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| Wednesday, August 24, 2005 1:09 AM PDT | Costco-Wal-Mart Pay -- Don't Discount Difference: Graef Crystal
Bloomberg.com Tue, 23 Aug 2005 9:41 PM PDT
Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Costco Wholesale Corp. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. both offer low-priced goods, yet when it comes to paying their employees, there is a difference in dollars and cents that starts with hourly workers and goes to the top. |
Will Southwest's noise plan fly?
Seattle Times Wed, 24 Aug 2005 0:54 AM PDT
Southwest Airlines flew more than 22,400 flights in and out of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport last year. Most of the time, the discount... |
WAL-MART VOGUES INTO MAG
New York Post Wed, 24 Aug 2005 0:34 AM PDT
WAL-MART VOGUES INTO MAG August 24, 2005 -- Vogue is mixing mass with class in its glossy pages. The magazine is running ads for huge discount retailer Wal-Mart alongside upscale designers such as Gucci, Oscar de la Renta and Roberto Cavalli. |
Man arrested after Brookville robbery attempt
The Derrick Tue, 23 Aug 2005 9:16 PM PDT
The suspect is also accused of assaulting a clerk at the Choice Discount Cigarette Shop. BROOKVILLE - A clerk was reportedly drenched with lighter fluid while a man held a lighter near her during a robbery attempt late Monday in Brookville. |
Figures and facts: Gender Equality and Women's Development in China (2)
People's Daily Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:25 PM PDT
-- During the period from 2001 to 2004, a total of 13.52 billion yuan in small-sum credit loans for rural households were granted from the state poverty-reduction discount loans, and more than half of the money went to women. Since 2001, the Chinese government has taken poverty-reduction projects in the form of participation of the poor as the main way to "enhance the whole village," and such |
Continental clears way for Dollar General
Lima News Wed, 24 Aug 2005 0:03 AM PDT
CONTINENTAL Economic development leaders narrowly cleared a major hurtle Tuesday, paving the way for a new discount store to open in the village. Continental Village Council voted 3-2 with one councilman abstaining to approve the rezon-ing that will allow a Dollar General store to open. |
Retailers' Denim Glut, Gas Prices May Hurt Back-to-School Sales
Bloomberg.com Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:47 PM PDT
U.S. Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Retailers from Federated Department Stores Inc. to American Eagle Outfitters Inc. may have a hard time selling all the jeans and denim jackets they stocked for back-to-school shoppers. |
WP: Drivers set to pay any price for gas
MSNBC Wed, 24 Aug 2005 1:03 AM PDT
Across the United States, the subject of gasoline prices is like the smell of gas after it spills on your hands. You can't escape it. |
SEC charges two Kmart ex-bosses
BBC News Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:39 PM PDT
The US market watchdog charges two ex-top executives of Kmart with fraud in the lead up to the retailer's bankruptcy. |
U.S. Treasury to Tighten Rules on Offshore Patents, Licenses
Bloomberg.com Tue, 23 Aug 2005 9:48 PM PDT
U.S. Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Computer and drug companies such as Microsoft Corp. and Pfizer Inc. may face a higher U.S. tax bill after the Bush administration said it would tighten rules on diverting profit to offshore tax havens. |
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