Word: marts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...protect themselves against employees who walk out for the next best offer, corporations have taken a harder line against talent raids, essentially equating them to espionage. That seems to be the case with Wal-Mart's trade-secret suit against Amazon.com The nation's largest retailer contends that the Web's leading e-tailer lured 15 of its top techies out to Seattle from Wal-Mart's hometown of Bentonville, Ark., for the express purpose of duplicating its prized information database--a vast system that tracks customer shopping patterns and product flow. "There's a lot of computer talent...
...Rock might leave a few fans muttering "sell-out", nothing could be further from the truth. The album's variety only allows the band to show off more of its brilliance. Even if The Hot Rock doesn't help boost Sleater-Kinney from indie superstars to Wal-Mart music rack staples, it will certainly cement their place as critical darlings of the 90s. R. Adam Lauridsen
Karl Ritzler, however, has some retirement advice worth repeating: "Neither of my parents lived to be 60. I want to end the grind of the workday and do more of the things I enjoy...I may even work at the local Wal-Mart," he says with a laugh before adding, "This is a learning experience; nothing is set in stone." Until you are--but that's an entirely different kind of retirement...
...Pentagon weighed deploying several thousand ground troops to Kosovo, an event in nearby Bosnia last week highlighted just how wrong the Clinton Administration was when in 1995 it assured Congress that troops would not stay there long. The Pentagon opened what's basically a Wal-Mart PX at Task Force Eagle, the central base for G.I.s deployed in Bosnia. The 10,000-sq.-ft. facility is good for the morale of the troops, who are restricted to the post for most of their time in Bosnia. The store features souvenir mugs, Beanie Babies, T shirts, electronics, CDs--its best-selling...
...Pentagon weighed deploying several thousand ground troops to Kosovo, an event in nearby Bosnia last week highlighted just how wrong the Clinton administration was when in 1995 it assured Congress that troops would not stay there long. The Pentagon opened what's basically a Wal-Mart PX at Task Force Eagle, the central base for G.I.'s deployed in Bosnia. The 10,000-square-foot facility is good for the morale of the troops, who are restricted to the post for most of their time in Bosnia. The store features souvenir mugs, Beanie Babies, T-shirts, electronics, CDs -- the best...