Wal-Mart

The legislative Taxation Committee is expected to act Thursday on a bill that aims to end the practice of big-box retailers seeking lower tax assessments — a bill municipalities and assessors support, but the state's retail industry opposes.

Walmart will add 50 full-time employees at its warehouse in Lewiston. The company will hold a job fair on Saturday to start the recruiting process.

In this weekly feature sponsored by Norway Savings Bank, we look back at stories that have appeared in Mainebiz during our first 25 years. Appropriately, this week's story focuses on a 25-cent coin, about whose design Mainebiz staff had strong opinions in 2002.

The Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s regional general manager is visiting all 74 stores in his coverage area of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and eastern Massachusetts to assess whether stores need to be upgraded, particularly in face of increased competition from online shopping.