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[DLBN] NO SURPRISE: Walmart shareholders at their annual meeting voted against a proposal filed by their employees group United for Respect, asking WMT to explain how it measures the effect of advanced technologies — like AI & automation — on jobs, pay, training and equity.

http://m.timesofindia.com/articleshow/131519697.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

[DLBN] WMT will open only 20 new stores in 2026, and remodel 650 superstores & Neighborhood Markets. In 1996, WMT planned to open 60 to 70 new WMT stores, plus 100 to 110 Supercenters—-90 of which would be relocations/expansions of existing WMTs and Neighborhood Markets.

https://catalog.sndigitalmagazine.com/Spring-2026/6/ =true

[DLBN] Public Citizen is suing the FBI in fed court to release Freedom of Information Act records of FBI Director Kash Patel’s flight to an Olympic hockey game. The FBI said it would take “2,010 days” to respond— by which time no one will remember who Kash Patel was.

[DLBN] Stop & Shop says it’s been lowering prices on thousands of items at its stores across the Northeast since 2024.
But some items like avocados can jump from 99 cents one day to nearly double that the next.

https://www.supermarketnews.com/company-news/stop-shop-cuts-more-prices