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Labor activists have long denounced retailers like Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT) for employing an army of low-wage, part-time workers to staff their stores. As retail sales flounder in an uncertain economy, those activists — and even a growing number of retailers — are linking those sluggish sales to the retailers’ own low wages. On Thursday, organizers of a group called Our Walmart took to the … Continue reading Top News : Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT), QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM), Forrester Research Inc. (NASDAQ:FORR), Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. (NASDAQ:TLF), Lifepoint Hospitals Inc. (NASDAQ:LPNT)

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