World Business Briefing | Asia: Uzbekistan: Wal-Mart Bans Cotton

Oct. 1, 2008

Wal-Mart Stores said it was requiring its suppliers to stop sourcing cotton from Uzbekistan in an effort to end child labor there.

Some ReliOn insulin syringes are recalled

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of some ReliOn-brand single-use, disposable hypodermic syringes due to a potential health hazard.

Wal-Mart poised for big holiday season

BENTONVILLE, Ark., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Retail giant Wal-Mart is poised to accomplish something rare for U.S. retailers this holiday season: It is poised to have a Merry Christmas, analysts said.

Wal-Mart sees hard-times shopping trends

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Wal-mart Chief Executive Officer Eduardo Castro-Wright said U.S. consumers are adjusting to "hard times" by changing their spending habits.

AC/DC won't sell music digitally

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- The Australian heavy metal band AC/DC said it will not release any of its music, including its new album "Black Ice," digitally.

Employee mistake leads to arrests

CHANDLER, Ariz., Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Police in Chandler, Ariz., say three men were arrested in a credit card scam after a Wal-Mart employee mistakenly sold them an empty computer box.

Wal-Mart Canada woos Asian women

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Wal-Mart Canada Tuesday announced the launch of a new line of women's petite clothing in response to Canada's burgeoning Asian population.

Stores adjust to slow sales predictions

NEW YORK, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Predictions of a slow U.S. holiday shopping season are causing some stores to change their holiday sales strategies, industry observers said.

General Electric toasters recalled

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of General Electric toasters due to a shock and fire hazard.

Wal-Mart built on landfill closes

GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Wal-Mart has closed a store at a Cleveland-area shopping center that was built on landfills, citing potentially explosive methane gas fumes.

Homicide alleged in fatal fire near LA

LANCASTER, Calif., Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Police in Los Angeles County say four people found dead in a burning house Tuesday were apparently victims of a homicide.

AC/DC to issue Wal-Mart-only record

BENTONVILLE, Ark., Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Heavy metal band AC/DC's new album will be distributed only through Wal-Mart stores in the United States, company officials said Monday.

Unions want FEC to investigate Wal-Mart

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- The AFL-CIO asked U.S. regulators Thursday to determine whether Wal-Mart has broken the law by trying to influence its workers' votes.

U.S. retailers power up their rooftops

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Giant chain stores in the United States are jumping into solar power, trying to beat a year-end deadline for a federal tax break, retailers said.

Woman allegedly ditched son at Wal-Mart

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Indianapolis police say a tip from a television viewer led them to a woman who allegedly abandoned her 3-year-old son at a Wal-Mart store in June.

Wal-Mart faces suit for tainted peppers

CORTEZ, Colo., Aug. 2 (UPI) -- A Colorado man who claims he was sickened by salmonella-infected jalapeno peppers is suing Wal-Mart, his attorney says.