http://walmart.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for walmart en Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:19:17 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2040319 unknown@Netscape.com It costs $0.70 to check your balance, $3.50 to speak to a teller, $2.00 for paper statement. Why is Walmart doing this? They're going after the "unbanked" market, the same group of people who get screwed with payday loans, income tax advance refund loans, prepaid debit card fees, auto-title loans and other awful "services." Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:19:17 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2040319walmartMoneyCardbankingpaydayloansPredatorylendingNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2004500 unknown@Netscape.com 24 weeks after Walmart agreed to remove shirts bearing Nazi iconography from its shelves, and 15 weeks after getting a letter from Congress demanding the shirts removal, they're still there. Wed, 23 May 2007 06:13:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2004500walmartnazitshirtcongressNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2005798 unknown@Netscape.com 24 weeks after Walmart agreed to remove shirts bearing Nazi iconography from its shelves, and 15 weeks after getting a letter from Congress demanding the shirts removal, they're still there. Wed, 23 May 2007 06:13:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2005798walmartnazitshirtcongressNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1314238 unknown@Netscape.com Twice in three days last week, Hillary Rodham Clinton basked in the adulation of cheering union members. Her record of supporting collective bargaining, however, is considerably worse than wobbly. Pity the thousands of unionists who came to hear the corporate litigator turned union-loving Democrat deliver a campaign speech. Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:45:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1314238Clintonwalmart2008presidentialelectionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1289518 unknown@Netscape.com Wal-Mart has taken its lumps lately, especially from the Democratic Party over its treatment of employees. So the company has been courting the new majority on Capitol Hill by doing a lot of the standard stuff: hiring Democratic executives and donating more to the campaigns of Democratic candidates. Its political action committee has given 49 perce Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:27:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1289518walmarthiringDemocraticexecutivesdonatingTocandidatesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1238235 unknown@Netscape.com Wal-Mart has hired Democratic P.R. experts to help improve its reputation on such issues as low wages, miserly benefits, sex discrimination, and union busting. Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:31:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1238235walmartmarketpenetrationspinDemocraticadvocacyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/860584 unknown@Netscape.com Wal-Mart recently terminated a Wal-Mart systems technician for intercepting text messages and recording telephone conversations without authorization. The calls and text messages being recorded were between Wal-Mart's PR and a New York Times reporter. Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:14:29 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/860584walmartsystemstechnicianrecordingtelephonenewyorktimesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/833310 unknown@Netscape.com I have been banned since '04. The story behind it is as ironic as it is funny however. I had been working for Wal-Mart off and on for several years. It was a good way to bring in some little needed income while I was attending college. Sat, 03 Mar 2007 20:45:54 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/833310funnywalmartBannedironicfiredNews http://web2announcer.com/go/543412 unknown@YahooMyWeb.com No description for this story Sun, 11 Feb 2007 17:01:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/543412wal martwalmartWal-Martfinancial servicespurchasescredit cardscredit cardpurchasestorestoresinformationcheckswal-mart storesphotowal-mart storecredit reportswal-mart associatescheck cashingcard storespayroll check http://web2announcer.com/go/540466 unknown@Netscape.com Wal-Mart launched a new video download site this week to compete with Netflix and iTunes, but the site had errors in the CSS if you viewed the site in Firefox. Now, they have shut out all other browsers except Internet Explorer. Sun, 11 Feb 2007 09:19:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/540466walmartFirefoxmozillaVideositeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/472489 unknown@Netscape.com Mega-retailer Wal-Mart has launched its own video download service - and, unlike iTunes, it has all six major Hollywood studios on board. Tue, 06 Feb 2007 21:19:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/472489homeVideowalmartitunesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/473664 unknown@Netscape.com A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest private employer, must face a class-action lawsuit alleging female employees were discriminated against in pay and promotions. Tue, 06 Feb 2007 21:15:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/473664walmartNews http://web2announcer.com/go/404399 unknown@Netscape.com Wal-Mart, the nation's largest employer and the world's biggest retailer, is regularly paying itself rent and using the transaction to decrease the taxes it pays to state governments, according to a report in this morning's Wall Street Journal. Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:04:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/404399walmarttaxNews http://web2announcer.com/go/9166 unknown@Del.icio.us.com The Wal-Mart Bible Letter Sat, 02 Sep 2006 17:05:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/9166Religionbiblewalmarthumoratheism http://web2announcer.com/go/7141 unknown@Netscape.com Wal-Mart said Friday it will carry the Plan B emergency contraceptive pill for over-the-counter sale possibly by the end of the year. In a statement e-mailed to CNNMoney.com, Wal-Mart spokesman Kevin Gardner said the company will sell Plan B to women 18 and over once the new packaging has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:41:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/7141Health & FitnesswalmartcontraceptivepillNews http://web2announcer.com/go/6046 unknown@Netscape.com The news that the civil rights leader Andrew Young had resigned from a Wal-Mart advocacy group and apologized after making disparaging comments about Jewish, Korean, and Arab small-business owners sent us scrambling Tue, 22 Aug 2006 02:34:01 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/6046Religionwalmartandrew youngresignationanti-Semiticcivil rightsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/4234 unknown@Netscape.com Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, posted its first profit decline in a decade Tuesday as second-quarter earnings fell 26 percent due to the cost of selling its Germany operation. Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:51:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/4234MoneywalmartprofitNews http://web2announcer.com/go/3298 unknown@Netscape.com Wal-Mart had accused Coughlin of misappropriating as much as $500,000 through misuse of gift cards and bogus invoices, and said he used the money to buy an odd assortment of items including customized dog kennels and a Celine Dion CD. Fri, 11 Aug 2006 22:36:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/3298Do No Evilexecutivehome confinementwalmartNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2316 unknown@Netscape.com Workers at more than 1,200 stores will see their paychecks grow by an average 6 percent, and the world's largest retailer said it will begin introducing wage caps for the first time on each type of job in all stores. Tue, 08 Aug 2006 14:08:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2316Newswalmartwages http://web2announcer.com/go/1317 unknown@Netscape.com WalMart will give up in Germany. Effective December 31, all WalMart shops will be sold to the METRO Group, Germany ’s largest group of retail chains. After eight years of hard struggle, WalMart surrenders to the German United Services Union. Fri, 04 Aug 2006 18:36:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1317MoneywalmartGermanyworkunemploymentNews