Wal-Mart suddenly closed 5 stores and laid off thousands of workers and no one knows why

Hayley Peterson
Business Insider
April 23, 2015

Wal-Mart suddenly closed five stores in four states on Monday for alleged plumbing problems.

The closures could last up to six months and affect roughly 2,200 workers in Texas, California, Oklahoma, and Florida, CNN Money reports.

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