A million Walmart employees can’t beat their bossBetty Dukes vs Walmart: the case of a 50 something woman overlooked for promotion in favour of her male colleagues, who had a million plaintiffs join her case against the company. But after 11 years of fighting, Dukes’ case was thrown out.
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Wal-Mart’s world dominantion
The average American isn’t the spend, spend, spend consumer it once was and retail sales reflect that. But retail giant Wal-Mart’s international operations are growing at a huge rate.
The top 500 US companies
Fortune has released its annual list of America’s largest 500 companies. Wal-Mart has reclaimed the number one spot from Exxon-Mobil, while cars, banking and oil make up the majority of the top 20.
Barbie puts a price on skin colour
In a controversial move by Walmart, at least one store was selling black Barbie dolls for nearly half the price of the identical -white Barbie next to it. Perhaps not the best message to send in a country where ‘minority’ babies are now the majority.
The world’s wealthiest women
On International Women’s Day, debate is still raging over whether women have truly cracked through the glass ceiling of the corporate world.
Wal-Mart’s failure is the US writ large
However Wal-Mart’s sales grow, so grows the US economy — and in the past two quarters it’s been a miserable story from the retailer: some store sales have sunk, as overall retail sales have drifted lower.
US investors keep the blinkers on
For the third time in 10 days American markets and investors have received a reminder of the fragile state of the current recovery and market boom, writes Glenn Dyer.
WalMart turns a lighter shade of green
US department store giant Walmart, often accused of environmental vandalism, has unveiled a new scheme to document the day-to-day damage it is actually doing.
Media briefs: Roasts at Ramsey farewell … AAP hires a firer
A craven cur … AAP hiring someone to do their dirty work … Foreign journos bashed in China … The news on the Wal-mart death … Cutting back on anchors.
