Week in Review: Interest Rate Hike on Hold? Oil Tumbles, Walmart Disappoints, Airbus Inks Record Deal
By Peter Ward August 21, 2015
The Federal Reserve this week suggested September might be too soon for a rate hike; Oil prices slid to new lows; Walmart turned in weak earnings due to investments in customer service; Airbus sold a lot of airplanes.
Week In Review: McDonald’s Wage Hike, WalMart Backs Gay Rights, Pao Loses to Silicon Valley, Weak March for Jobs
By Jackie Faye April 3, 2015
McDonald’s the latest to hike minimum pay; WalMart defends LGBT rights in Arkansas; Ellen Pao loses to Silicon Valley; jobs data shows weakness in March.
Week in Review: Walmart Wage Hike, Google’s Mobile Wallet, Cuba-Us Biz, Social Mobility Interactive
By Alex Plough February 27, 2015
Walmart will raise it’s minimum wage to $10 an hour by next February; Google is rolling out a mobile wallet to compete with Apple Pay; businesses are preparing to take advantage of thawing relations between Cuba and the U.S.
Behind the Story: Bribery Unpunished
By James B. Stewart April 30, 2012
James B. Stewart explains how an earlier story led to his column in The New York Times on the Wal-Mart bribery case.
Photo: Mark Strozier
What Corporate Bribery Can Buy
By Covering Business April 21, 2012
A group of researchers have quantified just how effective the kind of bribery that The New York Times exposed at Wal-Mart can be.
Photo: Barry Pettinger
