Slog - Comments on Wal-Mart Saves America! http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/walmart_saves_america Just in the nick of time: NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Wall Street on Tuesday rebound after four days of losses, with investors cheered by Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s surprisingly good results, which could bode well for the all-important holiday shopping season. "The lack of any substantial event risk - i.e. bank write-downs - and Wal-Mart's stronger than expected earnings are boosting equities this morning," said Tom DiGaloma, head of U.S. Treasury trading at Jefferies & Co. Inc. And then there's this bit of bright news for those in the dark belly of the American monster: The company, according to data available... Copyright 2008 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:00:07 -0800 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:52:29 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Amelia Nothing could ever make me step foot in that place.

]]> Amelia http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/walmart_saves_america#c847515 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/walmart_saves_america#c847515 News Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:26:10 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Walmart is evil.

That said, a lot of their sales were people buying out the $200 Linux machines they had on sale - they're sold out now.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/walmart_saves_america#c848080 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/walmart_saves_america#c848080 News Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:16:16 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Explain to me again how Wal-Mart is more evil than Target or K-Mart?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/walmart_saves_america#c848278 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/walmart_saves_america#c848278 News Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:08:50 -0800 Comment by Just Me @3, welcome to the world of liberal spin. They only deal with one company as opposed to the entire industry. Kinda like hating Bush but not attacking the environment that allowed someone like Bush to even get close to being elected.

Simple generalized targets for simple minds. Thinking is SO Victorian Era!

]]> Just Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/walmart_saves_america#c848415 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/walmart_saves_america#c848415 News Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:53:33 -0800 Comment by Funeral Fnarf, it's because Target has cooler commercials with Devo songs in them. As long as Gap Kids has a hip marketing department, who cares about that recent unearthing of a child labor scandal.

Speaking of Wal-Mart, arent' they cool now cuz last I heard they were all down with Band of Horses now.

]]> Funeral http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/walmart_saves_america#c848478 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/walmart_saves_america#c848478 News Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:15:51 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @3 - Walmart is still evil.

Even if you can buy compact flourescent lightbulbs for less than $2 there.

It's possible to be evil and act like you're not.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/walmart_saves_america#c848554 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/walmart_saves_america#c848554 News Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:42:53 -0800 Comment by King Rat Don't believe the spin about Wal-mart offering better health care.

http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/beat_the_press_archive?month=11&year=2007&base_name=celebrating_walmart

]]> King Rat http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/walmart_saves_america#c849169 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/walmart_saves_america#c849169 News Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:06:11 -0800 Comment by Eugene541 It is easy to read this article and get overly excited. I looked a little closer at those purdy charts (print version is best for this) and you know what? THEY ARE NOT BETTER THAN THEIR COMPETITORS. In fact, the # of ppl actually eligible is still 10 - 15% below Target, et al. Plus, they have a 60% annual turnover rate, which basically means that the lion's share of the employees are NEVER ELIGIBLE.

That isn't event the half of it.

The costs still range from $4,000 - 10,000 for healthcare on an income of less than $30 or 20k. They can do better. Much better.

How is any of this an improvement? Still VERY skeptical...

]]> Eugene541 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/walmart_saves_america#c850704 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/walmart_saves_america#c850704 News Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:52:29 -0800