The New York Times reported the following stories on its business pages on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. * The Silicon Valley start-up OnLive is introducing software to bring the power of its game service to mobile devices via so-called cloud computing.* President Obama is trying to sway enough Republican Senators to allow a vote on the nomination of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.* Facing a harsh political backlash that has paralyzed Parliament, the governing Congress party buckled on a decision to allow major companies like Wal-Mart Stores Inc or Ikea to open stores in the country.* Olympus Corp said a director had resigned, others might follow and the whole board could go once the company posted its second-quarter earnings, due by Dec. 14.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Walmart) operates retail stores. Shares of WMT traded higher by 0.16% or $0.095/share to $58.51. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $48.31 and as high as $59.40. On average, 12088100 shares of WMT exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 15754543.
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