Bloomberg.com reports: Executives at Wal-Mart
Stores Inc. and Costco Wholesale Corp., competitors in the $76 billion
U.S. warehouse-club market, have taken their rivalry to a new level:
national politics. Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer and owner of
Sam's Club warehouse stores, gives more money to Republican candidates
than any other company. Its top three managers, including Chief
Executive Officer H. Lee Scott, donated the individual maximum $2,000
to President George W. Bush, and Jay Allen, vice president for
corporate affairs, raised at least $100,000 to re-elect the president,
earning him the Bush campaign's designation of ``Pioneer.'' [more] link Via Votelaw.com
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