Wal-Mart announced plans to invest more than a billion dollars to open up to 90 new stores in Brazil. That country has become Latin America's fastest growing market, in part because of rising incomes and cheaper consumer credit.
Wal-Mart has been in Brazil for more than a decade, and already has 318 stores there.
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