Wal-Mart bias case goes to trial
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A US court rules female staff claiming discrimination by retail  giant Wal-Mart can go ahead with a class action.
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Wal-Mart has been sued in federal court by a man who claims the world's largest retailer discriminates against blacks in 12 Southern states from seeking truck-driving jobs.
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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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A former Wal-Mart Stores Inc. executive pleaded guilty to taking a kickback from a supplier to the world's largest retailer.
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A federal lawsuit alleges Wal-Mart Stores Inc. discriminates against blacks seeking truck-driving jobs, a contention the world's largest retailer denies.
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The lawyers behind a  record-setting sex discrimination case against Wal-Mart Stores  on Tuesday filed a new lawsuit against Costco Wholesale Corp.  claiming it barred women from top store management jobs.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. chief executive Lee Scott led a media charge Thursday to counter criticism that the world's largest retailer is a behemoth that takes advantage of its workers and stifles competition.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. A Mississippi man is suing Wal-Mart, claiming the world&#39;s largest retailer discriminates against blacks from seeking truck-driving jobs in 12 Southern states, including Virginia.
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CHICAGO - A federal prosecutor launched the trial of a cold storage company accused of unsanitary conditions Wednesday by describing a warehouse stocked with millions of pounds of meat as "an amusement park for rats and a house of horrors for the City of Chicago.""Rodents were allowed to feast on an all-you-can eat buffet," Assistant U.S.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, and its chief executive, Lee Scott, went on the offensive Thursday against critics of its employment policies and the impact its stores have on communities where they are located.
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ST. LOUIS -- The federal government yesterday sued Walgreen Co. , alleging widespread racial bias against thousands of black workers throughout the nation's largest drugstore chain.
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Lawyers leading a record-setting sex discrimination case against Wal-Mart Stores said on Tuesday they filed a lawsuit against Costco Wholesale Corp. (COST.O), claiming the company kept women out of top store management posts.
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ST. LOUIS, March 7 -- The federal government sued Walgreen on Wednesday, alleging widespread racial bias against thousands of black workers at the drugstore chain.
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PANAMA CITY -- An appeals court has refused to reinstate class-action status for a lawsuit that sought to represent 230,000 Wal-Mart employees across Florida over allegations the company forced many of them to work without pay during breaks and after hours
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The largest sexual discrimination lawsuit in U.S. history moved forward against Wal-Mart on Tuesday when a federal appeals court approved class-action status for seven women who claim the retailer was biased in pay and promotions.
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America&#39;s largest tobacco companies go on trial on Tuesday as they face a $280bn (Â£156bn) government lawsuit. Opening arguments will be heard in the case, in which the Justice Department accuses the companies
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A former Wal-Mart employee fired over an alleged conflict of interest accuses the firm's boss of also taking favours.