wal-mart | the_recession

What It's Like to Work in Walmart Hell

nebris wrote in the_recession Nov 02, 2010 00:34

( Thanks to recent teacher layoffs and the miserable job market, I've gone from substitute high-school teacher to Walmart associate. )

libertarianism, outsourcing, unions, wal-mart, 'capitalism', corporate profits, retail sales, ayn rand, income inequality, china

Walmart's midnight baby formula bread line

nebris wrote in the_recession Sep 22, 2010 15:01

Americans are poor and hungry. Maybe now is not the time to be cutting government funding for food stamps?

By Andrew Leonard

A comment by Bill Simon, CEO of Walmart's U.S. operations, made last week at the Goldman Sachs Retail Conference, is getting tons of play in blogland:
And you need not go further than one ( Read more... )

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What collapsing empire looks like

nebris wrote in the_recession Aug 07, 2010 21:16

By Glenn Greenwald

As we enter our ninth year of the War in Afghanistan with an escalated force, and continue to occupy Iraq indefinitely, and feed an endlessly growing Surveillance State, reports are emerging of the Deficit Commission hard at work planning how to cut Social Security, Medicare, and now even to freeze military pay. But a ( Read more... )

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America's White Underclass

nebris wrote in the_recession Jul 18, 2009 01:19

( When seeing ain't believing, somebody's blind )

homelessness, income inequality, wal-mart, 'capitalism', poverty

As retailers cut back cities confront 'ghostboxes'

nebris wrote in the_recession Jul 05, 2009 13:20

By JAMES MacPHERSON ( Read more... )

commercial real estate, global financial trainwreck of 2007-?, 50 state slump, retail sales, wal-mart

Use Your CC at Wal-Mart, Lower Your Score?

cieldumort wrote in the_recession Feb 02, 2009 23:50

Mother Jones:Today's Two Minutes HateHere's the latest reason to hate credit card companies: Shop at Wal-Mart, obviously a sign of financial distress, and your credit limit gets lowered. Hallelujah ( Read more... )

credit cards, american express, wal-mart

U.S. Retailers: "Weakest January in decades"

cieldumort wrote in the_recession Feb 07, 2008 16:01

-CNN MONEY-

Wal-Mart's distress signal
The world's largest retailer leads a parade of sales misses in January,
indicating trouble in the U.S. economy.

Bad News Bears 1:47
An ominous forecast from Cisco Systems and weak retail sales have markets seeing red. (Video)

-MarketWatch.com-
A dismal January chills retailers ( Read more... )

consumer spending, cisco systems, retail, wal-mart