Wal-Mart facts

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Wal-Mart believes in a philosophy of operating globally and giving back locally.  They make the greatest impact on communities by supporting causes that are important to customers and associates right in their own neighborhoods.  Wal-Mart has given more then $245 million to charity last year! Wal-Mart is proud to have been named by the Chronicle of Philanthropy as the largest corporate cash donor in America.  If you need money for your charity then reach out to Wal-Mart!

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How charitable are they outside of Bentonville?

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#1.

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In FY 2006, Wal-Mart is projected to spend roughly $4.7 billion on associates benefits.  For perspective, Wal-Mart's net income for FY 2005 was $10.3 billion.

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And their net sales were roughly $350 Billion. So 1.3% of their operating cost is employee benefits.

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Did you know...

Wal-Mart has the largest civilian database?

90 percent of our Information Systems Division business solutions are written in-house?

Wal-Mart consistently is ranked as one of the top places to work in the information systems industry?

We drive many of the largest technology-supplier businesses with our input concerning the technology they create?

Wal-Mart supports 92,000 network devices, 30,000 windows/Unix devices, 500,000 wireless clients, and 170,000 workstations centrally from the corporate office?