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WALMART PUSHES AHEAD WITH DRIVERLESS TRUCKS, a pilot program using self-driving box trucks to cover a 2 mile route between a warehouse & a WMT

CALIFORNIA AG SUES AMAZON OVER STALLING IN COVID SAFETY INVESTIGATION OF WAREHOUSES SINCE LAST MAY. AMZN says “We’re puzzled” by the charges. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/14/amazon-california-coronavirus-suit/%3foutputType=amp Read more

SUPERMARKET INDUSTRY WANTS YOU TO KNOW THAT THOUSANDS OF THEIR PHARMACIES WILL HAVE COVID VACCINES, including Stop & Shop, Giant, Hannaford’s, Albertsons, Costco, H-E-B, Hy-Vee,

FOR SOME REASON THE MEDIA IS PROMOTING WALMART AS THE SOURCE FOR COVID VACCINES, and almost as an aside “other pharmacies including CVS & Walgreens

WALMART DOESN’T REVEAL HOW MUCH FEDERAL TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING THEM TO GIVE COVID VACCINES. It’s just another profit center. Many smaller pharmacies will have the

WALMART: THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACE IN AMERICA TO SHOP: Georgia Police say a WMT loss prevention employee tried to talk with an alleged shoplifter inside

NEXT COVID RELIEF BILL MAY INCLUDE $300/WK UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FOR 16 WEEKS, plus $300 B for a 2nd round of Small Business Paycheck Protection Program

SHOPPING LOCAL IN OHIO: “ONE THING YOU GET WHEN YOU SHOP SMALL IS THAT PERSONAL TOUCH, where the people in the store know you &

FRENCH PRIVACY REGULATORS SLAP GOOGLE WITH $121 M FINE, & AMAZON WITH $42.35 M “for breaking France’s rules on online advertising trackers” (cookies) on users’

AFTER THE TEXAS LAWSUIT FIZZLES, IT SEEMS LIKE ALMOST EVERYONE HAS DESERTED 45…BUT HE STILL HAS ONE FRIEND LEFT: Read more on Facebook

AMAZON ‘HALO’HEALTH BAND TAKES BODY SCANS & VOICE TONES. “Multiple layers of privacy… delete your data anytime…no one will view it without your permission, &

ROSS PEROT, JR IS ONE OF DEVELOPERS BUILDING 1.3 M SF AT 2 WAREHOUSES THAT AMAZON WILL LEASE NEAR DETROIT AIRPORT. Bezos has not asked

IT TOOK SIX YEARS TO SETTLE THE HOME DEPOT DATA BREACH, WHICH AFFECTED 53 MILLION CUSTOMERS, INCLUDING CREDIT CARD DATA & EMAIL ADDRESSES—46 STATES SETTLED

NORTHFIELD, MA RESIDENTS REACT TO “MISSOURI MODERN” APARTMENT BUILDING PROPOSED IN HISTORIC RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. If DL Moody was alive today—he would be leading the charge

IF YOU TOOK THE COMBINED WEALTH OF 651 BILLIONAIRES IN AMERICA OF $4 TRILLION, YOU’D HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO TRANSFER $3000 TO EVERY CHILD, WOMAN

SCALPER ROBOTS ARE BUYING UP POPULAR ITEMS, LIKE PLAY STATION CONSOLES, ONLINE FROM STORES LIKE WALMART TO RESELL THEM SECONDS LATER AT A HIGHER PRICE

HEALTH OFFICIALS IN ITHACA, NY WARN THAT HOME DEPOT & WALMART WORKERS TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID 19 and “worked during their infectious period, meaning there

OFFICIAL SAYS NO OTHER COMPANY BROUGHT “SO MANY JOBS TO IOWA SO QUICKLY” AS AMAZON. 1,000 new jobs at this leased warehouse, paying $15/hr, or

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY IN KANSAS GIVES WALMART $1.9 M IN CASH INCENTIVES TO BUILD A 1.8 M S.F. DISTRIB. CENTER—because WMT doesn’t have enough money

UBER LETS SOMEONE ELSE DRIVE ITS SELF-DRIVING VEHICLE & FLYING TAXI BIZ. It’s selling Advanced Technologies Group to Aurora Innovation & investing $400 M. Uber’s

AMAZON SOLD $309 B ONLINE IN 2020: 1.6 X THE TOTAL ECOMMERCE SALES OF THE OTHER NINE RETAILERS THAT MADE THE TOP 10 LIST COMBINED!

WALMART IS HOSTING A “HOLIDAY DRONE LIGHT SHOW” FEATURING THEIR HUGE “SPARK” LOGO IN THE NIGHT SKY! They are programming you to like the drones

WALMART IS HOSTING A “HOLIDAY DRONE LIGHT SHOW” FEATURING THEIR HUGE “SPARK” LOGO IN THE NIGHT SKY! They are programming you to like the drones

THAT WAREHOUSE THAT SAYS “AMAZON” ON IT—IT’S NOT OWNED BY AMAZON. 97% of the warehouse square footage AMZN uses is leased, not owned. This allows

WHAT’S APP, OWNED BY FACEBOOK, IS THE MOST POPULAR SMART PHONE APP IN INDIA, & is now competing with Google Pay and Walmart’s FlipKart PhonePe

SINCE 1979, WAGES FOR THE BOTTOM 90% HAVE BEEN REDISTRIBUTED UPWARDS. Wages for the top 0.1% grew by 345.2%! The bottom 90% had annual wages

WALMART BRAGS ABOUT ITS 4TH COVID PAY “BONUS.” Part-time workers get $150, full-time workers get $300. Chicken scratch! This = $5.74/week extra pay for full-timers.

> HALF OF THE 5 MILLION FEDERAL PAYCHECK PROTECTION LOANS to small businesses went to 600 large companies, including dozens of national chains. Of the

TO ATTRACT MORE WALMART+ MEMBERS, as of Dec 4, members will get free next-day & 2-day shipping — no more $35 min. order. Got to

NJ COUPLE SUES HOME DEPOT over 2 year home improvement “nightmare.” “We don’t want any of their contractors in our home as they were not

THE UNITED FOOD & COMMERCIAL WORKERS representing 1.3 M workers in grocery stores, renewed its call for improved COVID-19 protections, & reinstating hazard pay. UFCW

CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENTS BUYS 45% SHARE OF $625M AMAZON BLACKFOOT TOWER IN SEATTLE. Whether they like it or not, 20 M Canadians now are

HERE’S ANOTHER OF THOSE “BEST DEALS” NEWS WEBSITES that says in small print “CNET editors pick the products & services we write about. When you

45 STATES SUED HOME DEPOT OVER HACKED FINANCIAL DATA OF 40 M CUSTOMERS IN 2014. HD PAYS $17.5 M TO SETTLE, must “enact more stringent

AMAZON TAKES TOO MUCH & GIVES BACK TOO LITTLE.” Group called “Make Amazon Pay” demands better working conditions, right to form unions, sustainable climate policy,

PATHETIC TO SEE WALMART CALLING ITS STORES “FULFILLMENT CENTERS.” “Our Merchants have pulled together our biggest and best Cyber Monday…we’ve staffed up in our fulfillment

CNN & OTHER NEWS OUTLETS PUBLISH “NEWS” ARTICLES PROMOTING “DEALS” AT STORES LIKE WALMART, but “CNN News staff is not involved” in writing these promos,

IN 2016, NY TIMES BOUGHT WIRECUTTER, promoting retail products as “news.”“Whatever sort of thing you need—we make shopping for it easy by telling you the

SMALL RETAILERS TAKE ON GIANT RETAILERS BY PIVOTING ONLINE. “If you want it and it’s local, you can order it. We will take care of

SEC ISSUES RULES FOR GIG WORKERS, “enabling companies to issue stock to gig employees as a form of compensation,” helping them “ build longer-term investments.”

BOARD OF APPEALS IN UNITY, ME. SENDS DUNKIN DONUTS PLAN BACK TO PLANNING BOARD because “there are some questions that need to be addressed.” Like

WHY IS HOME DEPOT HIDING ITS WAGES? HD says it’s investing $1 billion in its workers, but “declined to share specifics on how much the

ONLY ONE TURKEY IN THIS PHOTO DESERVES A PARDON TO SAVE HIS LIFE. Read more on Facebook

GROCERY IN TORONTO GIVES ONLINE SHOPPERS A VIRTUAL 3-D VIEW OF THEIR STORE AS THEY WALK IT. Makes product selection so simple. Why aren’t the

AMAZON HAS DEVELOPED A SERIES OF PACKAGE DELIVERY OPTIONS DESIGNED TO KEEP GIFTS A “SPOILER-FREE SECRET,” but most are really designed to save Amazon “last

“LOANS TO SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE NOT LED TO A REBOUND OF SPENDING…at the businesses that lost the most revenue…providing & extending targeted assistance to low-income

AMAZON BOUGHT “100 M MASKS & 93 M SANITIZING SPRAYS AND WIPES…TO KEEP OUR EMPLOYEES SAFE. “ It’s their “ #1 priority.” But their REAL

WALMART USING DRONES TO DELIVER COVID 19-TEST KITS for people living within 1 mile of WMT test sites. We will regret when WMT starts dropping

TRUMP SLAMS DOOR ON SENIORS/DISABLED ON HIS WAY OUT OF OFFICE, requiring millions of people on SSI & SSDI to re-prove their eligibility every six

MORE FOOD IN FEWER HANDS: Netherlands-based Ahold Delhaize, which owns 2,000 U.S. stores on the East coast incl. Stop & Shop, Giant Food, Giant/Martin’s, Food