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change 'largest employer' to 'largest private employer' which is more accurate
[[Image:Walmart.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The Wal-Mart logo and slogan]]
[[Image:Walmart.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The Wal-Mart logo and slogan]]
'''Wal-Mart''' is America's largest employer,<ref>[[Christian Science Monitor]]. [http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0219/p01s04-usec.html Wal-Mart: world's largest company]</ref> running a chain of department stores. The company was founded by [[Sam Walton]] in Arkansas in 1962. Walton was a [[Christian]] and tried to make his store pro-family. The current Wal-Mart CEO is Lee Scott. Wal-Mart also owns the "Asda" chain of superstores across the [[United Kingdom]].
'''Wal-Mart''' is America's largest private employer,<ref>[[Christian Science Monitor]]. [http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0219/p01s04-usec.html Wal-Mart: world's largest company]</ref> running a chain of department stores. The company was founded by [[Sam Walton]] in Arkansas in 1962. Walton was a [[Christian]] and tried to make his store pro-family. The current Wal-Mart CEO is Lee Scott. Wal-Mart also owns the "Asda" chain of superstores across the [[United Kingdom]].
It is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas.
It is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas.