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Tell the FEC to Investigate Wal-Mart for Electioneering

ZP Heller | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Efca, Walmart, Lee Scott, Unions, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Fec, Wal-Mart Electioneering, Politics News

If Wal-Mart broke the law by threatening and scaring employees about which candidates to vote for this November, compel the FEC to hold the company accountable.

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Wal-Mart's Desperate War Against Unionization

ZP Heller | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Walmart, Lee Scott, John McCain, Workers, Unions, Wages, Barack Obama, Politics News

As to Wal-Mart scaring workers into believing that if Democrats win in November, they will lose, I ask this: if you're a Wal-Mart employee who's making a meager hourly wage that doesn't even cover the cost of food for your family or doctors' visits for your children, haven't you lost already?

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Wal-Mart Kicks an Injured Cop When He is Down

David Nassar | Posted 07.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Walmart, Tyson's, Health Care, Wal-Mart, Deborah Shank, Arkansas, Jimmy Singleton, Target Corp, Harris, Communications Consulting Worldwide, Lee Scott, Walmart Ceo Lee Scott, Health Benefits, Business News

Wal-Mart now seems determined to keep disability benefits from all Americans, not merely its own employees.

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Wal-Mart's Dog and Pony Show

David Nassar | Posted 06.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Bentonville, Sam Walton, Human Rights, Walmart, Wal-Mart, Deborah Shank, Arkansas, Debbie Shank, Lee Scott, Shareholders, Retailer, Business News

Wal-Mart's abandonment of founder Sam Walton's own beliefs that have led them to become such a distasteful presence to an increasing number of communities and shoppers.

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Wal-Mart Plays Politics with Charity

David Nassar | Posted 04.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Lee Scott, Walmart, Pacs, Walton Family, Charity, Wal-Mart, Betonville, Business News

New video footage of Wal-Mart manager meetings released by the Center for Public Integrity provide a rare and disturbing glimpse into the private culture of the world's largest company.

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New Canadian Film: "Wal-Mart World's Most Hated Company"

Al Norman | Posted 04.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Lee Scott, John Edwards, Miss America, Hillary Clinton, Emotional Abuse, Wake Up Wal-Mart, United Food & Commercial Workers, Business News

In his new film Wal-Mart Nation, Andrew Munger borrows iconic American symbols to reveal the underside of Wal-Mart Canada.

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Lee Scott: It's Not Easy Being Green

ZP Heller | Posted 03.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Wal-Mart Greenwashing, Walmart, Walmart Environment, Greenwashing, Lee Scott, Wal-Mart Environmentalism, Green Walmart, Wal-Mart Sustainability, Walmart Ceo Lee Scott, Wal-Mart, Bottled Water, Business News

Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott was unusually candid: there's no way Wal-Mart can fix the irreparable harm they've caused to our planet in such a short span of time, if ever.

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Lee Scott's (Annotated) "Lofty" Speech

Al Norman | Posted 01.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Lee Scott, Future, Wal-Mart, Energy, Employees, Business News

Sprawl-Busters has obtained the following annotated speech, based on a draft prepared for Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott on January 23, 2008, complete with his annotated comments.

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How to Recycle Less and Do More

Gary Hirshberg | Posted 01.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Stonyfield Farm Yogurt, Recycling, Waste Management, Lee Scott, Environment, Environmentalism, Green Business, Green Living, Walmart Ceo Lee Scott, Wal-Mart, Stonyfield Farm, Business News

Since source reduction, particularly when it comes to packaging, stops waste before it starts, it's the most economical and ecological choice.

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The Wal-Mart Divide-And-Conquer Strategy

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 01.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Environment, Health Care, Class Warfare, Wal-Mart, Unions, Lee Scott, Wal-Mart Environmentalism, Environmentalism, Walmart Ceo Lee Scott, Business News

Wal-Mart will show its "social responsibility" by going "green" -- and making a pile of money in the process.

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Familiar Faces Top Fortune's Power 25

Fortune | Posted 11.27.2007 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Steve Jobs, Rex Tillerson, Power 25, John Chambers, Eric Schmidt, Jamie Dimon, Bill Gates, Fortune Power 25, Steve Schwarzman, Ratan Tata, Indra Nooyi, Jeff Immelt, Sergei Brin, Bob Iger, James McNerney, Katsuaki Watanabe, Mark Hurd, AG Lafley, Bernard Arnault, Lee Scott, Rupert Murdoch, Warren Buffett, Li Ka-Shing, Larry Page, Carlos Slim, Marius Kloppers, Steve Feinberg, Lakshmi Mittal, Business News

Some are empire builders. Others are hired guns. But if they truly have world-class oomph, they're on Fortune's subjective - yet really quite accurate...

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Building SuperConsumers: Wal-Mart's Unsustainability Report

Al Norman | Posted 11.18.2007 | Business

Read More: Lee Scott, Wal-Mart Environmentalism, Wal-Mart Sustainability, Green Business, Wal-Mart, American Economy, Wal-Mart Wall Street, Business News

Combined with emissions from its retail operations, Wal-Mart's greenhouse gases are the equivalent of about half the amount produced annually by France.

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Grove: To Innovate, Established Giants Need To Transform Other Markets

Portfolio | Andy Grove | Posted 11.15.2007 | Business

Read More: Cross-Boundary Disruption, Ge, Apple, Wal-Mart, Andy Grove, Lee Scott, Electric Car, Jeff Immelt, Xbd, Business News

I usually try to control myself and resist giving compliments or unsolicited advice to people I don't know well. But I recently did just that. I email...

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The Eagles Land at Wal-Mart

Ron Galloway | Posted 11.13.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Lee Scott, Don Henley, Music Sales, CDs, Wal-Mart, The Eagles, Entertainment News

As Tower Records and other traditional record stores flounder, Wal-Mart is able to offer artists something no other method of physical distribution can offer: scale.

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