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• Wal-Mart said that its September sales rose almost 10 percent to $34.41 billion from $31.37 billion a year earlier. Same-store sales were up 1.4 percent, with the discount/supercenter division showing same-store sales increases of 0.8 percent and Sam’s Club same-store sales up 4.4 percent.
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