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To: Suma who wrote (97264)	3/8/2005 12:37:01 AM
From: Grainne	Respond to of 108807

I don't know, Suma. It's hard to tell from the press release whether that is useful, usable insurance or not. I hope it is, for the people who buy it. They are certainly patting themselves on the back, though. It's kind of ironic, since it was Wal Mart's cutthroat tactics that made it so hard for businesses that did offer quality medical coverage for their employees to stay solvent. Did you see this about Wal Mart today? This is the Wal Mart I know and despise! Wal-Mart's Latest Loop-hole Wal-Mart's latest solution to ordinances that limit the size of stores is to build two smaller stores side-by-side. Mar 07, 2005, 10:00 am PST - Maryland Contributed by Dan Malouff Last summer, officials in Calvert County, Maryland passed regulations limiting the size of big-box stores in the county’s historic town centers. But Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, appears to have hit upon a novel way around the rules: divide the store in two. In what company officials are calling one of the first arrangements of its kind in the country, Wal-Mart plans to build a 74,998-square-foot store cheek by jowl with a 22,689-square-foot garden center. The two Wal-Marts -- each with its own entrance, utilities, bathrooms and cash registers -- would have a combined area 30 percent larger than the 75,000-square-foot limit for a single store in Dunkirk. The tactic is the latest example of Wal-Mart's increasingly creative responses to the scores of jurisdictions around the country that have passed regulations limiting the size and location of big-box stores. planetizen.com