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Walmart worker strikes go viral, hitting 28 stores in 12 states
By Stephen C. Webster Wednesday, October 10, 2012 14:16 EDT Topics: Walmart ♦ walmart stores ♦ workers Walmart workers who recently went on strike in Illinois and California appear to have inspired...
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Revealed: Children’s jewelry that contains toxic cadmium which causes cancer...
By Associated Press Reporter PUBLISHED:23:07 EST, 14 October 2012| UPDATED:23:53 EST, 14 October 2012 Federal regulators failed to pursue recalls after they found cadmium-tainted jewelry on store...
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Walmart supply chain: warehouse staff agencies accused of wage theft
‘They prey on people living on the edge,’ claim workers, who are already among the most vulnerable and lowest-paid in America Paul Harris in Elwood, Illinois guardian.co.uk, Thursday 18 October...
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Supreme Court considers limits on class-action cases
By Agence France-Presse Monday, November 5, 2012 22:15 EST Topics: supreme court WASHINGTON — The US Supreme Court heard two cases that could limit the scope of class action lawsuits, after the court...
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74th Health Research Report 19 JAN 2010 – Reconstruction
In this Issue: 1. AP IMPACT: Toxic metal in kids’ jewelry from China 2. Incidence of type 1 diabetes doubles in 20 years, continues rising at 3 percent per year — but why? 3. STUDY REVEALS HOW ONE...
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Wal-Mart India unit suspends CFO, others pending bribery probe
Posted 2012/11/22 at 11:41 pm EST MUMBAI, Nov. 22, 2012 (Reuters) — The Indian joint venture of Wal-Mart Stores Inc <wmt.n> has suspended its chief financial officer and other employees as it...
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Wal-mart sales a ‘total disaster’” Where are all the customers? And where’s...
Wal-mart sales a ‘total disaster’, say leaked emails Wal-Mart has said sales this month have been a “total disaster”, according to leaked internal emails. Shares in Wal-Mart fell 2.1pc on Friday,...
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Cyborg Roaches, Glow-in-the-Dark Fish, and Other Biotechnology Beasts
Cyborg Roaches, Glow-in-the-Dark Fish, and Other Biotechnology Beasts By Emily Anthes Posted Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, at 10:34 AM Slate.com A remote-controlled flying flower beetle. Photo courtesy Michel...
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Wal-Mart’s Nude Child Photo Policy Hits 9th : Lost Custody of daughters over...
By TIM HULL (CN) – A couple who briefly lost custody of their children after developing bath-time photos told the 9th Circuit that Wal-Mart should have disclosed its “unsuitable print policy.” Lisa and...
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Wal-Mart Evades Suit Over Exploding Toy
ST. LOUIS (CN) – A man who picked up a malfunctioning battery-operated toy, only to have it explode in his hands, cannot sue Wal-Mart, the 8th Circuit ruled. Jon Sommervold sued the retailer over the...
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‘MoneyPak’ Cards Used for Extortion, Victims Group Claims
DALLAS (CN) – CVS Caremark, Kmart, Kroger, Walmart, Walgreens and 7-Eleven are helping criminals collect ransom payments for hijacking computers with a virus, a crime victims advocacy group claims...
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The discount chain that could become Wal-Mart’s worst nightmare by offering...
EEV: When your only business model is predatorial pricing. There will be always someone willing to make less money than you. (I.e. Pic n save, Woolworth, K-Mart, etc..etc..) – This one does not accept...
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Texas drops DUI charge against billionaire Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton
Highway patrol officer who pulled her over in 2011 has been suspended and can’t testify Walton was arrested on her 62nd birthday in Texas Walton is worth an estimated $27 billion By Daily Mail...
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Factories ablaze as Bangladesh garment workers protest
23 Sep 2013 DHAKA (AFP) Angry Bangladeshi garment workers blocked roads, set factories alight and clashed with police for a third day on Monday as protests demanding a minimum monthly wage of $100...
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Surprise! Debt-ceiling deal gives Obama a blank check: Loophole will allow...
Congressional deal set a time limit for a debt-ceiling extension, but didn’t cap it with a fixed dollar amount Obama’s three autumn demands – a new budget, a farm bill and comprehensive immigration...
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Walmart fires employee for coming to the aid of woman being assaulted by her...
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 00:36 EST, 18 October 2013 | UPDATED: 00:59 EST, 18 October 2013 Kristopher Oswald says he was doing the right thing when he jumped to the aid of a woman being...
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Our Walmart says National Labor Relations Board will demand action against...
Walmart to be prosecuted for firing striking workers, union group says Workers’ rights groups demonstrate in the street in Washington. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The National Labor...
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Secretive trade pact called ‘most harmful ever’ for affordable medicine
Closed to the public, but some 600 corporations, including Walmart and Monsanto are the Trade advisors. Global health advocates say the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a proposed trade agreement between the...
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Disabled man banned from Walmart for life for trying to price match
Joe Cantrell used to shop twice a day at his favorite Arizona Walmart He scoured circulars for lower prices that he thought Walmart would match He instead was cuffed and served a notice banning him...
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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius being replaced by...
EEV: Repost from OCT 2013 Meet Sylvia Burwell, the woman who ordered the government shutdown By Elizabeth Chuck Mandel Ngan / AFP/Getty Images Sylvia Mathews Burwell smiles as President Barack...
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