Walmart International focusing on growing existing business

(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc is focused on improving results in China and other foreign countries where it already operates, rather than on entering new markets, its top international executive said on Thursday.

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By Difu Wu:Wal-Mart Stores is a dividend aristocrat, having raised its dividend for 37 consecutive years. From Wal-Mart's recent 10-k:

Three senior executives, including the CFO and COO, have left Walmart China in the past month. The most recent exit, that of SVP Shawn Gray, was announced on Friday by the company in an e-mail.

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By Osman Gulseven:Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT) is the largest retailer in the world, operating in several countries. The company's U.S. segment operates through discount stores, supercenters, as well as walmart.com. Wal-Mart International has additional retail channels, such as hypermarkets, restaurants, apparel stores, Sam's Clubs, and other online retail centers.

By Osman Gulseven: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT) is the largest retailer in the world, operating in several countries. The company’s U.S. segment operates through discount stores, supercenters, as well as walmart.com. Wal-Mart International has additional retail channels such as hypermarkets, restaurants, apparel stores, Sam’s Clubs, and other online retail centers.

Federal regulators and the U.S. banking industry have blocked several attempts by Walmart to offer banking services at its 8,500 retail stores nationwide.  But Walmart hasn't given up yet: