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07.20.2008 3:14 pm

If we buy American-made, we can bring jobs back to America

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A recent letter about buying American was a little off.  Budweiser will still be made in America so it should still be purchased. However, the letter wriiter should apply his reasoning to other areas of his life. For instance, he…

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07.15.2008 12:27 pm

A-B: The Wal-Mart of beer

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

It appears Anheuser-Busch InBev is the Wal-Mart of beers. As stated in the article in the Post about the sale, “The approximately $500 million bump-up in savings will include about $360 million from greater leverage with suppliers….” That certainly is…

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07.11.2008 4:09 pm

Consolidation is inevitable when we shop by price only

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

I am amazed at the response of listeners to the sale of A-B. These are the same people who go to Wal-Mart and buy products made in China in order to save money on inferior products. Places like Webster Groves…

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04.03.2008 6:08 pm

Despite compassionate decision, Wal-Mart always will be evil empire to some

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

So the evil empire Wal-Mart paid out a $500,000 (I guess technically their insurance company) to an employee that worked there approx. 4 months? So Wal-Mart does provide insurance to it’s employees? Then I take it some choose not to…

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04.03.2008 6:06 pm

Wal-Mart decision affects more than just the injured family

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

This didn’t affect only the Shank family.  A precedent was set for all of the rest of us.  Any of our employers can now sue us for any money we collect in a settlement to cover their expenses, medical or…

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03.24.2008 4:52 pm

Story behind the story about Wal-Mart seeking restitution

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

There’s a “story behind the story” that’s only aluded to in your recent article about the Supreme Court refusing to hear Debbie Shank’s case seeking to overturn the Court of Appeals ruling requiring her to pay $470,000 to Wal-Mart.

The headline…

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