Activists

Slain activist 'left his mark'
Mourners recall John Beresford's zest for life
By Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff May 16, 2005
They came, one by one, carrying stones.

They came from Dorchester and from as far away as Florida.
Artists. Actors. Social workers. The mayor.
Some had played as children with John Beresford, 40, the community activist who was fatally stabbed last week while trying to stop a purse snatching at Ronan Park in Dorchester. Others had met him through the theater. Or simply because he had said hello on the street.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/05/16/slain_activist_left_his_mark/

Slain activist praised for work in Iraq
Mother: 'I'll remember the love she spread around the world'
Monday, April 18, 2005 Posted: 8:40 AM EDT (1240 GMT)

Humanitarian Marla Ruzicka poses with an Iraqi family in this photo from CIVIC.
SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- A woman who led an effort to help those ravaged by violence in Iraq fell victim to the war herself when a car bomb killed her and two other people, officials said Sunday.
Marla Ruzicka, founder of Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict, died Saturday in the blast, which also killed an Iraqi and another foreigner, officials said. She had been in Iraq conducting door-to-door surveys trying to determine the number of civilian casualties in the country.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/17/activist.killed.ap/index.html

Activist recalled for her devotion to Iraqis
Sunday, May 15, 2005 Posted: 8:57 AM EDT (1257 GMT)

Marla Ruzicka poses with an Iraqi family in this photo from CIVIC.
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Marla Ruzicka remembered for her devotion to Iraqi people.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Marla Ruzicka, an American activist killed in an Iraqi car bombing last month, was remembered Saturday for her "tenaciousness" when she counted civilian war casualties at a special memorial service in Washington.
"Only by doing so can we note the true cost of war and we can properly dignify and honor each person killed or wounded as an individual -- as a father, a son, a daughter, a mother -- not just as collateral damage," Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, said. "That's Marla's legacy."

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/14/ruzicka.memorial/index.html

Computer glitches

New anti-computer virus technology developed

Beijing Jiangmin New Science & Technology Company Ltd., China's leading anti-computer virus company, announced on March 8th that it has developed a new technology to block Trojan Horse viruses.
According to computer virus specialists, the technology is a significant breakthrough for the protection of computer users from Trojan Horses viruses. In addition, the technology can monitor most common viruses and provide the user with advance warning.

http://english.people.com.cn/200503/11/eng20050311_176450.html

Whistleblowers

The Insider
A year ago, Richard Clarke blew the whistle on the Bush administration's failure to take Al Qaeda seriously. He's still whistling -- but how long will the public listen?
By Patrick Radden Keefe May 15, 2005
IT HAS BEEN more than two years now since Richard A. Clarke left the federal government he served for three decades, and more than a year since his testimony before the 9/11 Commission, when he turned to the families of the Sept. 11 dead, and said, ''Your government failed you, and I failed you." Yet over a recent lunch at a Manhattan restaurant, where the Dorchester-born former White House counterterrorism director was joined by his longtime deputy, Roger Cressey, Clarke seemed as much an insider -- and a celebrity -- as ever.

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2005/05/15/the_insider/

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2005/05/15/whistleblowers/

Blogger News

CBS Distorts Starr On Filibuster To Keep The Radical Abortion Litmus Test
Editorial by Tom Grey
The Democratic Party and their Leftist biased MSM allies at CBS are dishonestly trying to twist a Republican's words into opposing the filibuster rules change. When asked about refusing to support a President's nominee because of a difference in judicial philosophy, instead of competence, Ken Starr was very sharp in disagreement. Yet a transcript of the Schieffer / Gloria Borger broadcast demonstrates deliberate misleading editing by CBS:
Borger: Many conservatives consider the fight over judges their political Armageddon. But conservative icon and former federal Judge Ken Starr says it's gotten out of control.

http://www.legendgames.net/showstory.asp?page=blognews/stories/UP0000238.txt

The World According to Wal-Mart

A New York Moment for Arkansas
Published: May 15, 2005
For years, bookworms looking up for a break in the New York Public Library at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street could gaze upon the ravishing escapism of "Kindred Spirits" - the classic Hudson River School landscape depicting the poet William Cullen Bryant and his artist friend Thomas Cole at a glorious perch in the Catskills. Suddenly, the 1849 painting by Asher Durand, which portrays such a definitive link in the history of New York's artists and writers, is bound elsewhere.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/15/opinion/15sun3.html

Wal-Mart To Apologize For Ad in Newspaper
By Amy Joyce
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, May 14, 2005; Page E01
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said yesterday that it made a "terrible" mistake in approving a recent newspaper advertisement that equated a proposed Arizona zoning ordinance with Nazi book-burning.
The full-page advertisement included a 1933 photo of people throwing books on a pyre at Berlin's Opernplatz. It was run as part of a campaign against a Flagstaff ballot proposal that would restrict Wal-Mart from expanding a local store to include a grocery.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/13/AR2005051301423.html

Stocks: Wal-Mart earnings put damper on Big Board
NEW YORK Share prices declined Thursday as disappointing earnings from Wal-Mart overshadowed a report showing U.S. retail sales rose twice as much as economists expected.

"Wal-Mart is about 20 percent of publicly traded retail sales, so that is not a good sign," said Art Hogan, chief market analyst at Jefferies & Co. in Boston. "The good news is that there are two consumers out there: those that shop at Wal-Mart and the rest of the retail sales

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/05/12/yourmoney/mart.php

Lawmakers ask Wal-Mart for worker data
Part of effort to see if retailer pays female employees less than men; company denies charges.
WASHINGTON (CNN) - Congressional Democrats are asking Wal-Mart for employee data in order to determine if claims of wage discrimination against female workers are true.
In a letter drafted by Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., and signed by 50 of her colleagues, the company was asked to provide its wage statistics, along with any related information that Wal-Mart has already given to the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission.

http://money.cnn.com/2005/05/13/news/fortune500/walmart_data/?cnn=yes

WAL-MART PROBE: Retailer disputes former exec's claims
Associated Press
Published April 30, 2005
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says a former executive who claims he deserves to be protected as a whistleblower was instead part of a scheme to defraud the firm and deserves no such protection.
Former Wal-Mart vice president Jared Bowen claims he refused to approve certain expenses submitted by former Wal-Mart vice chairman Tom Coughlin, whose departure from the board in March came as Wal-Mart announced it was giving to prosecutors evidence of up to $500,000 in misspent money. A federal grand jury is investigating.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0504300086apr30,1,1771458.story?coll=chi-business-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true

Dismiss Wal-Mart complaint, labor board officer says
DENVER — A National Labor Relations Board hearing officer has recommended the dismissal of a complaint that Wal-Mart influenced a vote against forming a union in one of its Colorado stores.
The report, dated Wednesday and made available Friday, goes to the NLRB's national office for a final decision. No timetable was given.
Local 7 of the United Food and Commercial Workers union said workers at Wal-Mart's Tire & Lube Express in Loveland were intimidated into rejecting unionization in a 17-1 vote on Feb. 25.
Hearing officer Daniel Michalski recommended that the vote be certified. Local 7 spokesman Dave Minshall said the union was considering its options.
The company on Friday also announced the closing of a unionized store in Quebec, Canada, whose employees formed a union last year but were never able to negotiate their first contract.
Wal-Mart said it closed the store about 155 miles north of Quebec City because it had been losing money.
— The Associated Press

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/11527754.htm

ARNOLDUSSEN LEADS WAL-MART FLW WALLEYE TOUR EVENT ON LAKE ERIE

PORT CLINTON, Ohio (April 29, 2005) – Former Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour champion Dean Arnoldussen of Appleton, Wis., caught five walleyes weighing 30 pounds Friday to boost his tournament-leading total to 10 walleyes weighing 55 pounds 15 ounces. He will now lead the top 10 pros and co-anglers into the final round of competition in the Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour stop on Lake Erie presented by Yamaha. Pro finalists are fishing for a top cash award of as much as $87,000, and co-anglers are fishing for as much as $16,700.
http://www.walleyecentral.com/articles/?a=921

Showdown over Wal-Mart reaches judge
AmCan United asks Guadagni to bar construction of Superstore
Friday, April 29, 2005
By DAVID RYAN
Register Staff Writer
A Napa judge is expected to decide within a week whether developers of a Wal-Mart Supercenter in American Canyon can start construction while they battle an environmental lawsuit.
At a court hearing Thursday morning, lawyers representing a citizen's group opposed to Wal-Mart asked Napa Superior Court Judge Raymond Guadagni to stop developer Lake Street Ventures from starting work on the Superstore slated for Highway 29 near Napa Junction Road.

http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=5E335BD6-8C73-4523-BB0E-E334B40E469C

Wal-Mart Supercenters offers low prices -at what cost
By Mary Jo Feldstein
Of the Post-Dispatch
04/30/2005

Cashier Kishelle Smith bags Jackie Osborne’s order last month at the Wal-Mart in Ferguson. Wal-Mart has received approval to build Supercenters in Collinsville, Wood River and Lake Saint Louis.
(Kevin Manning/P-D)
As Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has grown into the nation's biggest grocer, St. Louis is one place where its Supercenters have been curiously scarce. Now, Wal-Mart says the area needs more of its grocery megastores.
"We really like St. Louis," said spokesman Ryan Horn. "We're looking very closely at a number of places in the St. Louis area, and that's not going to change."

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/0/31E58CE28206E37386256FF3005DC0B5?OpenDocument

Police shoot burglary suspect dead in Wal-Mart
Associated Press
CEDAR HILL — A burglary suspect died this afternoon after he was shot by a uniformed police officer at a North Texas Wal-Mart, authorities said.
CEDAR HILL — A burglary suspect died this afternoon after he was shot by a uniformed police officer at a North Texas Wal-Mart, authorities said.
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Ellis County deputies had contacted the Cedar Hill Police Department about tracking down and arresting the suspect, who was wanted in that county on a burglary warrant, Dallas County Sheriff's Sgt. Don Peritz said.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3178034

Wal-Mart to visit India on cusp of retail shake-up
REUTERS
Posted online: Friday, May 06, 2005 at 0354 hours IST

BOMBAY : The international president of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, is scheduled to visit India next week amid signs the government may soon lift a ban on foreign investment in the retail industry.

http://www.financialexpress.com/latest_full_story.php?content_id=90121

Wal-Mart ordered to pay legal bills of ex-worker who sued over injury
JIM SUHR
Associated Press
ST. LOUIS - A state appeals court has ordered Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to pay legal fees for a former worker who sued after injuring herself stocking 50-pound sacks of dog food, calling the company's previous delay in covering her medical costs "egregious and outrageous."

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/11572655.htm

Unionists to greet Wal-Mart shoppers
Last Updated May 6 2005 12:42 PM CDT
CBC News
REGINA – There'll be some new people greeting shoppers at Saskatchewan Wal-Marts this weekend – union activists.

The North Battleford Wal-Mart
Demonstrations organized by the Canadian Labour Congress will be held Saturday at the Preston Crossing store in Saskatoon and the Rochdale Boulevard store in Regina.
CLC says local trade union members and other supporters will be held at 43 stores across Canada to protest how the retail giant treats its employees.

http://sask.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=wal-mart-protest050506

Escondido council OKs Wal-Mart store
By Craig Gustafson
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
May 6, 2005
ESCONDIDO – Calling it a major tool in the revitalization of East Valley Parkway, the City Council has unanimously approved a plan to bring the world's largest retailer to Escondido.
Wal-Mart plans to build a 140,000-square-foot store and an 18,400-square-foot outdoor garden on 11½ acres next to Home Depot. Construction is expected to begin in the next few months.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20050506-9999-1mi6walmart.html

Wal-Mart set to enter India
M Rajshekhar May 06, 2005 15:10 IST
The world's largest company, Wal-Mart, is leaving no stones unturned to lobby for its entry into India, says Businessworld.
Last month, David Mulford, United States Ambassador to India, met the Indian prime minister, finance minister and commerce minister purportedly at the behest of the US retailer.
In the second week of May, John B Menzer, Wal-Mart's president and CEO, will fly in to meet government officials.

http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2005/may/06walmart.htm?q=mh&file=.htm

Wal-Mart compelled to pay legal fees
ST. LOUIS — A state appeals court has ordered Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to pay legal fees for a former worker who sued after injuring herself stocking 50-pound sacks of dog food.
The court called the company's previous delay in covering her medical costs “egregious and outrageous.”

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/11575149.htm

Teaching Wal-Mart New Tricks
By TRACIE ROZHON
Published: May 8, 2005
Bentonville, Ark.
WAL-MART'S chief financial officer, Thomas Schoewe, had just returned from a trip to Wall Street, and was still shaking his head about a question analysts there had directed at him. "They kept asking me if Lee Scott didn't know what Tom Coughlin was up to," he said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/08/business/yourmoney/08walm.html?ex=1116388800&en=8efe0de789b70e3d&ei=5070&oref=login

Shaw and Fahadi Win Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series Event In Port Aransas
Western Division

by Dave Washburn, communications / FLW Outdoors
Page(s): 1 2
(May. 07, 2005 - PORT ARANSAS, Texas)... Kevin Fahadi and Kevin Shaw, both of Corpus Christi, caught a two-day total of four redfish weighing 32 pounds, 7 ounces to win $37,500 in the Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series Western Division event presented by Yamaha in Port Aransas. The team earned $25,000 plus an additional $12,500 for the Powered by Yamaha bonus award. Shaw and Fahadi were competing against a field of 117 teams.

http://www.fishingworld.com/News/Read.php?ArtID=000014815

Extra 'greeters' at Wal-Mart
By Chen Chekki - The Chronicle-Journal
May 08, 2005
Shoppers at a Thunder Bay Wal-Mart received more of a greeting than they expected on Saturday by a picket who protested how the retail giant allegedly deals with its workers.
The peaceful protest organized by the Canadian Labour Congress held rallies at 43 Wal-Marts in 37 Canadian cities, alleging that the retailer holds a no-union policy.

http://www.chroniclejournal.com/story.shtml?id=27061

Wal-Mart sizing up Manistee
Local reaction is mixed
By PATRICK SULLIVAN
Record-Eagle staff writer
MANISTEE - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will go ahead with plans to locate a store in Manistee, even after the company backed off a move to rezone part of Filer Township for a supercenter parking lot last week.
"I can tell you that, at this point, we are obviously doing more than evaluating the market," said Roderick Scott, a Wal-Mart community affairs manager.

http://www.record-eagle.com/2005/may/08wally.htm

Suit: Wal-Mart fired woman who reported harassment
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A woman who claims she was fired from her job at Wal-Mart after complaining about a co-worker's description of piercings on his penis is suing the retailer in federal court.
April Brown said a co-worker subjected her to "sexually offensive comments on a regular, daily basis" and touched her inappropriately during her overnight shift as a stocker at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, according to papers filed last week in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama and Brown's attorney, David Arendall.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=8430248

Sooner or later, Wal-Mart, a union's going to come
By JIM STANFORD
Monday, May 9, 2005, Page A15
For a company that's so successful, Wal-Mart sure generates negative headlines these days. Last weekend, thousands of unofficial "greeters" met customers at Wal-Mart's Canadian stores, informing them about the company's anti-union tactics -- like closing its Jonquière store (its first Canadian closure ever) after the workers formed a union. At U.S. stores, meanwhile, protesters handed out "Love Mom, Not Wal-Mart" leaflets for Mother's Day, protesting Wal-Mart's gender discrimination.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v4/sub/MarketingPage?user_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2FArticleNews%2FTPStory%2FLAC%2F20050509%2FCOSTAN09%2FTPComment%2FTopStories&ord=1116290385745&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login

Wal-mart CEO keen on India investments
The president and CEO of Wal-mart International is on his first visit to India. He will be meeting government leaders including commerce minister Kamal Nath before flying to Korea.
2005-05-12 12:52
The president and CEO of Wal-mart International is on a two-day visit to India. He will be meeting government leaders including commerce minister Kamal Nath before flying to Korea. This is the CEO’s first visit to India.

Excerpts from an exclusive interview with John Menzer, President and CEO, Wal-Mart Internationals.

On how much Wal-Mart expects to invest in India.

We certainly would like to make a significant investment in India. We think quite a bit of growing economies like India, where the GDP is growing at 6-7%. There is a large working population: people have good jobs and expendable income and we understand that credit cards are really exploding in this market.

http://www.moneycontrol.com/backends/News/frontend/news_detail.php?autono=167530

Miramar rejection of Wal-Mart just the start of zoning battle
By Rebecca Plevin
Staff Writer
Posted May 12 2005
Although Miramar's Planning and Zoning Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to recommend the Cit Commission reject a Super Wal-Mart at Miramar Parkway and Flamingo Road, both sides say the fight isn't over yet.
The board denied the superstore's petitions to rezone the area from rural to community business and to build a liquor store and tire and lube station on the premises.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-swalmart12may12,0,3043773.story?coll=sfla-news-broward

Quebec labour commission says unionized Wal-Mart store can't reopen
MONTREAL (CP) - A unionized Wal-Mart store in Quebec will remain closed after a labour relations commission rejected a union bid to have it reopened.
The giant retailer closed the store in Saguenay on April 29, saying the outlet had been unprofitable for a long time and no longer had enough supplies on its shelves. Wal-Mart had previously said the store, about 250 kilometres north of Quebec City, would close May 6.
The union sought the reopening because on April 29 it was in the middle of asking the labour commission to rule that Wal-Mart could not close any of its Quebec stores.
Pierre Flageole, vice-president of the Commission des relations du travail du Quebec, rejected the union motion Wednesday, referring to a Supreme Court decision that "recognizes that an employer maintains the right to close down its business, whatever the reasons."
Jurisprudence also prohibits the commission from ordering Wal-Mart to reopen the store on a temporary basis "unless it appears the closure is not real or definitive," he said.
Flageole said no evidence was given to make him believe the store would remain open in the long term.
Workers at the Saguenay store received their union accreditation last year but never obtained a first contract.
Unionized workers at another Wal-Mart store in St-Hyacinthe, east of Montreal, are in the same position.
© The Canadian Press 2005

http://www.canada.com/businesscentre/story.html?id=13741916-348d-47f9-a662-62e4a5d92634

Wal-Mart Lags but Target Hits Its Sales Goal
By TRACIE ROZHON
Published: May 13, 2005
Wal-Mart Stores, with its less affluent, more rural customer base, came up short yesterday when it and Target both released results for the first quarter. Target - with customers a little richer and more chic - posted a better-than-expected profit, while Wal-Mart reported its lowest sales growth in more than two years.
Deborah Weinswig, an analyst for Smith Barney, termed yesterday's results "the tale of two consumers."

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/13/business/13shops.html

Wal-Mart seeks entry into India’s retail business
New Delhi, dhns/ians:
The Wal-Mart official said their entry into India will not mean the end of small Indian retailers.

Wal-Mart Stores, the $288 billion global retail chain, has urged India to open up its retail trade sector to foreign direct investment and said it is keen on setting up a chain of such stores in the country.
The wish list of the Arkansas-based retail chain giant was conveyed at a meeting here on Thursday between the group’s international president John B Menzer and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. “We had a very good meeting,” Menzer, who carries a leather wallet sourced from India, told reporters after his 20-minute meeting with the prime minister.

http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/may132005/business1654422005512.asp

As American as apple pie, but now Wal-Mart is eating humble pie
The retail giant with homely values but a huge appetite for growth is having to take stock as sales stagnate, its employment practices are savaged and local communities resist its advance. Katherine Griffiths writes from New York

http://news.independent.co.uk/business/analysis_and_features/story.jsp?story=638469

Coming Week: Wal-Mart of Worry
By Mike Marino
TheStreet.com Staff Reporter
5/14/2005 12:00 PM EDT
Investors will be checking out the consumer again this week as retailers -- big and small, upscale and downscale -- take their turn in the earnings parade.
Along with the busy earnings slate, expect some important economic data. Topping the list will be April's housing starts number, due Tuesday morning, and the consumer and producer price index reports later in the week. Those figures should help Wall Street get a better read on the strength of the economy and the Fed's rate-hike plans.

http://www.thestreet.com/_googlen/markets/marketfeatures/10223469.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEN&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA

As Wal-Mart expands in Mexico, opposition grows
By Lorraine Orlandi
REUTERS
5:00 a.m. March 22, 2005
PATZCUARO, Mexico – A Purepecha Indian center known for its mountain lake and mystical Day of the Dead ceremonies each November has become the newest battleground over Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in Mexico.
The world's largest retailer's proposed store in Patzcuaro is the second in six months to trigger opposition cast in nationalistic terms, pitting ancient traditions against U.S.-style capitalism.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20050322-0500-mexico-walmart.html

Wal-Mart fight gets personal
Union drive targets Gatineau store
By ANNE HOWLAND, Ottawa Sun

A WAL-MART in Gatineau will be the next target for a union trying to organize workers at stores run by the retail giant. United Food and Commercial Workers Canada said yesterday it has applied to certify workers at the Wal-Mart on Du Plateau Blvd.

http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/OttawaSun/Business/2005/03/22/968457-sun.html

Outsmarting Wal-Mart
Price isn't everything. A new report names 5 retail Davids thriving against the Goliath.
March 28, 2005: 9:22 AM EST
By Parija Bhatnagar, CNN/Money staff writer
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - How do you outsmart Wal-Mart? By not trying to.
It sounds counterintuitive. But a new report says the secret to retailers' survival in a Wal-Mart world isn't about attempting to outrun the 800-pound retail gorilla but about the ability to maneuver around it, according to a recent study entitled "Outsmarting Wal-Mart" from the global retail practice unit of New York-based consulting firm Bain & Company.

http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/22/news/fortune500/winners_walmart/

Protesters Hold 'Wal-Mart Not Welcome' Rally
Opponents Fear Supercenter Would Kill Small Businesses
POSTED: 3:44 pm EST March 22, 2005
Some Washtenaw County residents held a "Wal-Mart Not Welcome" rally on Tuesday afternoon to protest the proposed opening of a store in the area.

The rally is the second against the proposed 166,000-square-foot supercenter at the corner of State Street and Campus Parkway.

http://www.clickondetroit.com/money/4308220/detail.html

Wal-Mart to move its Asian headquarters to Shenzhen
http://www.chinaview.cn/ 2005-03-21 22:51:31
SHENZHEN, March 21 (Xinhuanet) -- Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, plans to move its Asian headquarters from Hong Kong to Shenzhen, a city in south China's Guangdong Province, in 2006.
The construction of the new headquarters building in Shenzhen is underway, according to the Shenzhen International Investment Commercial Property Co. Ltd, Wal-Mart's partner in China.
The new building will be put into use by August 2006, said DingLiye, general manager of the company.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/21/content_2726158.htm

Woman: Wal-Mart worker took picture under my skirt
Matt Mauro
KWCH 12 Eyewitness News
Monday, March 21, 2005
Sarah Hays and her family were about to leave the Wal-Mart at Kellogg at Greenwich when she says she couldn't believe what happened.
“He brushed me and that's it,” Sarah says. “I think I saw a flash.”
“I was like, hold on, what just happened,” says John Hays, Sarah’s husband. “And the first thing that popped into my mind was, it's a camera phone.”

http://www.kbsd6.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=KBSD/MGArticle/BSD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031781713988

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