year Low &#8211; Bloomberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2011-02-17\/wal-mart-target-drive-canada-s-retail-stocks-to-six-year-low.html?cmpid=yhoo'>Wal-Mart, Target Drive Canada   s Retail Stocks to Six-Year Low &#8211; Bloomberg<\/a><br \/>Canadian retailers    stocks have dropped to their lowest level since January 2005 compared with U.S. peers amid increasing competition from Wal-Mart Stores Inc . and Target Corp ., the biggest American discounters. 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The Morning Call newspaper reports an evacuation involving at least six Allentown &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/US\/2011\/02\/17\/Facebook-founder-to-meet-with-Obama\/UPI-44931297933200\/'>Facebook founder to meet with Obama &#8211; United Press International<\/a><br \/>SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17 (UPI) &#8212; Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg will be among several high-tech executives U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to meet in the San Francisco area Thursday. Zuckerberg, 26 &#8212; whose 500-million-member social-media service &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2011\/02\/17\/press-digest-nyt-idUSSGE71G03Q20110217'>PRESS DIGEST &#8211; New York Times business news &#8211; Feb 17 &#8211; Reuters<\/a><br \/>Feb 17 (Reuters) &#8211; The following were the top stories in The New York Times business pages on Thursday. 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Snyder&#8217;s budget would cut school, city spending; business taxes reduced $1.8 billion &#8211; Detroit Free Press<\/a><br \/>But when business tax cuts are considered &#8230; how the $200 million in revenue sharing will be distributed competitively among communities. The news was received glumly by the Michigan Municipal League, which has called for more, not less, revenue sharing &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/www.greenvilleonline.com\/article\/20110217\/NEWS\/302170011'>Alleged deception on Medicaid growth rate roils Senate &#8211; Greenville News<\/a><br \/>COLUMBIA     A former director of the state&#8217;s Medicaid agency has ignited a political firestorm after a senator disclosed that she alleged under oath that she withheld key budget information from lawmakers last year at the request of former Gov. Mark &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/www.webwire.com\/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=132359'>Small Business Owner Is WeddingWire Rated for 2010 &#8211; WebWire<\/a><br \/>Lena Osorio-Gemisic Event Floral Creations is now WeddingWire Rated for 2010 Fresh Meadows, NY &#8211; February 16, 2011 &#8211; WeddingWire, the nation   s leading site for wedding reviews, just announced that Lena Osorio-Gemisic Event Floral Creations is WeddingWire &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wal-Mart, Target Drive Canada s Retail Stocks to Six-Year Low &#8211; BloombergCanadian retailers stocks have dropped to their lowest level since January 2005 compared with U.S. peers amid increasing competition from Wal-Mart Stores Inc . and Target Corp ., the biggest American discounters. 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