STEVE INSKEEP, host: The business news starts with Wal-Mart's hyper-expansion in China.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, host: Last month Wal-Mart rolled out a credit card in China. This month they're adding more stores to use it in.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, host: According to the Wall Street Journal, Wal-Mart will pay $1 billion to buy a chain of hypermarkets across China. Those are those super-sized establishments that combine grocery stores and department stores under one roof.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, host: That would give the world's largest retailer the biggest network of food and department stores in the world's most populous country.
Last month Wal-Mart rolled out a credit card in China. This month they're adding more stores to use it in. According to The Wall Street Journal, Wal-Mart will pay $1 billion to buy a chain of "hypermarkets" across China.