Unions starting to make inroads at Wal-Mart

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Organized labor has begun to make some surprising inroads at Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer but this has happened only in Canada where workers at a handful of stores appear tantalizingly close to winning first contracts. High employee turnover at Wal-Mart helps the retail giant keep out unions as disgruntled workers quit and it has been estimated that Wal-Mart must hire 500,000 to 600,000 workers a year just to keep existing stores open.

Personnel administration, All Other Specialty Food Stores, Variety stores, Discount Stores, Human resource management, Forecasts and trends, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., WMT, Market trend/market analysis, Company personnel management, Employee turnover, Labour turnover

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Greenspan says terror tops all risks

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According to the Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan, the risk of another catastrophic terrorist strike in the United States tops a list of threats to the surging U.S. economy. The 78-year-old Fed chief played down fresh evidence of creeping inflation, insisting that the U.S central bank can increase interest rates to more normal levels.

Police Protection, Terrorist Control, Security Mgmt-Kidnapping & Terrorism, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Greenspan, Alan, United States. Federal Reserve Board, Powers and duties

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U.S. consumer confidence plunges in September

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Terrorism has caused consumer confidence in the United States to plummet to it lowest levels since the Persian Gulf War of 1990. The consumer confidence index was 114 in August and fell to 97.6 in September.

Consumer Behavior, Reports, Consumer confidence

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