2006 Articles on Wal-Mart

Dec 2006* Survey of Small Newspaper Publishers Reveals Antipathy Toward Wal-Mart (National Newspaper Association) *Summarizes 2005 survey
Dec 2006 Behind the Wal-Mart PR Machine &  It's All About Impressions: An Interview With Wal-Mart's PR Chief (Wall St. Journal -- related articles that ran simultaneously)
Dec 2006 Is Wal-Mart's U.S. Growth Nearing Its Limit? (Washington Post)
Nov 2006 Wal-Mart Plans Partnership to Dodge Restrictions on Foreign-owned Stores in India   (International Herald Tribune)
Nov 2006 Wal-Mart Sues to Stop Hercules from Exercising Eminent Domain Power (Contra Costa Times)
Oct 2006 Wal-Mart and the Corporate Media Mislead Public on Generic Drugs (TomPaine.com)
Oct 2006 How Broad Coalition Stymied Wal-Mart's Bid to Own a Bank (Wall St. Journal)
Oct 2006 Workers Walk Out at Florida Store, Win Concessions (Business Week)
Oct 2006 Are Wal-Mart Donations to Black NGOs Buying Silence? (National Newspaper Publishers Assn)
Sep 2006 Wal-Mart, the Largest Investor in Federal Politicians, Ramps Up Spending in States (Business Week)
Sep 2006 Wal-Mart Inc.'s Own Audit of Contractors' Factories Paints Dismal Picture (Associated Press)
Sep 2006 Seeking Expansion in Urban Areas, Wal-Mart Stores Gets Cold Shoulder (Wall Street Journal)
Sep 2006 Lawsuit Alleging Systemic Violation of Labor Law Begins in Pennsylvania (Bloomberg.com)
Sep 2006 Wal-Mart Ends Layaway Service (Associated Press)
Sep 2006 Both Left and Right Are Wrong: Wal-Mart Not an Example of Laissez-faire Capitalism (Tech Central Station)
Sep 2006 Ballot Initiative to Overturn Size Cap Funded Almost Exclusively by Wal-Mart (The Missoulian-Missoula, MT)
Sep 2006 Wal-Mart Finds an Ally in Conservatives (N.Y. Times)
Sep 2006 Wal-Mart Announces Plans to Market Stores Toward Specific Races and Classes (Wall Street Journal)
Aug 2006 Don't Focus Too Heavily on Wal-Mart: Corporation is Merely a Sympton of Our Economic Policy Failures (Boston Globe)
Aug 2006 Going Green or Just Greenwashing? (S.F. Bay Guardian)
Aug 2006 Cities Take Charge of Big Box Development (Boston Globe)
July 2006 The Green Machine (Fortune)
July 2006 Wal-Mart World's Largest Buyer of Organic Cotton (Fortune)
July 2006 Enforce Antitrust Law, Break Up Wal-Mart (Harper's)
July 2006 Chinese Rules Could Tie Up Foreign Retailers (Wall Street Journal)
July 2006 Details Emerge on Wal-Mart's Conspiracy to Violate Labor Laws (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
July 2006 Corporate Secrecy Bad for Business, Democracy (Philadelphia Inquirer)
June 2006 Study Finds Wal-Mart's Claimed Savings for Customers are Greatly Exaggerated (Economic Policy Institute)
May 2006 A Lesson for Small Towns: Don't Depend on Wal-Mart (Shreveport, Times)
May 2006 New Mexico Cracks Down on Wal-Mart Corporation's Tax Evasion Scheme (New Mexico Business Journal)
May 2006 Wal-Mart Tries to Enlist Image Help (N.Y. Times)
May 2006 Wal-Mart Threatens Homeowners with Property Seizure (Orlando Sentinel)
May 2006 Review of Bank Leases Show Wal-Mart Executive Lied to FDIC  (Reuters)
Apr 2006 Will Wal-Mart Be Forced to Pay for "Frivolous Lawsuit" (Modesto Bee)
Apr 2006 Turlock, CA Wins Court Battle, "Supercenter" Ban Upheld (San Francisco Chronicle)
Apr 2006 Wal-Mart Accused of Underming Port Security (pdf - AFL/CIO report)
Apr 2006 Wal-Mart Claims it Will Help Independent Businesses, Provide Jobs in Urban Areas (Wal-Mart Inc.), plus A Critical Response (American Independent Business Alliance and New Rules Project).
Mar 2006 Wal-Mart Begins Selling Organic Food. At What Cost? (Business Week)
Mar 2006 Bank of Wal-Mart? Bring It On (N.Y. Times)
Mar 2006 Bank of Wal-Mart? Bad Idea (Testimony at 2003 FDIC hearing)
Mar 2006 A Brief History of Wal-Mart (Washington Monthly)
Mar 2006 Wal-Mart Enlists Bloggers in Its PR Campaign (NY Times)
Mar 2006 Andrew Young's Sell-Out (Black Commentator)
Feb 2006 On Private "Lee's Garage" Web Site, Wal-Mart Chief Talks Tough (N.Y. Times)
Feb 2006 Evaluating Wal-Mart's Banking Bid (Washington Post)
Jan 2006 The Story of Wal-Mart and Chilean Salmon (Salon.com)
Jan 2006 Wal-Mart Buys Monopoly on Garth Brooks' Music (L.A. Times)
Jan 2006 Maryland Bill Unfairly Targets Wal-Mart (Washington Post)

 

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