Children’s jewelry with high lead levels found in city stores
The Wal-Mart at 2701 Port Covington Drive was cited for selling stud earrings with blue hearts produced by Girl Connection, which were found to have 70,400 parts per million of lead.
-- Baltimore Sun
Express Sues Wal-Mart Over Ad Campaign
The Express specialty store chain has taken exception to Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s “Express for Less” ad campaign and sued the retail behemoth for trademark infringement and unfair competition.…
-- Women's Wear Daily
Loblaw Showdown With Wal-Mart Recalls Revenge of Tesco, Kroger
For the Toronto-based supermarket chain to be successful, it must beat Wal-Mart at a game the retail giant has been perfecting for years. The U.S. company announced plans on May 8 to invest ``hundreds…
-- Bloomberg News
Wal-Mart to Assume Seiyu Debts
U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is in talks to assume the bulk of some 300 billion yen in debts owed by its Japanese arm, Seiyu Ltd., sources familiar with the situation told Jiji Press Wednesday.…
-- Japanese Corporate News Network
Stanford gets $4M from Wal-Mart founder’s foundation
Stanford University said a $4 million gift given by the Walton Family Foundation and matched by the school will establish an $8 million endowment to support the work of the John W. Gardner Center for…
-- San Jose Business Journal (Calif.)
Consumers hunt for discounts and take fewer trips to the mall
Lisa Rogers has always lived frugally. A former nurse, now living on a disability pension, her shopping expeditions in Kearny, New Jersey, are shaped by the discount coupons she collects from the weekly…
-- Financial Times
Troubles for Wal-Mart’s in-store health clinics
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. made a splash in recent years by opening health clinics in its Supercenter locations to give those who could not afford medical insurance a cheap way to get medical services. As…
-- BloggingStocks
Tesco buys 36 Korean stores
Tesco is breaking its decade-long pursuit of overseas organic growth, with a record cash purchase of a chain of hypermarkets in South Korea.
-- Financial Times
Wal-Mart Mean to Underprivileged Kids?
TMZ is reporting that Johnson ordered 750 bikes to purchase for underprivileged children, in exchange for Wal-Mart providing ice and water for the kids’ event. There was a problem with the order,…
-- AOL Fan House Blog
Life at the bottom of the U.S. job chain
If you need a symbol of how grim conditions have become for America’s blue-collar workers, look no further than the Landis Plastics Inc. factory in Solvay, just outside Syracuse.
-- Albany Times Union (N.Y.)
Do yourself a favor, avoid stores vying for tax rebate
Unless you are managing your bills or you really need something from these stores, you’re better off paying down debt. There will plenty of bargains in the future.
-- South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Wal-Mart referendum proposed
The recent news of Wal-Mart continuing its plans to build a store in Spooner, after months of speculation the company had backed out, brought concerned citizens to the Spooner City Council meeting Tuesday,…
-- Washburn County Register (Wisc.)
Measuring the impact : Study examines economic boost of Wal-Mart Open
With a family fun zone, public weigh-ins and more every afternoon at the John Q. Hammons Center in Rogers, the Wal-Mart Open has evolved into much more than people flocking to Beaver lake to catch a…
-- Benton County Daily Record (Ark.)
Some W. Dundee residents oppose new Wal-Mart
Many feel the large store would spoil the character of the community and would hurt local retailers. The proposed site is at Huntley Road and Elm Avenue in West Dundee.
-- ABC 7 (Ill.)
Wal-Mart sits on the verge of approval in Zionsville
Plans for a new Wal-Mart SuperCenter on the outskirts of Zionsville could be approved as early as Monday, and local residents aren’t happy about it.
-- Indianapolis Star (Ind.)
