NEW YORK, N.Y. - Wal-Mart's final shareholder vote for its board of directors showed another year of dissent against key executives and directors, including its CEO Mike Duke, as the company deals with the fallout from overseas bribery allegations. All of the 14 company's nominees were re-elected at the annual shareholders' meeting Friday, but with significant numbers of dissenting votes. Such dissatisfaction against leaders shows how the company continues to be distracted by concerns about its handling of bribery allegations that surfaced last year at its Mexican unit.

US stocks were flat in early trade Monday as Standard & Poor's raised its outlook for the debt rating US from "negative" to "stable." An hour into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 2.88 points (0.02 percent) to 15,245.24. The broad-based S&P 500 slipped 0.10 (0.01 percent) at 1,643.28, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite added 4.58 (0.13 percent) to 3,473.80. Before trade opened S&P upgraded its debt rating outlook for the US, saying there is now less than a one-in-three chance for a downgrade in the near term.

___ US employers add 175,000 jobs, unemployment rate up to 7.6 per cent WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy added 175,000 jobs in May— a steady pace that shows strength in the face of tax increases and government spending cuts, if not enough to reduce still-high unemployment. The unemployment rate rose to 7.6 per cent from 7.5 per cent in April, the Labor Department said Friday. The rate rose because more people began looking for work, a healthy sign, but only about three-quarters of that group found jobs.

By Jessica Wohl (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Monday it is offering a money-back guarantee on the fruits and vegetables it sells at its Walmart U.S. stores as it tries to gain more ground in the grocery business.