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Wal-Mart Will Pay $81.6 Million in Pollutant Dumping Case:
Under a plea agreement, Wal-Mart will pay $60 million in fines and community service payments in California, $14 million in fines and community service payments in Missouri and a $7.6 million U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fine, according to a Justice Department statement. Ref. Source 2
Imagine that you go to Walmart, buy a bag of potatoes and you're ready to use them but when you open it, you find a snake!
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Wal-Mart sales disappoint as U.S. Shoppers curb spending:
Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) reported a surprise decline in quarterly same-store sales in the United States, its biggest market, after shoppers came in less often because higher taxes and gasoline prices were leaving them with less spending money. Ref. Source 9
Walmart Can Afford To Pay All Workers $25,000 Without Raising Prices:
Walmart is a leader in promoting an employment model in which workers earn too little to generate the consumer demand that supports hiring and would lead to economic recovery Ref. Source 9