Archive for the 'Wal*Mart' Category

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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

In this courtroom sketch, a U.S. Marshall removes Faisal Shahzad’s handcuffs in the courtroom Monday, June 21, 2010, in New York. Shahzad pleaded guilty to carrying out the failed Times Square car bombing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan just days after a federal grand jury indicted him on 10 terrorism and weapons counts, some […]

This story appeared in the WALL STREET JOURNAL…not the DAILY WORKER.

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

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Wal-Mart Warns of Democratic Win
By ANN ZIMMERMAN and KRIS MAHER
August 1, 2008;
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is mobilizing its store managers and department supervisors around the country to warn that if Democrats win power in November, they’ll likely change federal law to make it easier for workers to unionize companies — including Wal-Mart.
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In recent weeks, thousands of […]

I include the entire CNN piece because you wouldn’t believe me otherwise.

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Brain-damaged woman at center of Wal-Mart suit
JACKSON, Missouri (CNN) – Debbie Shank breaks down in tears every time she’s told that her 18-year-old son, Jeremy, was killed in Iraq.
The couple’s 18-year-old son, Jeremy, was killed two weeks after arriving in Iraq.
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The 52-year-old mother of three attended her son’s funeral, but she […]

Why are the Amoxicillin side-effects printed in Mandarin?

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 3:00 PM EST
Wal-Mart opening health clinics
Baltimore Business Journal - by Sue Schultz Staff
Expanding its brand into the health care market, retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. unveiled plans Thursday to open 400 new health clinics nationwide by 2010.
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Did you know there is an action figure of Patrick Bateman, the anti-hero of American Psycho?

Friday, July 20th, 2007

Wal-Mart To Test Bible Action Figures In 425 Stores
Dow Jones
July 17, 2007: 12:11 PM EST
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) said Tuesday it will test sales in some stores of biblical action figures whose makers say they are aimed at Christian parents who prefer their children play with Samson, David or Noah rather than with a comic […]

Welcome to the real world, Sons of Sam!

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

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Theft Rising at U.S. Wal-Mart Stores
Wednesday June 13, 6:40 pm ET
By Anne D’Innocenzio and Marcus Kabel, AP Business Writers
Wal-Mart Struggling With Rising Loss From Shoplifting and Employee Theft at Its U.S. Stores
NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers at Wal-Mart stores across America are loading carts with merchandise — maybe a flat-screen TV, a few DVDs and […]

Let me get this straight…

Sunday, May 27th, 2007

the U.S. company which grosses about on billion dollars a day may not act according to Saint Francis?!
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Don Hogan Charles/The New York Times
Julie Roehm, an advertising executive at Wal-Mart who was fired and accused of violating its ethics policies.
May 26, 2007
Official Fired by Wal-Mart Fights Back
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Don Hogan Charles/The New York Times

Julie Roehm, an advertising […]

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Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

Suburban woman finds lead in grandson’s bib
Wal-Mart issues voluntary recall
WLS/Chicago/ABC.TV7/ By Cheryl Burton
May 2, 2007 - A suburban grandmother took action that protects children nationwide from a harmful product. Marilyn Furer discovered lead in a bib used by her grandson. She alerted authorities and now those bibs are being recalled.
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Are video game designers so bereft of ideas that this is considered a coup?

Friday, December 15th, 2006

Does God look upon Humankind as most of the country looks upon W’s Iraq? This story certainly causes an ill-feeling.
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Please find this story at the San Francisco Gate.
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