New York Times Accuses Walmart of Bribery Cover-Up
Walmart, the Arkansas-based retail giant, banks its brand on family values, but in recent years, the company has faced criticism as its executives try to balance high moral standards with extremely...
View ArticleWalmart Responds to Bribery Allegations
Walmart has issued a press release in response to allegations that they bribed Mexican officials.Updated Walmart Statement in Response to Recent New York Times ArticleAbout Compliance with the U.S....
View ArticleHome of Walmart HQ Reacts To Bribery Scandal
Apple has Cupertino. Kodak had Rochester. And Walmart, of course, has Bentonville. The retail giant’s recent bribery scandal has the company on the defensive, but what about the company town? To find...
View ArticleFollow Friday: Immigration at the Supreme Court, News Corp Inquiry, John...
Every Friday, The Takeaway convenes a panel to look back at the week's big stories. This week, we'll hear more about Arizona v. U.S., the case that will determine the constitutionality of Arizona's...
View ArticleNew York City Council Postpones Wal-Mart Hearing
Citing a committee room too small to accommodate growing interest in a hearing next week about the economic impact of Wal-Mart opening stories in New York, the New York City Council postponed the...
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TN Moving Stories: Honolulu's Rail Imperiled by Lawsuit Over Burial Grounds,...
NY Rep. Michael Grimm's quest to have a light-rail link be part of the renovated Bayonne Bridge led to a "very heated" discussion with a top Port Authority official this week, Grimm said. (Staten...
View ArticleFinancial 411: Labor Unions Eye a New Target
Labor unions have gone after Wal-mart for years — attacking the world's largest retailer for providing poor wages and benefits and driving small businesses out of business. Now, organized labor has its...
View ArticleUnion Target
Steven Greenhouse, New York Times labor and workplace correspondent and author of The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker, talks about today's vote on unionizing by Long Island Target...
View ArticleMayor Defends Walmart's $5M Donation to Create Summer Jobs
Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended Walmart against criticism that the big box store's $5 million donation to help create jobs was more of a PR ploy than a philanthropic gesture."Walmart's a good...
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New Yorkers like Walmart
(lakshmi / clker.com)Another day, another Quinnipiac University poll. Today's poll reveals the truth about New Yorkers: they're just like everybody else--at least when it comes to Walmart.When asked...
View ArticleWal-Mart to Shutter City's Apparel Office
Retail giant Wal-Mart announced plans to move its New York City apparel office to Bentonville, Arkansas, where the company's headquarters is located.In a letter to employees on Wednesday, the company...
View ArticleWalmart May Lose Traction in NYC After Mexico Bribery Scandal
Opponents of Walmart locating anywhere in New York City are wasting no time trying to link their "Stop Walmart" campaign to expose on the retail titan's legal troubles regarding bribes the company’s...
View ArticleWalmart Backs Out of Opening Store in Brooklyn
Walmart is abandoning efforts to open a store in East New York, Brooklyn — a move that would have established the retailer's first store in New York City.Although Walmart never confirmed it was in...
View ArticleBloomberg Thinks NYC Should Have a Walmart
Walmart, the world's largest retailer, is having a tough time opening its first store in the city. That’s not sitting well with Mayor Michael Bloomberg.“A company that sells products that, if they're...
View ArticleOpinion: Let's Support Walmart Workers Striking on Black Friday
As the statistics show, Walmart is the largest private employer in the world, and follows only the US and Chinese armies in its overall workforce. However, it got there the old-fashion way: Relying on...
View ArticleGuns in America: Retail Sales
Paul Barrett, assistant managing editor of Bloomberg Businessweek and author of, Glock:The Rise of America's Gun, returns for the second installment in the series on gun ownership. Today as Vice...
View ArticleNYC Retail Workers Groups Not Impressed With Walmart's Pledge to Hire 100,000...
Organizations that represent New York City's retail workers are less than impressed with Walmart's pledge to hire 100,000 recent veterans over five years, an announcement made Tuesday morning at the...
View ArticleWalmart and the AR-15
George Zornick, Washington reporter for The Nation, talks about his latest article, “How Walmart Helped Make the Newtown Shooter's AR-15 the Most Popular Assault Weapon in America.” It’s a look at how...
View ArticleCould a Manufacturing Boom in the U.S. Create a Million Jobs?
American manufacturing got some much-needed buzz when Apple CEO Tim Cook announced in December that a line of Macs will be made in the U.S.A. in 2013. Walmart made news the next month when it pledged...
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Reimagining Package Delivery, WalMart Asks Customers to Play Courier
(Nancy Marshall-Genzer -- Marketplace) So, you’re at Walmart, getting ready to pay. The cashier says, 'Wait! You can get a few bucks off if you deliver some stuff your neighbor ordered.'Walmart is...
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