But Wal-Mart executives tend to care more about how products sell as part of a larger basket.

"We are sticking with our expansion plans," a Wal-Mart executive said.

Like many Wal-Mart executives, he came from a small town, state college background.

The proceeds, he added, were "provided to a senior Wal-Mart executive for the executive's personal benefit and use."

They are nervously waiting for Wal-Mart executives to answer questions about the local store, which provides some 23 percent of the village's sales tax revenue.

During that time, her conduct surprised and, in some cases, alarmed Wal-Mart executives.

When gasoline prices rise, Wal-Mart executives have said, customers buy less.

The officials said the government believed that Wal-Mart executives knew the cleaning contractors were using illegal immigrants.

A table full of Wal-Mart executives also seemed to agree.

Most people say my office and those of all the other Wal-Mart executives look like something you'd find in a truck terminal.