Walmart will pay $5.6 million to settle a consumer protection lawsuit alleging the Arkansas-based retail giant overcharged customers and sold products such as produce, baked goods and other prepared items with less weight than shown on the label. The civil …
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Walmart, President Trump in Spat Over Tariffs & Price Hikes
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaWhat do you get when you pit the leader of the free world against the most powerful retailer on the planet over tariffs? Hint: It’s apparently not, as Walmart’s slogan once promised, “Always Low Prices. Always.” The Bentonville-based behemoth put …
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Power to the People – Arkansas’ Energy Companies Explore all Avenues for Consumers, Future Employees
by Doug Criseby Doug CriseBeing an energy and utilities provider is not for the faint hearted. To start with, many power grids operate on aging infrastructure, a problem that brings with it heavy costs in funds, materials and time. That aging, in turn, makes …
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Climate Change: A Supermarket Struggle?
We’ve gotten accustomed to being able to find the foods we want no matter the season. Does our picky toddler request strawberries in the dead of winter? No problem. Can we make a recipe that calls for butternut squash in …
