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SummaryThis past week was a plenary week in the European Parliament, during which many significant initiatives were adopted by the Parliament.Last Tuesday, MEPs approved new EU-wide rules for shopping online, in an attempt to protect consumers against fraud and to stop rogue traders in a more efficient manner. Through the revised Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) regulation, national enforcement authorities will gain increased capabilities to detect and stop breaches of consumer protection laws online. The coordination between EU Member States will also be improved.On the same day, MEPs debated the “Paradise Papers”, the latest leak of documents that show how individuals seek to minimise their tax liabilities. In a statement, MEPs called on EU Member States to crack down on tax avoidance.Last Wednesday, after a fierce debate in the plenary, MEPs adopted a resolution wherein they called on the Council to trigger Article 7 of the Treaty on the European Union against … [Read more...] about The Week Ahead in the European Parliament – November 17, 2017

Deena Shanker, Bloomberg Published 8:17 am PST, Tuesday, November 20, 2018 For the best price on an all-American Thanksgiving dinner, shoppers should head to German-owned grocery stores. The average cost for a Thanksgiving dinner has dropped about 1.5 percent from last year, according to a report from Bloomberg Intelligence, with discount chains Aldi and Lidl offering the best savings of the 15 retailers surveyed. The cheapest dinner, based on a basket of 20 items including a 12-pound turkey, potatoes, corn and green beans, can be purchased at Aldi, for a total of $35.83. Lidl follows at $43.31. For hosts with long guest lists, receipts for warehouse clubs BJ's, Sam's Club and Costco are 1.3 percent lower than last year. Adjust for standard supermarket sizes, and all had lower totals than Walmart and Target, whose receipts totaled at $58.94 and $64.97, respectively. Yet while Aldi's basket cost dropped 14 percent from last year, shoppers at conventional grocery stores … [Read more...] about Thanksgiving dinner costs $23 more at Walmart than at Aldi

“We know nothing of what will happen in future, but by the analogy of experience.” – Abraham LincolnI. INTRODUCTIONWal-Mart is pioneer of the “Big-Box” store business model, which now dominates the American arena of the corporate retail industry. Built upon the bedrock principle of offering “every day low prices,” the retail giant strives to offer the highest quality product for a lower price then competitors, and to do so, reduces input costs by relying upon frugal and efficient business practices. Wal-Mart has minimized labor input costs in their in-store operations by strategically opening stores in rural areas and saturating markets, utilizing distribution networks, relying upon in-store technology and providing minimal in-store customer service. Because of these reduced labor costs, Wal-Mart is able to pass these savings on and can offer lower prices than other retailers. As a result, corporate competitors are forced to adopt a similar … [Read more...] about From Silver Bullets to Bazookas: Workers’ Innovative Challenge to Wal-Mart’s Employment Practices

South Sudan On August 27th, emergency relief teams from the United Nations (U.N.) Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme (WFP) reached more than 27,000 people in the town of Wau Shilluk, South Sudan who have been cut off from receiving humanitarian supplies since March. For the past several months, access problems and concerns for staff safety have prevented humanitarian agencies from reaching people in rural areas in Upper Nile state. The situation was described here.On August 28th, the U.N. Security Council welcomed the recent signature by South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, opposition leader Riek Machar, and others of the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan and called on all parties to implement the accord and adhere to the permanent ceasefire. The Security Council also confirmed its intention to move swiftly to update the mandate of the U.N. Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) to support the implementation of the agreement and expressed its … [Read more...] about Africa Update for September 3, 2015

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