April 5, 2007

Innovest releases new ratings for Multiline retail sector

Source: (CSRwire)

NEW YORK, NY – April 3, 2007 - Innovest Strategic Value Advisors has released updated Intangible Value Assessments for the 40 companies in the multiline retail sector.

March 16, 2007

Wal-Mart Withdraws ILC Charter Application

Source: Wal-Mart

BENTONVILLE, Ark -- Wal-Mart Financial Services President Jane Thompson released the following statement today:

February 20, 2007

Wal-Mart Reports Record Fourth Quarter Sales and Earnings

Source: Wal-Mart

BENTONVILLE, Ark.-- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. today reported record sales and earnings for the quarter ended Jan. 31, 2007. Net sales for the fourth quarter were $98.090 billion, an increase of 10.9 percent over the fourth quarter of...

February 19, 2007

Wal-Mart Announces Jobs and Opportunity Zones Roll-Out

Source: Surrounding Wal-Mart Stores Nationwide

Initiative Aims to Bolster Economic Opportunities in Nine Neighborhoods

BENTONVILLE, Ark.– Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) today announced the nine communities across the country that have been selected to be “Wal-Mart

February 8, 2007

44 Companies To Face Political Disclosure Shareholder Resolution In 2007 Proxy Season

Source: Center for Political Activity

19 companies have agreed to or in dialogue on disclosure, board oversight of political spending

February 7, 2007

Faith-Based Investors Respond To ‘Better Health Care Together’ Announcement By Unions, Wal-Mart, Today

Source: Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility

New York -- Religious investors this afternoon applauded the companies and organizations coming together for a ‘Better Health Care Together’ campaign for fundamental health care reform with quality, affordable health care...

February 6, 2007

Wal-Mart Will Seek Further Appellate Review In Gender Class Action Lawsuit

Source: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

BENTONVILLE, Ark.– Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. announced that it will seek rehearing of today’s decision by a divided three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the case of Betty Dukes, et al. v....

February 1, 2007

Lecture to the Prince of Wales’s Business & the Environment Programme

Source: Wal-Mart

Your Royal Highness, Secretary of State, lords, ladies and gentlemen: Delivering this lecture is a privilege not only for me, but for the entire Wal-Mart and ASDA family.

January 26, 2007

Wal-Mart Workers to Receive More Than $33 Million in Back Wages

Source: US Department of Labor

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will pay over $33 million in back wages to resolve issues that arose under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) concerning how the company...

January 24, 2007

Institutional Investors to Press Companies For a Shareowner Vote on Executive Pay - Shareholder Resolutions Filed With 44 Companies Seeking To Tie CEO Pay To Corporate Performance

Source: Interfaith Center on Corporate responsibility

WASHINGTON — A diverse network of institutional investors today announced the filing of shareholder resolutions at 44 U.S. corporations as part of an unprecedented push to press companies in the 2007 proxy season to give...