Walmart raises pay in US even as it shuts some Sam's Club stores

Walmart announced Thursday it will raise the minimum wage for US workers to $11 an hour and pay bonuses, crediting the US tax reform approved in December for making the changes possible.Owned by Walmart, Sam's Club is a chain of membership-only warehouse stores that offer discounted prices.In some cases, employees learned of the closures only Thursday when they showed up for work and found the store shut, according to local news reports in Texas and some other states.