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Pallets

Stacks of pallets are stored in a yard at a Brambles-owned CHEP pallet depot in Sydney April 18, 2008. Shares in Australian logistics firm Brambles Ltd fell almost 18 percent on Friday on concern it may lose business after it said U.S. retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc was reviewing the way it sources pallets. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne (AUSTRALIA) – GM1E44I14CG01
Stacks of pallets are stored in a yard at a Brambles-owned CHEP pallet depot in Sydney April 18, 2008. Shares in Australian logistics firm Brambles Ltd fell almost 18 percent on Friday on concern it may lose business after it said U.S. retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc was reviewing the way it sources pallets. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne (AUSTRALIA) – GM1E44I14CG01
Image: Reuters/Tim Wimborne
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