This is a post at Walmartwatch.com, which, as the title suggests, is a site dedicated to staying on top of the largest company in the world.
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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Walmart dies at $14 per gallon gas. The Wal-Mart watchers are starting to pay attention.
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Article on Yahoo! Finance proclaims that America has broken its addiction to oil.
The writer or the piece, Jay Yarrow, uses the following logic: We’re on pace to use less oil in 2009 compared with 2008, therefore, Yarrow declares, “That means, you guessed it, we’ve broken our “addiction” to oil.”
Unfortunately for Mr. Yarrow–and for America–his logic borders on ridiculous. It’s akin to reasoning that a heroin addict [...]
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The Adam Lambert Rolling Stone Issue is sold out most of the places I have gone to… That’s a good thing!
It looks as though the PR efforts for $20 Per Gallon lucked out in that the Rolling Stone magazine article on the book ended up in the Rolling Stone issue featuring a tell-all piece on Mr. Lambert, the American Idol runner-up whom many think was the superior talent. This magazine looks to be a [...]
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$250 Oil is coming soon, says Russia. BP CEO says $90 is good for now.
But you know he’s praying for $250. He wants to break out the profits wheelbarrow again. And why not?
The best thing BP, Exxon, Shell and the rest of their ilk could do for profits, truly, is to join OPEC. I know they won’t, because it’s illegal and all in our governed-by-law countries, [...]
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Oregonian Coverage of Rolling Stone Coverage equals coverage squared.
Or something.
New Rolling Stone magazine has an article on $20 Per Gallon on page 49 of its newest issue. The one with Adam Lambert on the front. I don’t know much about Mr. Lambert, other than he was Idol runner up; I just hope the man can sell a pile of [...]
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NY Times: Less Crap is Cheaper than More Crap.
My headline is a bit rough. It’s not Brooks Barnes’ fault that manufacturers are just getting around to doing something that’s been obvious since at least forever: using less packaging means spending less money on raw materials. And you can also call yourself GREEN. Hoot.
Article here.
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