Wal-Mart faces big challenges amid bribery charges

NEW YORK (AP) -- Allegations that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. covered up the findings of an internal probe that proved its Mexican subsidiary bribed officials in that country could have huge implications for the world's biggest retailer and its executives....

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is creating a new global compliance officer position following reports that the retailer covered up results of an internal probe proving that its Mexican subsidiary bribed officials there.

BLAIRSVILLE, Pa. — They say you can get almost anything at Wal-Mart. But the Pennsylvania Game Commission says one deer hunter took it too far. Forty-year-old Arcangelo Bianco Jr. is charged with reckless endangerment and hunting law violations for allegedly shooting across a highway to kill a 10-point buck he spotted in a Wal-Mart parking lot in November.

From today's WSJ, an editorial by Charles Fishman, on Wal-Mart's attempt to open stores in NYC, and the typical, expected opposition it faces (but which apparently Home Depot, Target and Family Dollar didn't face):

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc plans to open 100 more

Wal-Mart Stores faces significant legal risks after it disclosed that it is investigating its operations in Mexico for possible violations of the U.S. law that prohibits bribery in foreign countries, legal experts said.