ABC 7-local news, December 6, 2007 BERKELEY, Calif. Dec. 5, 2007 (KGO) -- Wal-Mart is getting new attention for its business practices. This time, it's a study from UC Berkeley's Labor Research Center. It suggests that Wal-Mart could pay its people more, and still provide customers with low prices. Wal-Mart is the country's largest retailer with arguably some of the lowest prices. "But one part of their lower prices is also from the fact they pay lower wages and benefits," said UC Berkeley labor researcher Arin Dube. Berkeley's Center for Labor ...

TheHill.com by Russell Berman Just one in every four voters in 10 battleground House districts says the American Dream is “still there for everyone,” while four in 10 say the dream exists “only for some people,” according to The Hill 2010 Midterm Election Poll. Younger voters expressed more optimism than older ones, and men were more upbeat than women. Notably, black voters voiced more optimism than whites, a finding that underscores polling trends since Barack Obama’s election as the nation’s first African-American president. The survey of likely voters in competitive congressional districts, conducted for ...

By Malavika Sharma and Matthew Boyle - Sep 30, 2010 Bloomberg.com Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, plans to increase its workforce by 36 percent in the next five years as global economic growth boosts spending. New employees will be hired “mostly” outside the U.S., Susan Chambers, executive vice president for human resources, said in a speech at a conference in New Delhi today. “The opportunity for growth is not just in India but global,” she said, without providing more details on the hiring plans. Wal-Mart plans to have 3 million workers in ...