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Entries by Al Norman from 02/2009

Another Shoplifter Death at Wal-Mart

| Posted 02.03.2009 | Business
Read More: Shoplifting, Parking Lot Fatality, Wal-Mart Death, Drug Dealer, Walmart, Crime, South Carolina, Walmart Death, Wal-Mart, Myrtle Beach, Business News

Wal-Mart workers and one bystander held Patrick Donovan down, while one leaned on his back and another held down his arms and head.

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'Shovel-Ready' Stimulus Plan: Buy A Dead Wal-Mart?

| Posted 02.10.2009 | Business
Read More: Works Progress Administration, Dead Wal-Marts, Economic Stimulus, Congress, President Obama, 000 Acres of Asphalt, 20, Shovel-Ready, Business News

For the town of Clyde, an empty Wal-Mart represents a major loss of tax revenue. If the county takes possession of the building, there will be no sales tax at all, and very few new jobs.

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Wal-Mart's Love Valentine to Its Women Workers

| Posted 02.14.2009 | Business
Read More: 2 Million Women, Wal-Mart's Valentine, Class Action Lawsuit, Sex Discrimination, Civil Rights Battle, Business News

By delaying justice for their own workers, Wal-Mart's public relations efforts to present itself as The Good Employer just took another arrow to the heart.

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