from today's Crain's Chicago Business (3/24):
Wal-Mart rolls back city expansion plans
By: Monée Fields-White March 24, 2008
"A shifting political landscape has upended Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s expansion plans in Chicago.
The retailer has suffered a series of setbacks in Chicago after its City Council allies in 2006 narrowly defeated a proposed law that would have required it to pay higher wages. Mayor Richard M. Daley's recent rejection of a Wal-Mart store in Chatham has only added to the Bentonville, Ark., company's woes." ....
[includes a ncie timeline of Wal-Mart/Cichago interactions]
for the complete story
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