NEW YORK – Wal-Mart CEO Mike Duke leads the world's biggest retailer, which has 2.1 million employees and serves 200 million customers each week. He crisscrosses the globe every month, yet still finds time to spend with his family.Here are excerpts from a recent interview Duke did with The Associated Press in New York:Q. When…

H.J. Baker Continues Its Tradition of Employee Driven Charitable ContributionsWestport, CT (PRWEB) February 2, 2011 H. J. Baker & Bro., Inc. announced it made donations to more than 70 non-profit organizations across the country at the request of its employees totaling $200,000.H. J. Baker employees at their headquarters in Westport, Connecticut, and plant and operation…

JUNEAU, Alaska – Alaska lawmakers introduced legislation Friday to abandon a centerpiece of former Gov. Sarah Palin's administration: a state-sanctioned effort to advance a major natural gas pipeline.The measure sponsored by at least five Republican representatives underscored the impatience and skepticism that many lawmakers have expressed about the current process and a belief the state…

SALT LAKE CITY – Kevin Martin scored on a three-point play with 6.9 seconds left and finished with 22 points to lead the Houston Rockets to a come-from-behind 97-96 victory over the short-handed Utah Jazz on Wednesday night.C.J. Miles missed a last-second 3-pointer that would have won it for the Jazz, who were without starters…

ST. LOUIS – Layers of dangerous ice and blowing snow closed roads and airports from Texas to Rhode Island on Tuesday as a monster storm began bearing down on the nation and those in its frigid path started to believe it would live up to its hype.The storm's more than 2,000-mile reach threatened to leave…

Thanks to a new Kinect hack you too can now re-enact scenes from Dragonball Z--all from the comfort of your very own home. Dubbed the Kinect-Kamehameha, the new hack makes use of the , enabling you to get youron in style -complete with oversized hair and energy balls.The hack took only two days to create,…

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. – The four women were prostitutes in their 20s, advertising their services online, living on the margins of society and not likely to be immediately missed. They appeared to share similar middle-class childhoods, but it is the way they lived their adult lives that has authorities chasing a serial killer.The bodies were…

SEOUL (AFP) – North Korea Friday made a fresh call for talks with South Korea to reduce what it called the danger of war, urging Seoul to discard "useless misgivings and prejudice".The Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland proposed dialogue between legislators from both sides "to settle the grave situation prevailing between the…

Amazon reported higher profits and a 36 percent increase in net sales for the fourth quarter of 2010, and noted that the company is selling more copies of Kindle e-books than paperback copies. Amazon reported net income of of $416 million for the fourth quarter, versus net sales of $12.95 billion. Net income climbed 8…

Robert F. Hockensmith, PC Caters to Those Looking for Assistance with Any Accounting, Tax, Business, Payroll, Personal, Legal Document Planning or Financial Planning Issues.Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) January 26, 2011 Unlike many financial and accounting firms who focus solely on one facet of the industry, Robert F. Hockensmith, PC can assist clients in any issues in…