Comic draws charges of racism
Beloved by Mexicans for his dim wits, street smarts and playful disposition, long-running comic book character Memín Pinguín - a little black boy whose face resembles a monkey - is at it again. …
-- Houston Chronicle
Mexican comic book sold at Wal-Mart called ‘racist’
Shawnedria McGinty was not sure what to think when she found a copy of the comic book series “Memin Pinguin” on the shelves at her local Wal-Mart. After flipping through the pages of the…
-- Texas Cable News
2nd Circuit Affirms Award Against Wal-Mart in Disability Bias Case
Among his charges were that the store transferred him from the pharmacy to a position that required him to collect shopping carts. Brady’s family and a treating psychiatrist testified that the…
-- New York Law Journal
Wal-Mart: Health care revised
Sen. Percy Malone, D-Arkadelphia, who owns several pharmacies, said Wal-Mart is just trying to polish its image. It wasn’t long ago that the company had a bad reputation for its employees’ health…
-- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
A milestone for the Missouri Court of Appeals
More good news for plaintiffs in a couple of pending wage-and-hour actions against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in the area...Similar suits are pending in Jackson and Wyandotte counties. The Jackson County…
-- Kansas City Star (Mo.)
Letter of the day: A loss for Wal-Mart but a big win for workers
Unfortunately, justice for these workers has been seven long years in coming, and if Wal-Mart appeals, justice will be delayed even further. While the courts ruled in favor of Nancy and her coworkers,…
-- Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Wal-Mart may have made a discovery
According to news accounts, the judge in Minnesota found that Wal-Mart violated wage and work conditions laws more than 2 million times. He threatened fines of $1,000 per violation, which could end…
-- Baltimore Sun (Md.)
Consumer, Industry Grps Tussle Over Product-Safety Proposals
The contentious proposals include: creating a public database for consumer complaints; giving state attorneys general the power to enforce CPSC standards; and banning phthalates in kids’ products…
-- Dow Jones Newswire via Wall Street Journal
Procter & Gamble to Increase Prices as Much as 16%
Procter & Gamble Co., the maker of Tide laundry detergent and Head & Shoulders shampoo, will raise prices as much as 16 percent because of higher costs for plastic, energy and paper. …
-- Bloomberg News
Jack Ma Yun Vows Taobao Will Overtake Wal-Mart
After engineering the Alibaba miracle, legendary Chinese entrepreneur Jack Ma Yun is moving on. In his ambition to develop Alibaba into an all-mighty Internet empire, Taobao, Alibaba’s online shopping…
-- China Stakes
Wal-Mart May Boost Canadian Store Expansion, BMO Says
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s biggest retailer, may boost the number of Canadian supercenters it opens this year, putting more pressure on grocers in Canada to reduce food prices, a BMO Capital…
-- Bloomberg News
Ted Koppel Tours a China Brimming With Dreams and Consumerism
As “The People’s Republic of Capitalism” illustrates, big American companies like Wal-Mart and Ethan Allen have cut costs by relying on Chinese factories, which in turn allows them to…
-- New York Times
Ted Koppel’s ‘Capitalism’ pays off big
There are no easy answers offered, just as there is no easy way of disentangling our complex economic ties. Ask the American worker profiled Wednesday, who lost her job when it was exported to China.…
-- USA Today
Wal-Mart Sells 1st Retailer Samurai Debt in 29 Years
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to sell 60 billion yen ($561 million) of samurai bonds in Japan, the first such issue by a retailer in 29 years, taking advantage of lower borrowing costs.
-- Bloomberg News
Why companies and campaigners collaborate
There are many examples of collaboration. Wal-Mart and Unilever look to the Rainforest Alliance to help them certify the coffee and tea they sell. Some companies get environmental organisations to check…
-- Financial Times
