Article Search - BSAlert.com

Hello Visitor!

You aren't a registered user here.

Won't you consider registering with our site? You can unlock more features of the site, leave comments and even elect to receive our "Weekly Shoveling" - a summary of all the coolest stories added each week! It's totally free and takes a few seconds. We don't give out your e-mail or personal information to anybody! Try it!

Main

Home Page
BSAlert Radio!

Info/FAQ
Links
Feedback
Fallacy List
Bookmark BSAlert
FreeThought Wiki
BSA on Twitter

Articles

Submit Article (Login required)
Latest Articles
BSA Exclusives
Article Summary
Articles by Main Topic
Most Popular
Latest Comments
Active Articles

Features

Fairness Doctrine
Great Recession
Crypto-currency

Visit the BSA:

Bumper Sticker Store

T-Shirts & More

Utilities

Have a GREAT day!

PATH: BS | Business | Corporations | Wal-Mart

Corporate Low-Down Depot Mart and the Tall Trees Posted by wizeGurl (10818 views) [E-Mail link]	[Environment]
So you want to keep the weeds out of your flower bed. How about some nice mulch? How about some nice, cheap mulch made by clear-cutting and grinding up the cypress forests that help to prevent coastal erosion, weaken hurricanes, and provide habitat for wildlife? I mean, trees grow back, right? They do. But they take years to recover. Cypress forests that were clear-cut in the 1930's are only now starting to look like healthy forests again...if they grew back at all.
READ MORE \| No comments \| Comment on this Article

Wal-Mart Test Markets Biblical Action Figures Posted by Pile (15725 views) [E-Mail link]
Wal-Mart plans to test-market biblical action figures in U.S. stores as a "faith-based" alternative to toys tied to commercial movies, video games and TV. The toys -- ranging from a talking 12-inch Jesus doll to 3-inch figurines depicting Moses and the Ten Plagues of Egypt -- will be available in about 425 of Wal-Mart's 3,376 stores in 21 states, starting in mid-August. Locusts, fire, and brimstone sold separately.
READ MORE \| 8 comments since 2008-03-07 01:01:42 \| Comment on this Article

Wal-Mart Pays Itself Rent To Gain Huge Tax Breaks Posted by Pile (11663 views) [E-Mail link]
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.
READ MORE \| 1 comment since 2009-01-11 10:25:21 \| Comment on this Article

The Sacred Virgin Jolie Spotted Hovering Over Wal-Mart Posted by Pile (10981 views) [E-Mail link]	[Art]
A North Carolina artist intrigued by the public obsession with celebrity has found herself feeding that obsession with a painting of actress Angelina Jolie as the Virgin Mary hovering over a Wal-Mart check-out line.
READ MORE \| No comments \| Comment on this Article

Wal-Mart Strong-Arms Coke To Bypass Local Bottlers Posted by Pile (10454 views) [E-Mail link]
Coca-Cola, fearing Wal-Mart would launch its own sports drink to rival the beverage giant's Powerade if it didn't agree to the retailer's new distribution terms, caved under the pressure and altered its own century-old supply system, a published report said Thursday. Instead of involving regional bottling branches who deliver to individual stores (and thus help the local communities and employ more people) Coca Cola has been forced to set up more direct distribution methods to appeal to Wal-Mart's demands or else be replaced with Wal-Mart branded drinks.
READ MORE \| No comments \| Comment on this Article

WAL-MART Seeks To Patent Smiley Face Posted by Pile (13850 views) [E-Mail link]
Obviously when you smile, you think of Wal-Mart... Wal-Mart is embroiled in a legal dispute over the smiley face image which it wants to trademark in the US. A Frenchman who claims to have invented the yellow smiley face back in 1968 is opposing the US retail giant's move. For some, the image is a reminder of 1970s counter-culture, for others, a useful shorthand when sending e-mails.
READ MORE \| 1 comment since 2008-08-19 02:51:36 \| Comment on this Article

Wal-Mart Cautions Blogger-Shills to Avoid Being Caught Posted by Pile (10330 views) [E-Mail link]	[Viral Marketing]
Wal-Mart, in an effort to change public opinion is now mobilizing armies of bloggers to push the pro-company line and counter other sites who are critical of the retail giant. However, some of its blogger army are intentionally reprinting the company's dictates word-for-word and the monster corporation is concerned they may get "ripped" for being the shams they are.
READ MORE \| 1 comment since 2006-03-15 01:56:59 \| Comment on this Article

Boycott Demands Equal Representation For Christian Consumers Posted by Pile (9603 views) [E-Mail link]
There's an e-mail going around, spawned by an organization called the Catholic League which suggested a boycott of Wal-Mart due to the company's policy of substituting "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas". This would be another boring, goofy Internet rumor if it wasn't for the true story of what one Wal-Mart temporary worker e-mailed an irate Christian who complained that a Wal-Mart website search for "Christmas" didn't bring up as many items as a search for "Kwanza." Read on to understand why Nerds rule.
READ MORE \| No comments \| Comment on this Article

Battle of the Documentaries Posted by Pile (10538 views) [E-Mail link]	[Pubic Relations]
In August 2004, the consulting firm McKinsey & Company told Wal-Mart, "The public believes [Wal-Mart] treats its employees poorly and is a negative force in communities." The report suggests steps for "managing change," including to "spread messages that it cares for employees, build local relationships, increase local philanthropy." McKinsey also helped prepare a memo, leaked to the New York Times last week, that proposed "numerous ways to hold down spending on health care and other benefits," in part by "discouraging unhealthy people from working at Wal-Mart." With the new Robert Greenwald documentary "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price" about to be released, Wal-Mart's PR firm, Edelman, "sent reporters a press kit last week attacking claims made in the film's trailer, along with negative reviews of Greenwald's previous work. Wal-Mart is also promoting a competing documentary about the company, directed by Ron Galloway, titled 'Why Wal-Mart Works & Why That Drives Some People Crazy.'"
READ MORE \| No comments \| Comment on this Article

Wal-Mart Interested Only In Physically-Fit Employees Posted by Pile (10893 views) [E-Mail link]
An internal memo sent to the Wal-Mart Stores Inc. board proposes numerous ways to hold down health care and benefits costs with less harm to the retailer's reputation, including hiring more part-time workers and discouraging unhealthy people from seeking jobs, the New York Times said Wednesday. To discourage unhealthy job applicants to save on insurance, the paper suggests Wal-Mart arrange for "all jobs to include some physical activity (e.g., all cashiers do some cart-gathering).
READ MORE \| No comments \| Comment on this Article

10 Articles displayed. Show More Articles.

Pursuant to Section 230 of Title 47 of the United States Code (47 USC � 230), BSAlert is a user-contributed editorial web site and does not endorse any specific content, but merely acts as a "sounding board" for the online community. Any and all quoted material is referenced pursuant to "Fair Use" (17 U.S.C. � 107). Like any information resource, use your own judgement and seek out the facts and research and make informed choices.