BATON ROUGE, La. - Gov. Bobby Jindal traveled Friday to Iowa, a state that is pivotal to a presidential campaign, in a trip that has heightened speculation that Jindal is planning a presidential bid in 2012. But Jindal said the speculation is ...

Analyst: New CEO Could Point Wal-Mart Toward Global Growth - Arkansas News Bureau

Mike Duke will take the reins of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. from CEO Lee Scott at the start of the new fiscal year, the retailer said Friday. Duke, the 58-year-old executive of Wal-Mart's international division, will succeed Scott Feb. 1 to become the ...

Scott to retire as CEO of Wal-Mart on Feb. 1 - Louisville Courier-Journal

Wal-Mart Stores, in a surprise move, said yesterday that Chief Executive Lee Scott is stepping down after nine years of leading the world's largest retailer. Effective Feb. 1, the roles of Scott, 59, as president and CEO will be filled by Mike Duke ...

Biz Quicks - Tulsa World

Only four months after peaking at an unheard of $4.11 a gallon, the national average price for gasoline tumbled below $2 Friday, its lowest point in more than three years. Retail gasoline in Tulsa also kept falling. Most stations were charging $1.62 ...

Logistics investment growth slows - China Economic Net

Fixed-assets investment in China's logistics and related sectors amounted to 1.068 trillion yuan ($156.5 billion) in the first three quarters of this year, sources with China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing said on Saturday. The investment grew ...