Wal-Mart Personal Injury Case
December 30, 1998
Wal-Mart forced a 50 year old nurse from Louisiana to spend three years in court to prevail in a $45,000 personal injury lawsuit that resulted
December 1998
Wal-Mart’s Sorry Choice.
December 27, 1998
The Ocean View School Board is trying to “educate” the residents of Huntington Beach, CA with some simple lessons in Wal-Math. It seems the School
Santa’s Softer Side.
December 23, 1998
Every year our nation’s political parties receive the most wonderful gift of all: soft money. Those unregulated contributions from corporations and wealthy individuals which are
Wal Poll soon in Walpole.
December 19, 1998
According to the local postmaster in the small town of Walpole, NH, representatives of Wal-Mart posted a petition in front of the post office calling
One Wal is more than enough
December 19, 1998
How many times can Wal-Mart come into Decorah, IA and expect a welcome? A little more than 10 years ago, Wal-Mart opened a store in
Wal-Mart “Whipped” Cream
December 15, 1998
On November 24, 1998 newsflash reported how someone in Clermont, FL, at Wal-Mart’s suggestion, put together a pro-Wal-Mart flier with the Mayor’s name and address
Rite Aid Piranhas.
December 14, 1998
The Mayor of Toledo, Carty Finkbeiner, has compared Rite Aid and its competitor’s to piranha fish, gobbling up inappropriate locations for their “convenience” stores. “They
Dangers of Working at Home Depot
December 14, 1998
According to a UPI wire story dated December 10, 1998, there was some trouble in a Home Depot parking lot in Clay County, Florida. Investigators
ot Spends BIG to Win Vote
December 12, 1998
The numbers are now official! We reported in our November 11, 1998 newsflash that Home Depot had won a citywide referendum vote in Toledo, OH
Wal-Mart’s Oath of Confidentiality
December 8, 1998
Wal-Mart is like a cheap pair of underwear — they keep creeping up on you. Take the case of Oakland, MD. Reports on a local
Wal-Mart is “Here to Serve”.
December 7, 1998
The awesome power of the Wal-Mart PR machine has been unleashed on the hapless citizens of Mesa, AZ, who in recent weeks have been subjected
Imports From Burma Continue to Rise.
December 6, 1998
In May of 1997, President Bill Clinton signed an executive order prohibiting US companies from making new investments in the politically repressive nation of Burma.
Home Depot’s Media Front.
December 6, 1998
Just who are the Cave Springs Business Owners? That’s the question Channel 10 in Roanoke, VA set out to answer. After media ads started being
Rite Aid’s “Customer Demands”
December 6, 1998
Citizens in Poughkeepsie, NY are currently in a struggle with Rite Aid and local developers who are trying to build a 9,000+ s.f. convenience store
Go ask Alice.
December 6, 1998
Newsflash reported on May 30, 1998 (see below) that Sam Walton’s daughter, Alice, now 49, had been found guilty of driving while impaired, failure to
CVS’s Watergate Illness.
December 3, 1998
Some people might think that going to a drugstore is supposed to help you feel better — but that certainly was not the experience CVS
2,000 people at anti-WM rally
December 3, 1998
The town square in Bentonville was filled with an estimated 2,000 people wearing yellow rain slickers that said “Wal-Mart — Not in My Neighborhood”. The
Slam-Dunking Wal-Mart.
December 1, 1998
In a recent newsflash, we reported that the Planning Commission in St.Petersburg, FL voted against Wal-Mart’s proposal to rezone land for a superstore, leaving the