In response to ongoing strikes at its U.S. stores, retail giant Wal-Mart announced today an immediate 25% raise for all its 1.4 million American employees.
CEO Michael T. Duke said he was 'unaware' his employees had been so poorly paid and after reading the demands of the strikers he vowed to fix the situation immediately.... Read More →
The National Football League announced today that it was seeking to end its labor dispute with its striking referees by asking NFL fans to donate to a special fund designed to help pay their salaries and pensions.
The referees have been on strike since the beginning of the NFL season three weeks ago, and since that time America's most prestigious sporting league has used replacement officials brought in from the XFL, a long defunct rival, and the Lingerie Football League.... Read More →
The world's biggest global macro hedge funds are working on plan to collapse the Danish economy sometime in 2013 by provoking an abrupt and uncontrolled rise of the Scandinavian country's currency against the Euro and U.S. Dollar.
Denmark is a member of the European Union, but like the U.K. or Sweeden it does not use the Euro. However the country's currency - the Danish Krone - is pegged to the Euro in an exchange rate mechanism dating from the Euro's institution in 1999. ... Read More →
