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'''Wal-Mart''' is America's largest employer,<ref>[[Christian Science Monitor]]. [http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0219/p01s04-usec.html Wal-Mart: world's largest company]</ref> running a chain of department stores. The company was founded by [[Sam Walton]] in Arkansas in 1962, and its current CEO is Lee Scott. Wal-Mart also owns the "Asda" chain of superstores across the [[United Kingdom]].

'''Wal-Mart''' is America's largest employer,<ref>[[Christian Science Monitor]]. [http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0219/p01s04-usec.html Wal-Mart: world's largest company]</ref> running a chain of department stores. The company was founded by [[Sam Walton]] in Arkansas in 1962, and its current CEO is Lee Scott. Wal-Mart also owns the "Asda" chain of superstores across the [[United Kingdom]].

Wal-Mart is often the subject of criticism for paying low [[wage]]s without [[fringe benefit|health benefits]] and allegedly forcing "Mom and Pop" stores out of business.  The company's defenders reply that Wal-Mart is a well-known provider of decent employment and cheap merchandise across America and the rest of the world.  Wal-Mart's wages average significantly higher than minimum wage. It has also been criticized for selling imports of products manufactured in [[China]].<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/secrets/wmchina.html Is Wal-Mart good for America?]</ref>

 

Wal-Mart is often the subject of criticism for allegedly paying low [[wage]]s without [[fringe benefit|health benefits]] and allegedly forcing "Mom and Pop" stores out of business.  The company's defenders reply that Wal-Mart is a well-known provider of decent employment and cheap merchandise across America and the rest of the world.  Wal-Mart's wages average significantly higher than minimum wage, which may explain why nearly 2 million people choose to work for Wal-Mart.

 

It has also been criticized for selling imports of products manufactured in [[China]].<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/secrets/wmchina.html Is Wal-Mart good for America?]</ref>  

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[[Wal-Mart]] said it will test sales in some [[store]]s of [[biblical]] [[action figure]]s whose makers (the [[toy]]s are made by [http://store.messengersoffaith.net/ One2believe]) say they are aimed at [[Christian]] [[parent]]s who prefer their [[children]] play with [[Samson]], [[David]] or [[Noah]] rather than with a [[comic book character]] or [[Bratz doll]]. <ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289689,00.html</ref>

[[Wal-Mart]] said it will test sales in some [[store]]s of [[biblical]] [[action figure]]s whose makers (the [[toy]]s are made by [http://store.messengersoffaith.net/ One2believe]) say they are aimed at [[Christian]] [[parent]]s who prefer their [[children]] play with [[Samson]], [[David]] or [[Noah]] rather than with a [[comic book character]] or [[Bratz doll]]. <ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289689,00.html</ref>

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