Going Shopping

It is a beautiful day today. There were a lot of hard rains that went around us. Bad hail fell in several places. I want to go shopping at a larger town from here. I love the big Wal-Mart. Groceries there are so much cheaper and so is their gas.
Also the clothing stores are right next door which makes it very convenient. It is a good day to get out and go somewhere as it sounds like lots more rain is on the way in the next couple of days.

Wal-Mart Posts 4Percent Earnings Increase

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. expects a more profitable year selling to penny-pinching shoppers after its renewed focus on low prices paid off over the holidays with a 4 percent rise in fourth-quarter profit. The world's largest retailer, emerging from a yearlong turnaround effort after sales stumbled in 2005 and 2006, said that aggressive holiday discounts and improvements in its more than 4,000 U. S. stores boosted sales despite consumer worries. I am not surprised as I do a lot of my shopping in Wal-Mart because I don't think you can beat their prices.

F.B.I. is Investigating a String of Bomb Threats

Large grocery and discount stores such as Wal-Mart, across the country have been targeted by a caller who threatens to blow up shoppers and workers with a bomb if employees fail to wire money to an account overseas, according to authorities. Frightened workers have wired thousands of dollars, and in one case took off their clothes, to placate a caller who said he was watching them but may have been thousands of miles away. The FBI and police said Wednesday they are investigating similar bomb threats at more than 15 stores in at least 11 states, all in the past week.