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"Wal-Mart Board urged to Probe Spy Claims: Financi... - 4/15/2007 1:37:52 AM

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"Wal-Mart Board Urged to Probe Spy Claims: Financial News"

AP
Wal-Mart Board Urged to Probe Spy Claims
Friday April 13, 6:58 pm ET
By Marcus Kabel, AP Business Writer

Wal-Mart Board Urged to Investigate Claims That Retailer Spied on Shareholders, Suppliers

BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) -- Wal-Mart's board of directors should open an independent investigation of claims the retailer spied on shareholders, suppliers and others, a large state investor said Friday.

William Atwood, the executive director of the Illinois State Board of Investment, said Wal-Mart's board could have avoided the surveillance scandal if it had not rebuffed a proposal from a group of large investors in 2005 to name an independent committee to review company policies.

It is the latest call from investors for more information on Wal-Mart's security operations after the public firing last month of an employee for wiretapping and allegations since then by that technician, Bruce Gabbard, that the company had widespread surveillance operations."

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070413/wal_mart_eavesdropping.html?.v=3

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RE: "Wal-Mart Board urged to Probe Spy Claims: Fin... - 4/15/2007 8:03:59 AM

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Who needs the government, we can outsource our intelligence to Walmart and save money.

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RE: "Wal-Mart Board urged to Probe Spy Claims: Fin... - 4/15/2007 12:12:00 PM

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Yeah, but their "undercover" ops would be so obvious in the blue smocks. You would see them coming a mile away.

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RE: "Wal-Mart Board urged to Probe Spy Claims: Fin... - 4/16/2007 7:54:09 AM

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Well their RFID chips they install into their merchandise could possibly be altered to listening devices... your Hanes underwear could be picking up everything you say!

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