In article , Matt Barrow
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€ "Alan Street" wrote in message
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€ $4 billion dollar deals are pretty rare.
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€ Not any more! Wal-Mart alone does 100 of those each year.
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That would imply about $400 billion a year turnover. According to
WalMart's financial statements, their total turnover was $259 billion
last year. ( http://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=WMT&annual ).