| US: Walgreen to Pay $35 Million
To Settle Drug-Switch Charges
by HEATHER WON TESORIERO, Wall Street Journal June 4th, 2008 Walgreen Co. has agreed to pay $35 million to settle allegations that it improperly switched customers to more expensive forms of pills paid for by Medicaid, the government health care program for the poor. |
| US: Judge Finds Dell Engaged
In Deceptive Practices
by CHAD BRAY, The Wall Street Journal May 27th, 2008 A state judge in Albany has found that Dell Inc. and its financing unit engaged in deceptive business practices related to financing promotions for its computers and technical support, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday. |
| US: Express Scripts to Pay $9.5 Million
To Settle Drug-Swapping Allegations
by ANDREW EDWARDS, The Wall Street Journal May 27th, 2008 Pharmacy-benefits manager Express Scripts Inc. agreed Tuesday to pay $9.5 million to settle allegations that the company asked doctors to switch drugs primarily to get bigger rebates from pharmaceutical companies. |
| UK: Retailers in tobacco price probe BBC NEWS April 25th, 2008 n the case of Gallaher, Imperial Tobacco, Asda, Sainsbury, Shell, Somerfield and Tesco, there was an indirect exchange of proposed future retail prices between competitors, it adds, allegedly between 2001 and 2003. |
| US: When a Corporate Donation Raises Protests
by STUART ELLIOTT, The New York Times March 12th, 2008 But a coalition of children’s advocates contends that the hospital went too far by agreeing to name a new emergency department and trauma center after another locally based retailer, Abercrombie & Fitch, in exchange for a $10 million donation. |
| US-CHINA: Staples cuts ties with APP on environment worry Reuters February 8th, 2008 Staples Inc, the largest U.S. office supplies retailer, said on Friday it ceased doing business with Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) late last month because of environmental concerns. |
| INDIA: Many rescued child laborers in India soon back at another dismal job by Heidi J. Shrager, Chronicle Foreign Service December 23rd, 2007 A 2006 report by the Child Welfare Committee found that 12 of 22 children from a village in the impoverished eastern state of Bihar were re-trafficked, mostly to different states, within a year after being rescued from a Delhi hand-embroidery sweatshop. |
| CHINA/US: The Recalls’ Aftershocks by Louise Story and David Barboza, New York Times December 22nd, 2007 Toy makers are investigating whether they need to treat their tainted products with stabilization chemicals or if they must seal the toys in giant polyethylene bags. |
| US: A World Consumed by Guilt by Eric Wilson, New York Times December 13th, 2007 Buying green may not be so easy. |
| US: Group: Wal-Mart Blind to Illegal Logging
by Marcus Kabel, Forbes.com December 12th, 2007 A nonprofit group has found that Wal Mart's wood products use timber from a Russian region rife with illegal logging. |
| US: Class-Action Bias Suit Against Wal-Mart Reaffirmed by Reuters, New York Times December 12th, 2007 Wal-Mart Stores suffered a legal setback on Tuesday in its attempt to head off the biggest sexual discrimination case in United States history when an appeals court allowed the case to remain a class-action lawsuit. |
| NIGERIA: Nigeria suspends Siemens dealings BBC News December 11th, 2007 Nigeria has cancelled a contract with Siemens and suspended dealings with the German telecoms firm pending an investigation into bribery allegations. |
| US: Wal-Mart Takes Image Hit From Shank Case
by Kimberly Morrison, The Morning News December 7th, 2007 Wal-Mart won a lawsuit against a former employee, injured in an accident that left her brain damaged, divorced and penniless, for reimbursement from her medical care. |
| US: Gap Campaigns Against Child Labor by Amelia Gentleman, New York Times November 15th, 2007 Gap has begun an effort to rebuild its reputation after a child-labor scandal in India. |
| US: Mom: Chemical-Laced Toy Made Son 'Drunk' by Dikky Sinn, Washington Post November 7th, 2007 Chemical on toy beads makes children sick. |
| US: Gap plans 'sweatshop free' labels by Dan McDougall, Guardian November 4th, 2007 In what would be the biggest commitment to ending child labour ever undertaken by a major retailer, Gap Inc is drawing up plans to label its products 'Sweatshop Free'. |
| GERMANY: FSC's 'Green' Label for Wood Products Gets Growing Pains by Tom Wright and Jim Carlton, Wall Street Journal October 30th, 2007 The Forest Stewardship Council -- a widely recognized third-party labeling system to identify "green" wood and paper products -- has acknowledged that some companies using its label are destroying pristine forests and says it plans to overhaul its rules. |
| US: Indian 'slave' children found making low-cost clothes destined for Gap by Dan McDougall, Guardian October 28th, 2007 Child workers, some as young as 10, have been found working in a textile factory in conditions close to slavery to produce clothes that appear destined for Gap Kids. |
| INDIA: A Backlash for Big Retail in India by Madhur Singh, New Delhi Times October 17th, 2007 Supermarkets open across the country and international big box stores partner with smaller local stores to gain a toehold in the market. |
| US: Wal-Mart Workers Win $62 Million by Marieclaire Dale, AP October 4th, 2007 Wal-Mart workers in Pennsylvania who previously won a $78.5 million class-action award for working off the clock will share an additional $62.3 million in damages, a judge ruled Wednesday. |