The Money Times Wal-Mart’s Empire Expands, AgainWall Street Journal Blogs, NY –4 hours agoWal-Mart is running it via classified Web site Oodle.com, which was launched last year by former execs from eBay and Excite. Particularly notable is that …Wal-Mart Begins Offering Classified Ads Through Its Web SiteCNNMoney.comWalmart.com launches free classifiedsDM NewsFrom Craigslist …

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