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Wal-Mart's new electronic ID tags have some worried about privacy
Kansas City Star
More News | Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is putting electronic identification tags on men's clothing starting Aug. 1 as it tries to gain more control of its inventory. But the move is raising eyebrows among privacy experts. | The individual garments will have removable smart tags that can be read from a dis...
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Wal-Mart to Roll Out Smart Tags on Men's Basics
The New York Times
| Filed at 2:55 p.m. ET | NEW YORK (AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is putting electronic identification tags on men's clothing like jeans starting Aug. 1 as the world's largest retailer tries to gain more control of its inventory. But the move is raising eyebrows among privacy experts. | The individual...
A Fashion Identity Crisis at Wal-Mart
Wall Street Journal
By ANN ZIMMERMAN | Wal-Mart Stores Inc. cannot seem to find the right fit when it comes to selling clothing. Bloomberg News | Hanesbrands Just My Size line is one of Wal-Mart's hits. | By quietly ousting its U.S. division apparel chief last week, the...
Third Chicago Wal-Mart APPROVED By City Council
Huffington Post
| CHICAGO — The Chicago City Council has approved a third Wal-Mart store in the city. | Council members voted 41-4 Wednesday to allow the giant retailer to build the store on Chicago's South Side. | The first Chicago Wal-Mart store opened in 20...
Chicago aldermen approve city's 3rd Wal-Mart store
Newsvine
| CHICAGO — The Chicago City Council has approved a third Wal-Mart store in the city. | Council members voted 41-4 Wednesday to allow the giant retailer to build the store on Chicago's South Side. | The first Chicago Wal-Mart store opened in 20...
Chicago aldermen approve city's 3rd Wal-Mart store
Philadelphia Daily News
| The Associated Press | CHICAGO - The Chicago City Council has approved a third Wal-Mart store in the city. | Council members voted 41-4 Wednesday to allow the giant retailer to build the store on Chicago's South Side. | The first Chicago Wal-Mart s...
Black Friday shoppers at Wal-Mart
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Wal-Mart merchandising chief leaves
Syracuse
| (AP) - NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s chief merchandising officer John Fleming is leaving the company Aug. 1 after 10 years, the world's largest retailer said Friday. | Flemin...
A Wal-Mart employee walks into a Wal-Mart store in Milpitas, Calif
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Poor economy helps cities open doors to Wal-Mart
Denver Post
| What would it take for urban areas to welcome Wal-Mart? The answer seems to be a terrible job market and stores that do not look much like traditional big boxes. | The retailer, ...
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Unions, Wal-Mart reach deal wages that could bring second Walmart to city of Chicago
Star Tribune
| CHICAGO - Chicago union leaders say they've reached an agreement with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. that would bump pay above minimum wage at a proposed new store on the city's South Side...
Chicago aldermen approve city's 3rd Wal-Mart store
The Miami Herald
| CHICAGO -- The Chicago City Council has approved a third Wal-Mart store in the city. | Council members voted 41-4 Wednesday to allow the giant retailer to build the store on Chicago's South Side. | The first Chicago Wal-Mart store opened in 2006. L...
Chicago aldermen approve city's 3rd Wal-Mart store
Wtop
| CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago City Council has approved a third Wal-Mart store in the city. | Council members voted 41-4 Wednesday to allow the giant retailer to build the store on Chicago's South Side. | The first Chicago Wal-Mart store opened in 200...
Wal-Mart India growth faces supply chain hurdle
The Times Of India
NEW DELHI: Retail giant Wal-Mart, still limited by rules barring multi-brand foreign retailers in India, expects supply chain woes to make fast expansion in the country difficult, the chief of its Indian joint venture said. | India's $450 billion ret...
Wal-Mart India growth faces supply chain hurdle
DNA India
| New Delhi: Retail giant Wal-Mart, still limited by rules barring multi-brand foreign retailers in India, expects supply chain woes to make fast expansion in the country difficult, the chief of its Indian joint venture said. | India's $450 billi...
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In iPhone, adult industry sees pocket porn market
Herald Tribune
| NEW YORK - It's a maxim of technology: Invent the newest gadget and the porn industry will find a way to cash in. | So when Apple Inc. launched the iPhone 4 and its FaceTime videoconference feature, it didn't take long for adult-entertainment companies to develop video-sex chat services and start hiring workers through Craigslist. | With more tha...
Economy
In this Monday, May 10, 2010 photo,a Hungarian money  changer corrects the sale price of foreign currencies in downtown Budapest, Hungary. Joining the EU club of nations with a common currency has long been a goal of most European Union countries, like Hungary still not using the euro. But in the wake of the Greek crisis, some eurozone outsiders are in less of a hurry that just a few weeks ago. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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Euro Zone Economic Sentiment Rises to 28-Month High
ABC News
| By Marcin Grajewski | July 29, 2010 | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone economic sentiment rose strongly in July, buoyed by figures from Germany that point to a recovery as the currency area overcomes the sovereign debt crisis, but the outlook remains uncertain. | The European Commission said its economic sentiment indicator for the 16-nation curren...



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