Business

Are Walmart’s Jobs for Vets Any Good?

Are Walmart’s Jobs for Vets Any Good? Are Walmart’s Jobs for Vets Any Good?

Walmart drew White House praise for pledging to hire 100,000 veterans, but some workers pan the plan.

Jan 15, 2013 / Josh Eidelson

Everybody Should Be Watching HBO’s ‘Enlightened’

Everybody Should Be Watching HBO’s ‘Enlightened’ Everybody Should Be Watching HBO’s ‘Enlightened’

People talk a blue streak about Lena Dunham‘s Girls, but Enlightened has a deeper grasp of the world, including the problems of anti-corporate activism.

Jan 13, 2013 / Michelle Dean

The Inconvenient Truth About Jack Lew The Inconvenient Truth About Jack Lew

The track record of Obama's Treasury secretary nominee shows his financial incompetence and support for radical deregulation, leaving little hope that he will reign in Wall Str...

Jan 11, 2013 / Robert Scheer

Warren to AIG: You’re on Notice

Warren to AIG: You’re on Notice Warren to AIG: You’re on Notice

The new senator from Massachusetts has the savvy and guts to take on big (and ungrateful) finance. 

Jan 10, 2013 / William Greider

Congressmen: E-mails Reveal Walmart CEO Was Repeatedly Informed of Bribery Scandal in 2005

Congressmen: E-mails Reveal Walmart CEO Was Repeatedly Informed of Bribery Scandal in 2005 Congressmen: E-mails Reveal Walmart CEO Was Repeatedly Informed of Bribery Scandal in 2005

Representatives Waxman and Cummings say the documents appear to contradict Walmart’s story about the widening scandal.

Jan 10, 2013 / Josh Eidelson

AIG Investors Break the World Record for Arrogance

AIG Investors Break the World Record for Arrogance AIG Investors Break the World Record for Arrogance

Shareholders are suing the federal government for rescuing their company from collapse. The ever-grateful corporate board could join them.

Jan 8, 2013 / William Greider

Tentative Ruling Allows Walmart to Be Named as Defendant in Wage Theft Class Action

Tentative Ruling Allows Walmart to Be Named as Defendant in Wage Theft Class Action Tentative Ruling Allows Walmart to Be Named as Defendant in Wage Theft Class Action

The ruling brings warehouse workers one step closer to holding Walmart directly responsible for alleged retaliation and wage theft.

Jan 7, 2013 / Josh Eidelson

Labor Groups Pan Walmart Plan to Bring Oversight Approach Used in Bangladesh to the US

Labor Groups Pan Walmart Plan to Bring Oversight Approach Used in Bangladesh to the US Labor Groups Pan Walmart Plan to Bring Oversight Approach Used in Bangladesh to the US

A labor official says the kind of auditing Walmart wants to bring to its US warehouses “led directly to the deaths of 112 people in Bangladesh.”

Jan 4, 2013 / Josh Eidelson

Cerberus Collected Ex-Government Opportunists

Cerberus Collected Ex-Government Opportunists Cerberus Collected Ex-Government Opportunists

In mythology, Cerberus is the three-headed dog that guards the gates of Hades. How perfect a name for a company whose leaders have sold their souls.

Dec 28, 2012 / Robert Scheer

Hundreds of Argentina Walmart Employees Went on Strike in Solidarity With US Co-Workers Hundreds of Argentina Walmart Employees Went on Strike in Solidarity With US Co-Workers

Protestors in Argentina hope international pressure can end Walmart's union-busting in the US.

Dec 21, 2012 / Josh Eidelson

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