Corrupt Wal-Mart: Bribery Goes Unchecked While Corporate HQ Focuses on PR, Breaks International Laws

AlterNet, New York Times by Julianne Escobedo Shepherd | Apr. 23, 2012 (Investigative Report)

More gross insider info about corrupt mega-corporation Wal-Mart: the New York Times has run an extended expose about how, faced with charges that Wal-Mart de Mexico used bribery and other tactics to force its own "market dominance," the company spent more time fixing its public image than actually fixing the problem. Which is to say: they likely broke the law in both the United States and Mexico, but neglected to stop it: Full Story »

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 by Dwight Rousu - Apr. 23, 2012

America's largest retailer is corrupt to it's corporate core; and they finance the election of corrupt republicans and Clinton DINOs to protect their racket. Our purported democratic government is broken. We need publicly financed elections.

The accusations are explosive, though not surprising given Wal-Mart’s aggressive and unethical corporate behavior across the board More »

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