Wal-Mart changes its rules on recovering money for medical expenses
Wal-Mart has changed the health insurance rules that almost cost permanently disabled former employee Debbie Shank her trust fund.
-- [Southeast Missourian (Mo.)]
Wal-Mart’s 2009 Health Care Plan Includes ‘Debbie Shank Exception’
Wal-Mart Watch and Jim Shank attribute the change to public outrage against Wal-Mart’s treatment of Debbie Shank.
-- [Wal-Mart Watch Press Release]
Sask. mayor worried Wal-Mart will close unionized store
The mayor of a southeastern Saskatchewan community is worried the area’s biggest retailer could close, following a decision by the province’s labour board allowing employees to unionize. …
-- [CBC News (Canada)]
Historians fight proposed Wilderness Wal-Mart
Many of the nation’s top historians are urging Wal-Mart not to build a 53-acre Supercenter complex near the Wilderness battlefield, the site of a pivotal Civil War skirmish.
-- [Associated Press via WREG-TV (Tenn.)]
Hearing Held in Wal-Mart Trampling Death, Police Say Prosecution Unlikely
Retailers luring shoppers with deep discounts should have at least one security guard for every 200 shoppers, erect barricaded corrals 100 feet from entrances and consider other crowd control measures…
-- [Associated Press via Fox News]
On Tax Dodges and Depressing Budget Shortfalls
A depression descends upon the building like some great fog.
-- [Macon County News (N.C.)]
Wal-Mart Celebrates the Holiday Season by Giving $25 Million
Wal-Mart Stores,Inc., and the Wal-Mart Foundation are celebrating the holidays by donating $25 million to organizations that help communities across the country.Wal-Mart’s support includes three…
-- [International Business Times]
Wal-Mart wage class action settlement in Minnesota
Falling prices at Wal-Mart are touted as a good thing. But there can be a darkside. One is when falling prices come at the expense of nickel and diming employees out of wage checks.
-- [Portland Consumer Law & Policy Examiner]
Wal-Mart Rolls Back Its Share Repurchase
Talk about a rollback. Wal-Mart Stores said that it has temporarily suspended its stock repurchase program, citing the “current economic environment and instability in the credit market.”…
-- [CFO.com]
A Very Anxious Christmas for Toys ‘R’ Us
Times are tough for every toy seller, but this holiday season could prove particularly hard on Toys ‘R’ Us. The $14 billion chain, which was taken private three years ago, is heading into…
-- [BusinessWeek]
Punjab Chief Minister Inaugurates Bharti Wal-Mart Training Centre in Amritsar
The Bharti Wal-Mart Training Centre, India’s first special skills training centre aimed at bridging the shortage of skilled workers for cash-and-carry and organized retail formats was inaugurated…
-- [India PRWire]
Asda sees generation of more frugal shoppers
The economic downturn will give birth to a generation of shoppers focused on low prices, cutting waste and spending more time at home, the chief executive of Asda, Britain’s second-biggest grocer,…
-- [Reuters]
Wal-Mart seeks summary judgment in salmonella suit
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has asked a judge for a summary judgment in its favor in a lawsuit filed by a Colorado man who claims he got salmonella from jalapeno peppers purchased at a Cortez Supercenter.…
-- [DC Examiner]
Red alert on China, Wall-Mart
An aggressive advertising campaign from the “Wake Up Wal-Mart” group is confronting American consumers as they enter the important festive shopping season.
-- [Asia Times]
P&G and Wal-Mart’s Impact
One member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average may be getting an assist from another member of that 30-stock average.
-- [Wall Street Journal Blog]
