Shopkeepers protest as Wal-Mart checks out India
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NEW DELHI/MUMBAI  - Executives from U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart toured Indian stores on Thursday as they work on a deal that could change the face of the country's $300 billion retail sector and has sparked fears of mass job losses.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. female workers who are seeking billions of dollars for what they allege are discriminatory pay and promotion practices should be
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Wal-Mart is to allow its Chinese employees to join a trade union following pressure from the Chinese authorities.
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Unions for thousands workers in northern Quebec have urged a boycott of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  over its plans to close a store that last year became North America's first unionized Wal-Mart.
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SHANGHAI, CHINA - Under pressure from the Chinese labor federation, the world&#39;s biggest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores, said Tuesday it would permit branches of the official Communist Party-controlled union in its Chinese stores if employees requested it.
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Opposition has been raised to a possible takeover of two luxury brands by Indian companies, prompting accusations of racism
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Low-cost British clothing retailer Asda, owned by US giant Wal-Mart, has launched an investigation into allegations that its production facilities in Bangladesh were abusing the rights of their workers, The Guardian reported on Monday.
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Executives from U.S. retail  giant Wal-Mart toured Indian stores on Thursday as they work on  a deal that could change the face of the country's $300 billion  retail sector and has sparked fears of mass job losses.
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Muslims protested Friday in the Gaza Strip, Pakistan and Denmark against the reprinting of a Danish newspaper cartoon depicting the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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BHOPAL, India A massive protest is set for tomorrow to mark the 20th anniversary of the world&#39;s worst industrial accident in Bhopal, India.
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Wal-Mart opened a store in Hawaii on Wednesday with hundreds of eager shoppers rushing past a handful of protesters who accuse the giant retailer of desecrating ancient gravesites.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Union efforts to organize Wal-Mart workers in Canada continued Monday in the auto-service departments of seven British Columbia outlets of the world&#39;s largest retailer.
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India is accused of "protectionism" amid claims a UK bank was blocked from opening a rural network.
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Thousands of people took to the streets in Indian Kashmir Tuesday to protest over the killing of an alleged militant who they insist was just a college student, witnesses said.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's  biggest retailer, on Thursday launched a national advertising  campaign to burnish an image that has been tarnished by claims  about its hiring practices, stance toward labor unions and  actions against smaller competitors.
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Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in Bhopal, India demanding justice after the world&#39;s worst industrial accident 20 years ago.
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Indian farmers and traders, opposed to the entry of private retail giants such as Wal-Mart, are building a chain of superstores as part of efforts to sell their produce directly and stop prices being set by a few big players.