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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) will open its first in-store medical clinics under its own brand name, The Clinic at Wal-Mart, as a joint venture with local hospital systems in Atlanta, Dallas and Little Rock, Ark., starting in April.

Unilever (NYSE: UL) on Thursday reported a 65% drop in fourth-quarter net income to 721 million euros after selling its European frozen-food business. However, comparable sales growth showed a nice rise. Revenue at Unilever rose 2% to 9.89 billion euros and underlying sales growth was 6.1% during the quarter, with pricing contributing three percentage points to the underlying sales growth. Analysts had expected a profit of 693.5 million euros on sales of 9.95 billion euros.

D.R. Horton (NYSE: DHI) swung to a fiscal first-quarter loss of $128.8 million, or 41 cents a share, with revenue falling to $1.71 billion from $2.8 billion. The quarterly results included $245.5 million in charges. Shares are up nearly 1% in premarket trading.

TechCrunch is reporting this morning an unconfirmed rumor that either Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) or News Corp. (NYSE: NWS)'s MySpace is about to announce a big $1-1.5 billion acquisition in the social space. TechCrunch has come to a conclusion that the most likely candidate is Bebo. Again - unconfirmed rumor and Bebo is the speculation of the guys at TechCrunch.

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