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Wal-Mart to Toughen Overseas Standards

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will start holding its suppliers more accountable for environmental and social standards at foreign factories as public expectations in the United States rise, Chief Executive Lee Scott said Thursday.

By MARCUS KABEL

October 20, 2005

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