Wal-Mart takes its lumps By PATTI BOND
The bash-Wal-Mart bandwagon is on a roll -- with monster-truck tires.
Facing an illegal worker scandal, a simmering discrimination lawsuit and community backlash against new stores, the world's largest retailer has discovered that life as a corporate superpower has its downside.
Wal-Mart kicked off the year in the business media as the nation's 'most admired company,' but it looks like it will wrap up 2003 as the 'beast of Bentonville,' as one recent magazine cover story put it.