Wal-Mart Thefts
News Channel 11 Staff
TriCities.com
Feb 2, 5:17 PM EST
A man and woman from Bristol, Virginia have been arrested for stealing merchandise from the Wal-Mart Supercenter on Lee Highway.
http://www.bristolnews.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=TRI/MGArticle/TRI_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031780601838&path=Variables.path
Wal-Mart, a second Walgreens in works for Penn Hills
Wednesday, February 02, 2005
By Judy Laurinatis, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Two Walgreens stores and a Super Wal-Mart may soon be on the Penn Hills commercial landscape.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05033/451140.stm
Residents wary of Wal-Mart expansion
By YOLANDA RODRÍGUEZ
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 02/06/05
The Wal-Mart on Johnson Ferry Road wants to be bigger.
But so far, residents living near the store are not convinced that a super-sized Wal-Mart — the company wants to add 50,100 square feet — is what their neighborhoods need or want. Residents are scheduled to meet with company officials on Feb. 18 to discuss the plans.
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/cobb/0205/06supersize.html
Wal-Mart pulls back; family buys U.S. 72 site
Walkers promise to protect house, historic cemetery
Friday, February 04, 2005
By MARIAN ACCARDI
Times Business Writer accardi@htimes.com
Wal-Mart has backed off plans to build a new supercenter on U.S. 72 East at the base of Chapman Mountain and is looking at other locations in the Huntsville area.
http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/1107512103231160.xml
Wal-Mart Supercenter coming to Ottawa
Store will anchor 80-acre mall
By JONATHAN BILYK — For The Times-Press
A Wal-Mart Supercenter will anchor Ottawa’s new proposed North Side shopping center.
Tuesday, Mayor Robert Eschbach announced that the world’s largest retailer will become the first and likely the largest retail tenant for the planned Ottawa Centre development.
http://www.times-press.com/newsmain.php?storyid=10877
Young entrepreneur wiggles his way into Wal-Mart
By MARINA STRAUSS
RETAILING REPORTER
Friday, February 4, 2005, Page B1
Thomas Szaky shocked his parents a few years ago when he decided to drop out of Princeton University to start a business making plant food. To their dismay, he explained that the product came from worm poop.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v4/sub/MarketingPage?user_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2FArticleNews%2FTPStory%2FLAC%2F20050204%2FRWALMART04%2FTPBusiness%2FCanadian&ord=1109645466319&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=true
Wal-Mart sees Feb. sales up 2%-4%
By Carla Mozee, MarketWatch
Last Update: 1:16 PM ET Feb. 5, 2005
E-mail it Print Alert Reprint RSS
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Wal-Mart on Saturday said it expects same-store sales at its U.S. stores to increase between 2 percent and 4 percent during February.
Free! Sign up here to receive our Weekly Roundup e-Newsletter!
Wal-Mart's (WMT: news, chart, profile) sales figures for the month should get a boost from Sunday's Super Bowl, as consumers pick up party items like snacks, beverages and decorations to watch the country's biggest annual sporting event.
http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BC77656B8-58DC-4C9B-9105-2DEEE0E70D58%7D&siteid=google&dist=google
Wal-Mart foes launch petition drive
Residents group hopes to sway council, says retailer is bad fit
12:55 PM CST on Saturday, February 5, 2005
By MIKKI KIRBY / The Dallas Morning News
Highland Village residents outraged by the City Council's approval of a Wal-Mart Supercenter as part of a larger development are taking steps to overturn that decision.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/denton/stories/020506dndenwalmart.ee76.html
Critics appeal Union County permit for Wal-Mart
County, residents file appeal of special-use license for supercenter
HOWIE PAUL HARTNETT
Staff Writer
Union County and residents against a proposed Wal-Mart will appeal a local board's decision to give the retail giant one of the two permits it needs to build a 206,000-square-foot building off Rea Road.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/10826100.htm
Wal-Mart: NLRB ORDERS UNION RECOGNITION VOTE AT COLO. WAL-MART AUTO SERVICE DEPTS.
NLRB ORDERS UNION RECOGNITION VOTE AT COLO. WAL-MART AUTO SERVICE DEPTS.
By Mark Gruenberg, PAI, ILCA Member
LOVELAND, Colo. (PAI)--The United Food and Commercial Workers will get another shot at breaking through Wal-Mart’s anti-union blockade in the U.S., when 20 workers in its two auto service departments in the Loveland, Colo., supercenter vote on representation by the union’s Local 7.
http://www.ilcaonline.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1736&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
TYLER WAL-MART EVACUATED
AFTER BOMB THREAT
By: Staff
February 05, 2005
The Wal-Mart Supercenter at Texas Highway 64 West and Loop 323 was evacuated at about 8:20 p.m. Saturday.
Don Martin, Tyler Police Department public information officer, said the store had received a bomb threat.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13899874&BRD=1994&PAG=461&dept_id=227937&rfi=6
Walmart Expands Low-End Linux Notebook Offerings
Posted by timothy on Fri Feb 04, '05 10:28 PM
from the cheap-at-the-price dept.
startleman writes "A story on Tom's Hardware reports that Walmart apparently will offer a Linare-equipped notebook below the $500 mark. Manufacturer Linare said that it will bring a Linux-based device to the retailer 'within the next few days.' Specs include an AMD Athlon 1800+, a 40 GByte harddrive, 128 MByte memory, a CD-ROM drive, an Ethernet port and the firm's Linare OS as well as Open Office."
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/05/0032255&from=rss
Wal-Mart To Close Store In Canada With a Union
By IAN AUSTEN (NYT) 580 words
Late Edition - Final , Section C , Page 3 , Column 1
DISPLAYING FIRST 50 OF 580 WORDS - Wal-Mart Canada, a division of Wal-Mart Stores, said on Wednesday that it would close a store in Quebec where unionized workers are attempting to negotiate the first collective agreement in North America with the company ... A spokesman for Wal-Mart Canada, Andrew Pelletier, said the store in Jonquière, Quebec, would...
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30D14F93D5E0C738DDDAB0894DD404482
Foes Dig In As Wal-Mart Aims for City
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE (NYT) 1609 words
Late Edition - Final , Section A , Page 1 , Column 1
Correction Appended
ABSTRACT - Wal-Mart's plan to open its first New York City store, in Rego Park, Queens, is expected to spark biggest battle against single store in city's history; it is opposed by small businesses, union leaders, City Council members and even some mayoral candidates;
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0E1EF73D5E0C738DDDAB0894DD404482
Wal-Mart still wants to help Daiei
By Mariko Sanchanta in Tokyo
Published: February 9 2005 22:12 Last updated: February 9 2005 22:12
Wal-Mart, the world's biggest retailer, on Wednesday said that it still wanted to participate in the rescue of Daiei, Japan's third-largest retailer, which is being restructured by a government-owned turnround body.
Although Wal-Mart was eliminated from a shortlist of consortia bidding to become the lead investorin the rehabilitation of Daiei, Jeff McAllister, the chief operating officer of the company's Japanese operations, said: “It was a disappointment but I think the process was fair. We think we have a solution and we'll see how that progresses.”
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/0c369e3e-7abd-11d9-a8c9-00000e2511c8.html
Quebec Unions Call for Wal-Mart Boycott
Thu Feb 10, 2005 04:37 PM ET
By Martin Croteau
QUEBEC CITY (Reuters) - Unions for thousands workers in northern Quebec have urged a boycott of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) over its plans to close a store that last year became North America's first unionized Wal-Mart.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=7598829
Wal-Mart's Clean Bill of Health?
The retailer says its own survey refutes charges that many workers rely on Medicaid. Nonsense, say critics, who want to see the full data
For years, critics have accused Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, of pushing employees into federal and state health-care programs and forcing taxpayers to subsidize the retailer's low-cost operations. Now, as part of a sweeping campaign to improve its image, Wal-Mart (WMT ) is fighting back by releasing the results of a of new survey about its employees' health-care coverage.
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/feb2005/nf20050210_3996_db016.htm
Wal-Mart debate sparks another late night
By:, Sarah Piland
02/10/2005
Highland Village City Council met last night and on the agenda was the second and final reading on the variation to the Market Overlay District plan, which if approved, would include a Wal-Mart Super Center as the main anchor.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13934121&BRD=1426&PAG=461&dept_id=528199&rfi=6
Wal-Mart talks should have been public
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
February 10, 2005
CRIPPLE CREEK — A judge said the Woodland Park City Council violated the state’s open meeting laws by meeting in secret to discuss a proposed Wal-Mart but concluded they had made a mistake.
http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20050210/NEWS/50210001
Panel proposes changes that could lead to Wal-Mart supercenter
Associated Press
ABERDEEN, S.D. - The city planning commission has recommended changing part of the city's development code to clear the way for a Wal-Mart supercenter.
http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/10865796.htm
Wal-Mart Chief Defends Closing Unionized Store
Scott Says Labor Costs Guided Quebec Decision
By Michael Barbaro
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, February 11, 2005; Page E01
The chief executive of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. yesterday defended the retailer's decision to close a Canadian store after its employees voted to form a union, saying demands from negotiators would have forced an already unprofitable store to hire 30 more people and abide by inefficient work rules.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15832-2005Feb10.html
Wal-Mart debate sparks another late night
By:, Sarah Piland
02/10/2005
Highland Village City Council met last night and on the agenda was the second and final reading on the variation to the Market Overlay District plan, which if approved, would include a Wal-Mart Super Center as the main anchor.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13934121&BRD=1426&PAG=461&dept_id=528199&rfi=6
Wal-Mart talks should have been public
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
February 10, 2005
CRIPPLE CREEK — A judge said the Woodland Park City Council violated the state’s open meeting laws by meeting in secret to discuss a proposed Wal-Mart but concluded they had made a mistake.
http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20050210/NEWS/50210001
Panel proposes changes that could lead to Wal-Mart supercenter
Associated Press
ABERDEEN, S.D. - The city planning commission has recommended changing part of the city's development code to clear the way for a Wal-Mart supercenter.
http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/10865796.htm
Families still disagree on Wal-Mart reburial
By Vicki Viotti
Advertiser Staff Writer
A week before the scheduled reburial of Native Hawaiian bones unearthed during construction of the Wal-Mart complex, descendants remain at odds over when and how the estimated 44 to 50 sets of remains will be reinterred.
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Feb/10/ln/ln18p.html
Boycott wouldn't surprise: Wal-Mart
By CP
MONTREAL -- Wal-Mart Canada anticipates a union-supported boycott of its stores after it announced the closure of a unionized Quebec store, a spokesman with the retail giant said yesterday.
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/WinnipegSun/Business/2005/02/11/927650-sun.html
Unionized Wal-Mart employees fear second Quebec store to shut
By INGRID PERITZ
With reports from Rhéal Séguin in Quebec City and from Reuters
Friday, February 11, 2005, Page A7
SAINT-HYACINTHE, QUE. -- There were shrugs of resignation in the housewares aisle and whispers of fear over in sporting goods. Wal-Mart, a store known for its greeters, yellow smiley faces and the famous Wal-Mart cheer, was not an especially happy place yesterday.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v4/sub/MarketingPage?user_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2FArticleNews%2FTPStory%2FLAC%2F20050211%2FWALMART11%2FTPNational%2FTopStories&ord=1109648989010&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=true
Wal-Mart Opponents Hire Attorney To Halt Store
Published: Feb 11, 2005
TARPON SPRINGS - A group of residents opposing the construction of a Wal-Mart Supercenter on U.S. 19 along the Anclote River will sue Tarpon Springs to overturn the city commission's approval of the project Jan. 19.
http://news.tbo.com/news/MGBGG8KY15E.html
Tensions run high during Wal-Mart hearing
Attorney, city official behave ‘rudely' at court
By Chad Lawhorn, Journal-World
Friday, February 11, 2005
In a courtroom where emotions briefly boiled over, Wal-Mart attorneys Thursday argued city commissioners ignored expert opinions from their own staff when thwarting the retailer's plans to build a store in northwest Lawrence.
http://www.ljworld.com/section/citynews/story/195886
Union to fight Wal-Mart closing
Legal battles, national boycott of stores possible
Retail giant says it will shut its first unionized store
DANA FLAVELLE
BUSINESS REPORTER
Wal-Mart Canada Corp.'s decision to close its first unionized store could spark a protracted legal battle, a possible national boycott, and the retailer could be forced to re-open the store, the high-powered lawyer for the union says.
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1108075812381&call_pageid=970599119419
Unionized Wal-Mart employees fear second Quebec store to shut
By INGRID PERITZ
With reports from Rhéal Séguin in Quebec City and from Reuters
Friday, February 11, 2005, Page A7
SAINT-HYACINTHE, QUE. -- There were shrugs of resignation in the housewares aisle and whispers of fear over in sporting goods. Wal-Mart, a store known for its greeters, yellow smiley faces and the famous Wal-Mart cheer, was not an especially happy place yesterday.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v4/sub/MarketingPage?user_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2FArticleNews%2FTPStory%2FLAC%2F20050211%2FWALMART11%2FTPNational%2FTopStories&ord=1109649607389&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=true
Council looks to keep Wal-Mart out
BY LAUREN WEBER
STAFF WRITER
February 11, 2005
City Council members promised yesterday to seek legislative ways to keep Wal-Mart away, or to make it so inconvenient for the giant retailer that it abandons plans to enter the city.
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzlabo114141423feb11,0,2925933.story?coll=ny-business-headlines
Tensions run high during Wal-Mart hearing
Attorney, city official behave ‘rudely' at court
By Chad Lawhorn, Journal-World
Friday, February 11, 2005
In a courtroom where emotions briefly boiled over, Wal-Mart attorneys Thursday argued city commissioners ignored expert opinions from their own staff when thwarting the retailer's plans to build a store in northwest Lawrence.
http://www.ljworld.com/section/citynews/story/195886
Wal-Mart Opponents Hire Attorney To Halt Store
Published: Feb 11, 2005
TARPON SPRINGS - A group of residents opposing the construction of a Wal-Mart Supercenter on U.S. 19 along the Anclote River will sue Tarpon Springs to overturn the city commission's approval of the project Jan. 19.
http://news.tbo.com/news/MGBGG8KY15E.html
Wal-Mart Chief Defends Closing Unionized Store
Scott Says Labor Costs Guided Quebec Decision
By Michael Barbaro
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, February 11, 2005; Page E01
The chief executive of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. yesterday defended the retailer's decision to close a Canadian store after its employees voted to form a union, saying demands from negotiators would have forced an already unprofitable store to hire 30 more people and abide by inefficient work rules.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15832-2005Feb10.html
Council looks to keep Wal-Mart out
BY LAUREN WEBER
STAFF WRITER
February 11, 2005
City Council members promised yesterday to seek legislative ways to keep Wal-Mart away, or to make it so inconvenient for the giant retailer that it abandons plans to enter the city.
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzlabo114141423feb11,0,2925933.story?coll=ny-business-headlines
Unionized Wal-Mart employees fear second Quebec store to shut
By INGRID PERITZ
With reports from Rhéal Séguin in Quebec City and from Reuters
Friday, February 11, 2005, Page A7
SAINT-HYACINTHE, QUE. -- There were shrugs of resignation in the housewares aisle and whispers of fear over in sporting goods. Wal-Mart, a store known for its greeters, yellow smiley faces and the famous Wal-Mart cheer, was not an especially happy place yesterday.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v4/sub/MarketingPage?user_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2FArticleNews%2FTPStory%2FLAC%2F20050211%2FWALMART11%2FTPNational%2FTopStories&ord=1109649946483&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=true
Trustee seeks meeting with Wal-Mart CEO
Leitenberger wants to discuss connector road
By David Benson, dbenson@nncogannett.com
News Journal
MANSFIELD -- A Washington Township trustee wants to meet with the CEO of Wal-Mart.
Kay Leitenberger told the Richland County commissioners Thursday Wal-Mart should pay for a connector road between Ohio 13 and O'Possum Run Road near the site where a Wal-Mart supercenter will be built this year.
http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/news/stories/20050211/localnews/1979042.html
Wal-Mart Opponents Hire Attorney To Halt Store
Published: Feb 11, 2005
TARPON SPRINGS - A group of residents opposing the construction of a Wal-Mart Supercenter on U.S. 19 along the Anclote River will sue Tarpon Springs to overturn the city commission's approval of the project Jan. 19.
http://news.tbo.com/news/MGBGG8KY15E.html
Wal-Mart's Canadian Union to File Complaint After Store Closure
Feb. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The United Food and Commercial Workers' Canadian arm said it plans to file a complaint against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for bargaining in bad faith after the retailer said it would close its first unionized outlet in North America.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000082&sid=a6Tx9lrK4_Gw&refer=canada
Council looks to keep Wal-Mart out
BY LAUREN WEBER
STAFF WRITER
February 11, 2005
City Council members promised yesterday to seek legislative ways to keep Wal-Mart away, or to make it so inconvenient for the giant retailer that it abandons plans to enter the city.
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzlabo114141423feb11,0,2925933.story?coll=ny-business-headlines
Unionized Wal-Mart employees fear second Quebec store to shut
By INGRID PERITZ
With reports from Rhéal Séguin in Quebec City and from Reuters
Friday, February 11, 2005, Page A7
SAINT-HYACINTHE, QUE. -- There were shrugs of resignation in the housewares aisle and whispers of fear over in sporting goods. Wal-Mart, a store known for its greeters, yellow smiley faces and the famous Wal-Mart cheer, was not an especially happy place yesterday.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v4/sub/MarketingPage?user_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2FArticleNews%2FTPStory%2FLAC%2F20050211%2FWALMART11%2FTPNational%2FTopStories&ord=1109650176956&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=true
Wal-Mart Opponents Hire Attorney To Halt Store
Published: Feb 11, 2005
TARPON SPRINGS - A group of residents opposing the construction of a Wal-Mart Supercenter on U.S. 19 along the Anclote River will sue Tarpon Springs to overturn the city commission's approval of the project Jan. 19.
http://news.tbo.com/news/MGBGG8KY15E.html
Tensions run high during Wal-Mart hearing
Attorney, city official behave ‘rudely' at court
By Chad Lawhorn, Journal-World
Friday, February 11, 2005
In a courtroom where emotions briefly boiled over, Wal-Mart attorneys Thursday argued city commissioners ignored expert opinions from their own staff when thwarting the retailer's plans to build a store in northwest Lawrence.
http://www.ljworld.com/section/citynews/story/195886
Wal-Mart settles child labour cases
Associated Press
Saturday, February 12, 2005
Washington — Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, will pay $135,540 (U.S.) to settle federal charges that it broke child labor laws, the Labor Department said Saturday.
The 24 violations, which occurred at stores in Arkansas, Connecticut and New Hampshire, had to do with teenage workers who used hazardous equipment such as a chain saw, paper balers and fork lifts.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v4/sub/MarketingPage?user_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2Fstory%2FRTGAM.20050212.wwal-mart-labour12%2FBNStory%2FFront&ord=1109650725250&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=true
Granby Wal-Mart receives bomb threat
Canadian Press
Saturday, February 12, 2005
Granby, Que. — A Wal-Mart store in this city about 80 kilometres east of Montreal was evacuated Saturday after police received a noon-hour bomb threat.
Mr. Granby police spokesman Lieut. Louis Gregoire said no suspicious objects were found, but the store remained closed as police continued to check the area following the anonymous 9-1-1 call that came in around 12:30 p.m.
It's the third store to receive such a threat in two days.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v4/sub/MarketingPage?user_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2Fstory%2FRTGAM.20050212.wwal-mart-bomb12%2FBNStory%2FFront&ord=1109650786240&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=true
Union weighs public boycott of Wal-Mart
From Saturday's Globe and Mail
Saturday, February 12, 2005
Montreal — The bitter conflict pitting unionized workers in the remote Quebec town of Jonquière against Wal-Mart reached a flashpoint yesterday as labour leaders vowed to ratchet up their fight against the U.S. retail colossus and bomb threats forced the evacuation of two of its stores in Gatineau.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v4/sub/MarketingPage?user_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2Fstory%2FRTGAM.20050211.wwalm12%2FBNStory%2FNational%2F&ord=1109650836260&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=true
Wal-Mart Says Feb. Same-Store Sales Rising Within Its Forecast
Feb. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, said February sales at U.S. stores open at least a year are rising within its forecast for a gain of as much as 4 percent.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aZCurQW4AR3o&refer=top_world_news
Wal-Mart to appeal union decision in Saint-Hyacinthe
Last Updated Mon, 14 Feb 2005 15:21:17 EST
CBC News
SAINT-HYACINTHE, QUE. - Wal-Mart Canada says it will appeal a provincial decision to unionize its store in Saint-Hyacinthe, Que., CBC News has learned.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/02/13/walmart-quebec050213.html
Albion eyes huge Wal-Mart
Public will speak today on plan for a new commercial district
Meaghan M. McDermott
Staff writer
(February 13, 2005) — ALBION — The public on Monday will weigh in on whether the Town Board should rezone agricultural land on Route 31 to make way for a new commercial district that would include a Wal-Mart supercenter.
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050213/NEWS01/502130330/1002/NEWS
Loveland tire shop takes on Wal-Mart to unionize
By KIRSTEN ORSINI-MEINHARD
KirstenOrsini@coloradoan.com
No one's quite sure who brought it up first.
Likely it was a couple of disgruntled workers who didn't know what they were getting into.
All Wal-Mart employee Alan Johnson can remember is that someone cried "union" and suddenly the Tire & Lube Express department in Lake Elsinore, Calif., was thrown into a years-long battle with the company that no one was prepared for.
http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050213/BUSINESS/502130307/1046
Nashua doesn’t need Wal-Mart super store
George Skuse, Nashua
Published: Sunday, Feb. 13, 2005
Having just read Mark Dennison’s letter of Feb. 10 regarding the value of yet another Wal-Mart in the area, I can only say “bull pucky.”
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050213/OPINION02/102130006/-1/opinion
When size matters at Wal-Mart
By Matthew Davies
BBC World Service business reporter
Wal-Mart dwarfs its rivals in the retail business
The cash tills at any one of Wal-Mart's giant retail stores are rarely quiet.
Customers bought more than $284bn (£153bn) worth of goods from the world's largest retailer in the year to the end of January.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4253981.stm
Montana Debates Special Tax on Wal-Mart, Others
Mon Feb 14, 2005 02:14 PM ET
By Laura Zuckerman
MISSOULA, Montana (Reuters) - Montana's state legislature is targeting the big-box megastores that have taken the place of the old Western general store, weighing a special tax to offset welfare costs for low-paid employees of the retailers.
http://olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=7624289
Wal-Mart: Secret Deal With Wal-Mart on Labor Violations Needs Investigating
Secret Deal With Wal-Mart on Labor Violations Needs Investigating
By Office of Congressman George Miller
So-called ‘compliance agreement’ gives preferential treatment to major Republican donor.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After disclosure of a secret agreement between the U.S. Department of Labor and Wal-Mart giving the giant retailer the authority to conduct its own investigations of employee wage and hour complaints, Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) today requested an investigation by the DOL’s Inspector General to determine whether the arrangement represents a sweetheart deal between the Bush Administration and one of the nation’s most frequent violators of labor laws.
http://www.ilcaonline.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1818&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
Keep Wal-Mart out of the neighborhood
Feb 10, 2005
February 14, 2005
You've heard that a rich guy named Jones wants to move into your modest middle-class neighborhood.
He plans to build a house that's at least four times as big as any of the other houses, and he has a reputation for being mean to the female members of his household, for paying low wages to his help, forcing them to work overtime without pay, and even locking them in the house when he goes out.
http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vpmcc144145015feb14,0,2742070.column?coll=ny-viewpoints-headlines
Wal-Mart Supercenter Gets Green Light in Fairfield
Mayor Hopes Business Will Drive Development
POSTED: 7:34 pm CST February 14, 2005
FAIRFIELD, Ala. -- A project five years in the works is finally a reality for the city of Fairfield: a Wal-Mart Supercenter has been given the green light.
http://www.nbc13.com/news/4197120/detail.html
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Announces Total Charitable Giving for 2004 Exceeded $170 Million; Touched 100,000 Organizations
Tuesday February 15, 3:15 pm ET
Largest Corporate Cash Giving Foundation in U.S. Focuses on Local Giving, Children and Community Efforts
BENTONVILLE, Ark., Feb. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- With more than 90 percent of its charitable giving targeted at local communities, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT - News) today announced that for its fiscal year ending Jan. 31, 2005, cash donations through Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and the Wal-Mart & SAM'S CLUB Foundation exceeded a record $170 million.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050215/datu054_1.html
Dow Industrial Stocks Fall in Europe; Home Depot, Wal-Mart Drop
Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. retail stocks such as Home Depot Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. slid in Europe in advance of a government report economists expect to show falling U.S. retail sales. Stock-index futures were little changed.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aZZeFHpk7Jas&refer=us
Wal-Mart praises its workers in Quebec newspaper ads
Tuesday, February 15, 2005, Page B15
Wal-Mart Canada Corp. took out a full-page ad in several Quebec newspapers yesterday, telling its employees they are the "cornerstone" of the company.
The retail giant's move came after its decision last week to close a Quebec store where unionized employees were seeking a first collective agreement.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v4/sub/MarketingPage?user_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2FArticleNews%2FTPStory%2FLAC%2F20050215%2FRWALTICK15%2FTPBusiness%2FCanadian&ord=1109651641728&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=true
Big Bargains at Wal-Mart
By Will Swarts Published: February 15, 2005
AS WINTER SLOWLY STARTS to turn the corner to spring, American thoughts inevitably turn to hopping in the car and loading up on lots of inexpensive stuff.
That's excellent news for retailing giant Wal-Mart Stores (WMT), which releases its fourth-quarter results on Thursday before the opening bell. Buoyed by Tuesday's Department of Commerce report on improved January retail sales figures, America's largest retailer is expected to meet — or beat — Wall Street's 74 cents a share estimate for its final quarter, ended Jan. 31. That's up 17% from the same period last year, and consensus estimates suggest year-end earnings per share of $2.40, an 18% increase from last year.
http://www.smartmoney.com/stockwatch/index.cfm?story=20050215&hpadref=1
continued...
