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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A former Wal-Mart employee fired over an alleged conflict of interest accuses the firm's boss of also taking favours.
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The defendants include former and current employees at major Wall Street firms such as Morgan Stanley and Oppenheimer.
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Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, has been given the right to appeal a US judge's order giving the go-ahead for a huge sex discrimination lawsuit.
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Wal-Mart is a magnet for employee complaints about off-the-clock work, and faces lawsuits in more than 30 states.
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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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Directors of the Walt Disney Company went on trial Wednesday on shareholder accusations that they rubber-stamped a decision by the chief executive, Michael D. Eisner
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The trial of Richard Scrushy got under way on Tuesday, with a prosecutor calling Mr. Scrushy the mastermind of an accounting fraud at the hospital chain he founded.
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Wal-Mart chief executive Lee Scott led a media charge yesterday 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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The largest sexual discrimination lawsuit in U.S. history moved forward against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Tuesday when a federal appeals court approved class-action status for a group of women who claim the retailer was biased in pay and promotion.
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The big-and-tall retailer wins a jury trial against a former employee and a competitor.
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NEW YORK -- Lawyers for Martha Stewart have told a federal appeals court that she suffered a &quot;fundamentally unfair&quot; trial at the hands of prosecutors who incorrectly suggested she was accused of insider trading.
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Fallen press baron Conrad Black goes on  trial this week in Chicago, insisting that charges of pilfering  $84 million in proceeds from his crumbling media empire  represent the persecution of the powerful.
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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: Quote, Profile, Research) , claiming the company kept women out of top ...
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This round of corporate trials is focusing on bad behavior and loose ethics. Key prosecution witnesses are being grilled about their drug use, tax problems and sex lives in an attempt to undermine their credibility.
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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.