Vacation News Archive
15-Apr-2006
- 'Wal-Mart CEO to take monthlong vacation in May (Pine Bluff Commercial)
Wal-Mart's top leader will take an unusually long Vacation next month, his first major break since he took over the helm in 2000 _ but the company said it wasn't a sign that he'll soon step down. - 'Bush Speaks Out for Rumsfeld (Washington Post)
President Bush interrupted his Easter Vacation yesterday to offer an unequivocal vote of confidence in Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, in a move aimed at countering a growing wave of criticism from retired generals calling for the Pentagon chief to resign over his leadership of the Iraq war. - 'Off the clock Wal-Mart CEO's monthlong vacation raises eyebrows (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Get out the "gone fishin'" sign. The leader of one of the planet's most popular -- and most reviled -- retail establishments is leaving for vacation. Wal-Mart Chief Executive Officer Lee Scott plans to take a whole month off, company officials have confirmed, his longest break in years. - 'French court fines tourism office for racial discrimination in vacation rentals (CNews)
MONTPELLIER, France (AP) - A court fined a tourism office in southern France on Friday for complicity in racial discrimination in vacation rentals, in what an anti-racism group hailed as the first such ruling against a government agency. - 'Vacation-package scam leads to prison (Sacramento Business Journal)
Two former Sacramentans who ran a vacation scam were sentenced to prison on Wednesday in federal court in the Eastern District in Sacramento. - 'Wal-Mart CEO to take month-long vacation in May (WREG-TV Memphis)
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP _ Wal-Mart chief executive Lee Scott will take an unusually long one-month vacation in May from his job leading the world's largest retailer. - 'Wal-Mart CEO to Take Long Vacation in May (AP via Yahoo! News)
Lee Scott will take an unusually long one-month vacation in May from his job as chief executive of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., his first break of that length since taking over the helm of the world's largest retailer in 2000, Wal-Mart said Thursday. - 'Wal-Mart CEO plans monthlong vacation (USA Today)
Lee Scott will take an unusually long one-month vacation in May from his job as CEO of Wal-Mart Stores, his first break of that length since taking the helm of the world's largest retailer in 2000, Wal-Mart said Thursday. - 'Escondido teens use vacation to help children (North County Times)
ESCONDIDO ---- While many teenagers spend spring break traveling, soaking up sun at the beach or hanging out at the mall, members of the Helping Hands Teen Volunteer Club spent much of their vacation this week ensuring that area children had some fun, too. - 'Couple who pleaded guilty sentenced in vacation scam (Reno Gazette-Journal)
A couple who pleaded guilty in December to orchestrating a nationwide Vacation fraud have been sentenced in federal court to 21/2 and almost 3 years in prison.
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