Congress To Probe Walmart, Obama vs. Bush, Why Your Food Is More Expensive And More

Monday, April 23, 2012 Walmart To Be Investigated By Congress Over Mexican Bribery Scandal Soon, the world's biggest retailer will be forced to answer to Congress. Two Democratic Representatives launched an investigation Monday afternoon into the Walmart bribery scandal, which broke on Saturday with a New York Times story that claimed Walmart had systematically bribed Mexican officials in order to obtain permits during its hasty expansion in the country. As a first step, Elijah Cummings (D-Maryland) and Henry Waxman (D-California) sent a letter to Mike Duke, Walmart's CEO, requesting an in-person meeting with company officials by April 27. Major Retailers Contribute To Severe Water Pollution In China: Report Paul Krugman: Job Loss Under Bush Much Worse Than Under Obama Advertisers Concerned By An Increasingly Violent Sport Look What's Making Your Food More Expensive Freakonomics: Does Eating Local Hurt The Environment? (VIDEO) BLOG POSTS Dean Baker: Killing the Messenger: The Downsizing and Death of the Postal Service The goal is to have a public Postal Service that can compete effectively in the market. But it's not a fair fight when we shove it into the ring with its shoes tied together and both hands tied behind its back. Robert Kuttner: How Europe Could Sink Obama Should Socialist Francois Hollande be elected president of France in the runoff election on May 6, that will help create an antidote to the austerity politics that are dominating Europe. Ian Fletcher: Is Obama Getting Serious About Manufacturing? Maybe Let's take a look at a speech recently given by Gene Sperling, Director of the National Economic Council. It's a good metric of whether the administration "gets it" on manufacturing, and gives a fairly clear picture of the evolution of its thinking. Leo W. Gerard: End the Delays Deadly to Workers Saturday is Workers' Memorial Day, a time devoted to commemorating those killed on the job. No one volunteers to sacrifice their life for corporate profit, yet every day in workplaces across this country, the lives of 12 workers are taken, not given. Carl Pope: Walmart's Criminal Problems - Much Bigger Than NewsCorp's Walmart's much heralded commitment to ethical behavior has once again proven to be a pathetically flimsy shield against the driving imperative of its "grow at any cost" business model.

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