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Walmart $99 Family Ticket Package Brings Savings to New Hampshire NASCAR Fans - PR Newswire

2012-05-24
LOUDON, N.H., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NASCAR fans in New Hampshire can save on tickets to the upcoming LENOX Industrial Tools 301 on July 15 with the Walmart Family Track Pack. The $99 package gives families four race tickets, four hot dogs, four soda ...

Major pension fund to vote against Wal-Mart board - Reuters

2012-05-22
(Reuters) - CalSTRS, the second largest U.S. public pension fund, plans to vote all of its Wal-Mart Stores Inc shares against the entire board in the wake of allegations that Wal-Mart officials failed to fully investigate bribery claims in Mexico.

Wal-Mart's 1Q profit up 10.1 percent - Yahoo Finance

2012-05-24
NEW YORK (AP) -- Wal-Mart may have gotten its groove back, but an alleged bribery scheme threatens to curtail its progress. As Wal-Mart reported first-quarter profit on Thursday that beat Wall Street estimates, the world's largest retailer also ...

Again? Wal-Mart's rep takes another beating - Yahoo Finance

2012-05-24
NEW YORK (AP) -- In business, you're only as good as your last good deed. Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, in recent years has tried to repair a reputation that's been damaged by decades of criticism and legal troubles. Community ...

UPDATE 2-CalPERS to vote against 9 Wal-Mart board members - Reuters

2012-05-23
May 23 (Reuters) - CalPERS, the biggest U.S. public pension fund, said on Wednesday it plans to vote against nine Wal-Mart Stores Inc board members amid allegations that the retailer's top brass failed to adequately investigate widespread ...

Should The New York Times Investigate Wal-Mart Or Carlos Slim? - Forbes

2012-05-23
The New York Times’s Vast Mexico Bribery Case Hushed Up by Wal-Mart After Top-Level Struggle suggests that Wal-Mart violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The smoking gun: Seven years ago, Wal-Mart de Mexico hired two outside lawyers for ...

NPD monthly reports integrate Walmart data starting next month - Joystiq

2012-05-24
Every month, the NPD Group releases a report on the previous month's US sales in the game industry, both consoles and software. While that monthly report is already "projected to 100% of the market," according to NPD Group's David Riley, next ...

Anti-Walmart NV Dem Senate Candidate Owns $35K in Walmart Stock - Big Hollywood

2012-05-24
Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV), the liberal Senate candidate challenging Senator Dean Heller (R-NV), is an ardent friend to Big Labor. At least that’s a centerpiece of her campaign against Heller – and with good reason, since Nevada is heavily ...

Police: Woman sets car fire at Walmart - msnbc.com

2012-05-24
A woman reportedly overdosed on drugs and set the car she was in on fire in a Walmart parking lot Wednesday afternoon, according to police. View Report It photos of the car fire. Lt. Timothy Whitt with the Franklin Police Department told WAVY.com a woman ...

Walmart wages on Eastern Shore leave many employees below poverty line - Delaware Wave

2012-05-23
DENTON — Brooke Campbell, a student at Chesapeake College on the Eastern Shore, lost her job two months ago. Every day since, she's sat at her computer filling out job applications on line -- but only one employer has even acknowledged her.