Thursday, April 19, 2007

Every little helps as record Tesco profits power past critics
retail abigail Townsend
The Business
21 Apr 2007

ANOTHER WEEK, and another record smashed by Tesco. The UK’s largest supermarket group – the red, white and blue chain loved and loathed in equal measure – reported annual profits of £2.55bn ($5.11bn, € 3.76bn), a new high, on group sales that rose... read more...

Thursday, April 05, 2007

InsideWal-Mart’s security team

InsideWal-Mart’s security team

By Ann Zimmerman And Gary McWilliams

The Wall Street Journal Europe

05 Apr 2007



TheWal-Mart Stores Inc. worker fired last month for intercepting a reporter’s phone calls says he was part of a larger, sophisticated surveillance operation that included snooping not only on employees, but also on critics, stockholders and the... read more...