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The Central Economic Fights of Our Time, Part 1

Mike Lux | Posted 04.29.2013 | Politics
Read More: TBTF Banks, Wal-Mart Unions, Sherrod Brown, Too Big to Jail, Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness Act, David Vitter, Too Big to Fail, Politics News
Mike Lux

Taking on the big banks is not just another issue. These TBTF banks have the capacity to crash our economy any time they get greedy and make a bad decision, and they suck trillions of dollars out of productive investment in Main Street businesses.

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Walmart Supreme Court Ruling Being Used By Wall Street

Posted 09.07.2011 | Business
Read More: Supreme Court, Wal-Mart Unions, 2008 Financial Crisis, Subprime Mortgages, Wall Street, Great Recession, Mortgage Crisis, Wal-Mart, Video, Business News

WILMINGTON (Tom Hals) - The U.S. Supreme Court's dismissal of a massive sex-bias case against Wal-Mart Stores Inc may have handed Wall Street a ne...

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Chicago Wal-Mart: Aldermen Delay Showdown After Unions Request More Time

suntimes.com | Deric Bownds' MindBlog | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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The City Council's Zoning Committee put off a vote today on Wal-Mart's planned Chicago expansion, acting at the behest of labor leaders who want more ...

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Chicago Wal-Mart: Unions Ask Aldermen To Delay Vote After Meeting

suntimes.com | WV Cycling | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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Union leaders urged their City Council allies on Tuesday to put off today's showdown vote on Wal-Mart's planned Chicago expansion after their unpreced...

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Wal-Mart Jobs Expose: Why A Recent NYT Story About Working At Wal-Mart Was A 'Stunt': Laura Heller

walletpop.com | Laura Heller | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Stephanie Rosenbloom, Efficiency, Walmart-Employees, Wal-Mart Unions, Walmart, Corporate Pr, Wal-Mart-Employees, People of Walmart, Wal-Mart, Business News

Getting a peek inside a major retailer can yield some pretty revealing information about their business and culture. It's not an easy thing to arrange...

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Olympics Bust Is Wal-Mart's Gain?

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Week in Review, Wal-Mart Unions, Mayor Daley, Wal-Mart Chicago, Chicago Olympics, Wal Mart Chicago Stores, Howard Brookins, Wal-Mart, South Side Wal-Mart, Chicago News

Now that Mayor Daley's Olympic dream has gone up in flames, a South Side alderman is turning up the heat for City Council approval of Chicago's second...

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Wal-Mart Chicago Fight: Creating Jobs Pitted Against Protecting Small Businesses

Chicago Sun-Times | MARY MITCHELL | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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In many areas starved for retail businesses, welcoming a Wal-Mart would be a no-brainer. But Ald. Howard Brookins (21st) is having one heck of a time...

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We're Mad and We're Not Going to Take it Anymore

Ald. Howard Brookins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Wal-Mart Unions, Wal-Mart Chicago, Wal Mart Chatham, Chicago Food Deserts, Wal Mart Chicago Stores, Chicago Big Box Ordinance, Wal-Mart, Chicago News
Ald. Howard Brookins

Many of our neighborhoods are suffering in food deserts and increasing violence, yet we are slamming our doors to the one food retailer who is ready to invest in our poorest neighborhoods without asking for any financial incentives?

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South Side Wal-Mart Plans Dead: Daley

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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Mayor Richard Daley contends there is no chance the latest effort to have a Wal-Mart built on Chicago's South Side will succeed. Daley said Thursday ...

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Organized Labor Digging In Against Wal-Mart's Chicago Push

Crain's Chicago Business | Monée Fields-White | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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Opposition to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is stiffening at City Hall even as the retailer pitches its expansion as an antidote to recession. [...] The reason...

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Nazis Need Birthday Cakes, Too

Disgrasian | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Walmart, White Supremacists, Nazi, Birthdays, Deborah Campbell, Adolf Hitler Birthday Cake, White Supremacy, Naming, Unusual Children's Names, Wal-Mart, Wal-Mart Unions, Heath Campbell, Nazis, Adolf Hitler Campbell, Aryan Nation, Adolf Hitler, Wal-Mart Adolf Hitler Cake, Adolf Hitler Cake, Shoprite Hitler Cake, Style News
Disgrasian

All the Campbell's wanted was a birthday cake for their little Aryan, Adolf Hitler, who turned 3 last week. But, sadly, they just don't teach cake-writing in white supremacy class anymore.

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First Wal-Mart Union Begins In China

Raw Story | Andrew McLemore | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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The first Wal-Mart trade union in China was formed after the company bowed to government demands for organized labor in its stores, The New York Times...

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Anti-Wal-Mart Forces Mellowing Their Approach To Retail Giant

New York Times | Michael Barbaro | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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Over the last several months, a confidential report has circulated within the headquarters of Wal-Mart Stores, proposing sweeping changes to its emplo...

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Clinton Remained Silent As Wal-Mart Fought Unions

ABC's The Blotter | BRIAN ROSS, MADDY SAUER and RHONDA SCHWARTZ | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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In six years as a member of the Wal-Mart board of directors, between 1986 and 1992, Hillary Clinton remained silent as the world's largest retailer wa...

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