date:Jun 08, 2013
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Still, a 15.4 percent gain in Wal-Mart shares since last year's annual meeting was smaller than a 24.1 percent gain in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, of which Wal-Mart is a component.
As of Thursday, Wal-Mart had about $712 million remaining under a $15 billion share repurchase program announced in June 2011.
Shares of Wal-Mart were up 1.2 percent at $76.55 on Friday afternoon on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Thousands of associates, as Wal-Mart calls its workers, were