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While Wal-Mart may be selling out of cute little American flags, a $40 billion appropriations bill was rushed through Congress with little objection, and the Justice Department has arrested scores of people in one of the most extensive investigation in FBI history—some for minor traffic violations. Yet even some of the most trenchant of Bush’s opponents announced that they “stand behind the president.” In the week following the attacks, Congress seemed ready to rubber stamp anything the president asked them to, no matter how costly or ridiculous...
...three items bought at Wal-Mart following Tuesday was the American flag. Nationwide, American flags have, among other things, become symbols of solidarity, defiance, rememberance. We must hope that they will not turn into symbols of repression and destruction for the millions of Muslim and Arab Americans, many of whom are purchasing and proudly displaying those flags. The Koran reads Assalam AlaykumMay peace be upon you. May it be upon...
...majority, at 58%, the number of immigrants coming from other Central and South American countries grows each year. Increasingly, they are spreading into states, such as Iowa, that never had sizable Hispanic populations. This has made diversity a growing challenge to corporate America. But companies such as Allstate, Wal-Mart and Andersen have made huge gains in the past five years with diversity programs that are notable for their depth and scale--and bottom-line results...
...that it?s all roses out there. Clearly the job "churning" that?s keeping unemployment contained is leaving some people making less than they did before - discount chains like Wal-Mart and JC Penney?s aren?t seeing their same-store sales go up because people are getting raises. If the unemployment picture isn?t yet bleak enough to push consumers over the psychological brink into complete shopping withdrawal, it?s still bad enough to keep them watching their wallets...
...Irwin admits that FLW's fortunes might be different if he hadn't landed the whale: he persuaded Lee Scott, now CEO of the cautious but deep-pocketed Wal-Mart, to make the retailer FLW's marquee sponsor. "I said, 'Lee, we've got a program that is absolutely your customer,'" recalls Jacobs. "He said, 'Look, we don't do those kinds of things.'" They...