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Literary Adelle Waldman Help Wanted Serpent's Tail, 21st, 16.99 [pounds sterling], hb, 9781805221654 The author of The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. worked at Wal-Mart to gain experience of the [...]

Walmart Inc. of Bentonville is hiring about 150,000 new U.S. store employees, most of them in full-time, permanent positions, ahead of the holiday sales rush, the company announced Wednesday. 'This [...]

Wal-Mart is being viewed as an entrepreneurial success story on one end and as a greedy multinational corporation on the other. The retail company is praised for its aggressive pricing policy but is heavily criticized for its anti-labor practices and exploiting sweatshop workers across Asia.

Outer space is often regarded as the final frontier for scientists. Space is also a priority among retailers looking to grow, particularly those whose next frontier involves densely populated and [...]

Disputes over workplace dress, grooming and other appearance-related requirements can trigger the application of several employment discrimination laws. The following are examples. Adverse employment decisions based on obesity can raise [...]

The article focuses on ethical issues raised by human resource management practices at Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and implications these may have for the American capitalist business model.

Techniques for maintaining a motivated staff are discussed, such as hiring employees with a specific role in mind. Additional techniques include conducting frequent employee meetings, offering rewards, and giving employees input into decisions. The employee management programs of firms such as Kmart Corp and Fay's Drug Stores are analyzed as examples., A motivated employee is money in the bank. Although bringing staff up to its highest potential may be more of an art than a science, it's nonetheless an essential, albeit [...]

Nobody, it seems, is responsible for the conditions of work in the warehouses of Fontana--even though warehouse work is mainly what Fontana has to offer. The Los Angeles exurb is [...]

For proponents of Maryland's so-called 'Wal-Mart bill,' enactment of the legislation may seem like the perfect end to a quintessential David and Goliath story. But the battle may have only [...]

FOR YEARS, CHRISTINE Kwapnoski dreamed of becoming manager of one of Wal-Mart's Sam's Club stores. Kwapnoski, who began working for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville in 1986 when she was [...]

It's the world's largest retailer and this country's largest private employer. And Wal-Mart tops another category as well: It faces more lawsuits than any other company in the United States--some […]

Working long hours is nothing new to the retail industry. But a series of embarrassing and costly multimillion-dollar judgments and settlements is shining a spotlight on one of retailing's dirty [...]

Groups Prod Wal-Mart on Worker Rights By SHARON EDELSON The AFL-CIO, United Food and Commercial Workers union, MoveOn.org, United Students Against Sweatshops, Interfaith Worker Justice and other groups on Monday [...]

For many years now, Walmart has been a bogeyman of the Left. The company employs millions, and offers good products at low prices to many millions more--but the very name [...]

'Our Walmart,' the union-financed anti-Walmart group, planned walkouts and boycotts for Black Friday. Our Walmart claims to speak for Walmart employees--'We envision a future in which our company treats us, [...]

Byline: VICKI M. YOUNG Wal-Mart Discloses Internal Probe Investors took Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s review of its anticorruption policies and procedures in stride Friday. Shares of the world's largest retailer rose [...]

Brown University investments return 10% Brown University, Providence, R.I., returned 10% on its endowment investments in the year ended June 30. The fund was valued at $2.18 billion as of [...]

IN BRIEF SAM'S CLUB CUTS: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Sunday that it is cutting more than 10,000 jobs at Sam's Club, its warehouse division, as it outsources its product sampling [...]

Wal-Mart Ups Stakes in Health Care Debate WASHINGTON Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s endorsement of an employer mandate for health insurance shook main street retailers on Wednesday. The move gave momentum to [...]

Counting Every Penny: Stores' Cost-Cutting May Transform Retail Consumers aren't the only ones cutting back. Retailers are reining in their spending with most broadline players slashing millions from their budgets [...]

Wal-Mart to Shift China Management BEIJING Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is moving forward with plans to restructure its China management team by moving hundreds of managers to new stores, despite reports [...]

Initially, Dossia aimed to begin providing employees with PHRs in 2007. However, work on the project hit roadblocks several months into the effort when a legal brawl broke out after […]

Wal-Mart has begun rolling out personal electronic health records to a handful of employees as part of a plan to eventually provide more than a million of the retailer's workers […]

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - The latest attempts by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. here to broaden its retail horizons sparked speculation yesterday it was mulling an unprecedented M&A strategy, speculation that the chain [...]