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Wal-Mart Radio Tags to Track Clothing
Apparel supervisor Sonia Barrett uses a handheld scanner to read EPC labels on men's denim jeans on July 19, while checking inventory at the Walmart Supercenter Store No. 1 in Rogers, Ark. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to roll out sophisticated electronic ID tags to track individual pairs of jeans and underwear, the first step in a system that advocates say better controls inventory but some critics say raises privacy concerns. Starting next month, the retailer will place removable "smart tags" on individual garments that can be read by a hand-held scanner.. » read more
I Got It @7-Eleven
America's monster retail chain aims to be a Web depot. Cash checks and pick up parcels while filling your Slurpee. A NEW CHANNEL FOR E-COM-merce is headed for the U.S. One of North America's most pervasive retailers, 7-Eleven Inc.. » read more
Barack Obama's attacks on BP hurting British pensioners
Barack Obama has been accused of holding "his boot on the throat" of British pensioners after his attacks on BP were blamed for wiping billions off the company's value. Tony Hayward (left) and Barack Obama Photo: AP/GETTY City investors said the president was jeopardising the pensions of millions with his "excessive" criticism of the energy company following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Before the accident on April 20, BP was Britain's biggest company, with a stock market value of £122 billion. Since then, £49 billion has been wiped off its value. On Wednesday, BP's share price fell a further 17.. » read more
OFFSHORE DRILLING: Deepwater companies pull up stakes, and some may never return
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Missing Lesson From the Mine Tragedy: Union-Busting = Death
In the wake of last week's disaster at Massey Energy Company's Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia, it's become increasingly clear that CEO Don Blankenship has gamed the loophole-laden mine safety enforcement system. Despite a supposedly tougher federal law that passed in 2006 after the Sago, West Virginia, mine explosion killed a dozen miners, Massey and other companies have been able to use the law as a shield to avoid tougher enforcement measures by appealing safety citations - and overwhelming the weak Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) with a backlog of appeals. Even though Massey has faced proposed fines nearing $2 million since 2005 and been cited over 1,300 times, it's paid only a fraction - one-sixth - of the proposed fines. All told, according to the United Mine Workers of America, nearly 50 people have been killed at Massey mines in the last ten years. In March alone, it was cited over 50 times for violations, many directly related to ventilation violations that allowed the build-up of explosive methane gas that played a major role in the killing of the 29 miners.. » read more
GM to Shut Down Hummer After Sale Fails
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Undercover Boss
Larry O'Donnell, President and C.O.O. of Waste Management, works alongside his employees, cleaning porta-potties, sorting waste, collecting garbage from a landfill and even being fired for the first time in his life. VIEW VIDEO http://www.. » read more
I’m Working In The Wrong Office!
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Wal-Mart Facts
----- Original Message ----- From: Oo To: Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 8:17 AM Subject: [WETHEPEOPLE_UNITED] Fw: Wal-Mart Facts Wal-Mart Facts Wal-Mart Facts 1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart every hour of every day. 2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute! 3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St.. » read more
Editorial: It Isn’t Working for Anyone Else
Jan. 12, 2010 China’s economic strategy over the past two decades has been remarkably successful. By opening its doors to foreign investment and manipulating currency markets to keep the renminbi from rising against the dollar, it hitched itself to consumers in the industrial world and achieved spectacular growth. While the strategy is still working for China, it is exacerbating economic weakness around the globe. If China keeps it up, other countries are likely to use their last available weapon — protectionism — to stop the onslaught of artificially cheap Chinese goods.. » read more
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