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With this commitment to expand the use of solar power Wal-Martdemonstrates that businesses can pursue long-term sustainability goals duringtough economic times to

June 21, 2010 by admin  
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“With this commitment to expand the use of solar power, Wal-Martdemonstrates that businesses can pursue long-term sustainability goals duringtough economic times to the benefit of the environment, customers, and bottomline.”This latest series of projects is expected to create about 130 jobs, includingengineering, design, and installer technician jobs. Smaller numbers of workerswill be engaged during the periods leading up to and following peakconstruction.Wal-Mart is committed to expanding its solar presence in California. Asconstruction nears completion on this group of 10 to 20 sites, Wal-Mart willevaluate the feasibility of expanding the program to additional sites. Thecompany will take into account a variety of factors, including availablelocations, economic conditions, energy prices, as well as local, state andfederal renewable energy policies and programs.Wal-Mart will continue learning from its renewable projects to find additionalways to achieve its goal of being supplied by 100 percent renewable energy. InNovember 2008, Wal-Mart announced a major purchase of wind energy that willsupply up to 15 percent of the retailer’s total energy load in approximately350 Texas stores and other facilities. In Puerto Rico, the company is planningto outfit up to five stores with solar panels this year, and expects theproject to expand to 22 stores in the next five years. Additionally, Wal-Martde Mexico will eliminate approximately 140 tons of CO2 emissions annuallythrough the completed installation of more than 1000 solar panels on the roofof the Bodega Aurrera Aguascalientes.Wal-Mart’s ongoing commitment to renewable energy projects is helping theretailer build a more diversified energy portfolio and create moreopportunities for advancements in clean energy through research andinnovations.* According to the EPA( http://)About Wal-Mart Stores, Inc (NYSE: WMT) Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

operates Walmart discount stores, supercenters,Neighborhood Markets and Sam’s Club locations in the United States. Thecompany also operates in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica,El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Ricoand the United Kingdom. The company’s common stock is listed on the New YorkStock Exchange under the symbol WMT. More information about Wal-Mart can befound by visiting merchandise sales are available at and Stores, Inc.Kory Lundberg of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 1-800-331-0085. Actor Carlos Bernard ‘Clocks-In’ at Taco Bell to Raise Awareness for TeenGraduation Crisis and Kick Off April 23rd FundraiserWHAT:24’s Tony Almeida, played by Carlos Bernard on FOX’s hit television series, may have crossed over to the dark side.But in real life, the actor is taking on a “good guy” role with Taco Bell to help teens stay in school.

Bernard will be at a Los Angeles Taco Bell drive-thru on Wednesday to help raise awareness of America’s high school dropout crisis and encourage customers to participate in a one-day restaurant fundraiser taking place nationwide on Thursday, April 23rd. The fundraiser:Participating Taco Bell restaurants across the U.S. will donate 15 percent of gross sales to the Taco Bell Foundation for Teens, the company’s non-profit organization dedicated to helping teens graduate from high school and be prepared for college, careers and life.The Foundation is the largest supporter of teen programming within Boys & Girls Clubs of America, giving more than $23 million since 1995. College Tuition Giveaway:As an added bonus, customers who visit Taco Bell on April 23rd are eligible to win one of four $25,000 college tuition scholarships.WHY: More than 30 percent of teens in the U.S. do not graduate from high school.That number soars to 50 percent among African Americans, Latinos and Native Americans.Taco Bell Foundation for Teens aims to raise millions this year through key initiatives like the April 23rd fundraiser to support programs developed to keep teens in school and on the path to graduation.WHEN/Wednesday, April 22, 11 AM – 1 PMWHERE: Taco Bell Restaurant, 1604 S. La Brea Ave., Los AngelesVISUALS: Carlos Bernard helping customers at the Taco Bell Drive-Thru Carlos Bernard meeting and greeting teens from an area Boys & Girls ClubDay of Contact:Kim Durk, Durk Rion Public 312-492-7721 (office)773-844-1458/PRNewswire — April 22/SOURCETaco Bell Foundation for Teens. PandaLabs Reports 91 Percent of Email Received by Companies in First QuarterWas SpamBetween January and March 2009, 302,000 computers were infected with malwareto redistribute spamGLENDALE, Calif., April 22 /PRNewswire/ — PandaLabs, Panda Security’s malwareanalysis and detection laboratory, today announced that less than sevenpercent of emails that reached companies in the first quarter of 2009 werelegitimate correspondence.

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