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Walmart bans products from Xinjiang, sparks anger on Chinese social networks
The Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. retailer Walmart is facing anger from netizens on Chinese social networks who complain that the retail giant has stopped offering products from the Xinjiang region in its Chinese stores. The complaints come days after Joe Biden signed the Uighur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which ...
Sluggish business: Carrefour closes 14 stores in the first two months, Walmart shuts down its oldest store in China
According to International Finance News, Walmart supermarket's first grand location, Walmart Honghu in Shenzhen, will close permanently on Dec. 7. In recent years, Walmart has closed nearly 100 stores in Mainland China. According to Jiemian News, citing a report on Dec. 5, Carrefour closed 14 stores in the first two months ...
Woman receives $2.1 million after Walmart wrongfully accused her of shoplifting
A jury granted an Alabama woman $2.1 million for the troubles she went through after being wrongly accused of shoplifting in Walmart five years ago. In 2016, Lesleigh Nurse was falsely identified as a shoplifter as she made her payment at a malfunctioned self-checkout station. She paid for the goods but ...
Biden increases port capacity to ease supply chain bottlenecks
Failing to unload cargo ships in a timely manner is causing extensive supply chain problems across America. Joe Biden's administration hopes to alleviate backlogs through lifting port capacity. The White House will increase capacity at major California ports, and Walmart, FedEx, UPS plus other large goods carriers ahead of the busy ...
Veteran TV weatherman fired for refusing vaccine
A long-serving Michigan meteorologist was terminated for failing to comply with his employer's vaccine mandate on Sept. 16. Karl Bohnak finished up at WLUC-TV6 after spending decades at the company, because he declined to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. "Since I chose not to take one of the shots, I was fired," he ...
FDA officially approves Pfizer’s CCP virus vaccine
Pfizer's vaccine was fully endorsed to protect against the Chinese Communist Party virus (COVID-19) on Aug. 23. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed Pfizer and its partner BioNTech are the first to receive full regulatory approval in the United States. The decision effectively replaces an earlier emergency use authorization ...
Grassroot, unsung hero: Lowcountry high school principal donates his Walmart paychecks to help those in need
Principal Henry Darby of North Charleston High School would go to any length to serve his pupils, even if it means working three jobs at once. Darby, who is also a long-serving county lawmaker, recently added a third job to his already busy schedule. He currently works three evenings a week ...
Walmart clerk stops grandfather from scammer, saves his Christmas
Because the elderly are so vulnerable and sometimes unaware of scams, they can be easy prey for scammers. Unfortunately, that is what happened to loving grandfather Cecil Rodgers.In Dec. 2017, Rodgers got a call from a man who claimed to be his grandson. He claimed he was in a terrible ...
Walmart employee honored after selflessly buying items for customers
A multinational retail company worker, who often buys goods for struggling shoppers out of her own pocket, received an act of generosity herself. Gloria is arguable one of the most generous cashiers at Walmart's store in Ammon, Idaho. She has used her own savings many times to help needy shoppers put ...
A ‘good Samaritan’ saves Walmart security officer from armed thief
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department has praised two unidentified individuals, one of whom is a licensed gun owner, as “good Samaritans.” On Saturday afternoon, April 17, when a Beech Grove Ind. Walmart security guard received a call for help regarding an alleged shoplifter, he arrived at the scene to find the ...
Jeff Duncan joins Josh Hawley to object on Jan 6 electoral vote certification, as Walmart insults Hawley
Congress is expected to accept the electoral votes on Jan. 6, just a few days away. Discontent among Republicans has been bubbling to the surface since the Nov. 3 election. President Trump insists he easily won the election but has had it stolen from him, and the evidence is there to ...
Walmart announces it will join Microsoft in purchasing TikTok
Hours after TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer resigned on Thursday, Aug. 27, Walmart Inc announced in an official statement that it would join Microsoft in a joint bid to acquire the social media company's U.S. assets. Mayer, just two months after taking office, resigned on Thursday amid pressure from the United States ...
Secret Santa pays $65,000 for Christmas layaway gifts at Walmart
In line with the Christmas spirit, one anonymous donor surprised Walmart shoppers in Anniston, Alabama, by paying off $65,000 worth of layaway balances. Hannah Haynes said she went into the store on Monday, Dec. 9, to get her children Christmas gifts off of layaway and was surprised to find that her ...
Walmart offers employees small discount instead of pay extra on Thanksgiving
Walmart is now facing a potential boycott after its shoppers found out that the retail giant didn't pay its employees extra to work on Thanksgiving. Instead, Walmart is offering them 10% and 15% discounts to shop in its store. The 15% discount is only available for employees for two days in ...
Walmart sides with urban liberals on gun debate, gets blasted by Tucker Carlson
On Sept. 3, Fox News host Tucker Carlson lambasted Democratic presidential candidates for mandatory firearm buybacks, as well as retail behemoth Walmart for discontinuing sales of particular firearms. Walmart has made its position in the gun debate clear—the company will no longer be selling certain kinds of gun ammunition in its ...
Armed man causing panic at Missouri Walmart charged with terroristic threats
The Greene County Prosecutor's Office has filed charges against the heavily armed man who caused panic at a Walmart store in Springfield, Missouri, earlier this week. Dmitriy Andreychenko, 20, was charged with terroristic threat in the second degree, KY3.com citing the office’s statement reported Friday. The charges come after police say Andreychenko, ...
Heavly armed man detained at Missouri Walmart store, no shooting reported
Missouri police arrested a heavily armed man in a Walmart in Southwest Springfield on Thursday evening, Aug. 8, just several days after a mass shooting took place at another Walmart store in Texas. The Springfield Police Department said it had dispatched officers to 3150 W. Republic Rd. at approximately 4:10 p.m. ...
Reports: Police responding to shooting at Baton Rouge Walmart
Following reports of a shooting at the shop on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 6, authorities and paramedics swarmed a Baton Rouge Walmart. WBRZ-TV reported that a shooting at around noon at the Walmart near the corner of Burbank Drive and Bluebonnet Boulevard was verified by the Baton Rouge Police Department. There was also ...
Update: Hospitals treating at least 22 El Paso victims, police calls for blood donations
Multiple people were killed, on Saturday, August 3, when at least two gunmen opened fire near Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso, Texas. Local police reported multiple deaths after they responded to reports of gunfire and an active shooter at a Walmart near the mall. At least 22 people have been ...
Walmart to pay $138M over Brazil corruption
Walmart agreed Thursday to pay a $138 million criminal penalty to settle Justice Department allegations that its Brazilian subsidiary secretly funneled more than $500,000 to an intermediary known as a "sorceress" for her uncanny ability to make permit problems disappear. Prosecutors went after Walmart under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which ...

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