An MSNBC writeup took a look at how Wal-Mart's industry-leading price scheme is potentially hurting the other guys, and it even goes so far as to suggest that the recent store closings and layoffs at Circuit City, Tweeter, CompUSA, and Rex Stores were all triggered by the giant slashing prices to acquire razor-thin margins.
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Given the complexity of the industry and its corresponding regulatory scheme, few firms are deficiency-free.
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But in the grand scheme of an industry worth billions, that's peanuts.
In 2011 the government announced that the tax relief scheme for the film industry would be continued until 2015.
The debt-restructuring scheme announced by the industry ministry has been passed to the economy ministry, which is unlikely to contribute any public money to it.
Households that are in receipt of benefits or tax credits and have more than three children living in them can claim a water bill discount through the Water Industry Charges (Vulnerable Groups) Scheme.
In some depressed real estate markets, it is rumored that this second-auction scheme has become a cottage industry where folks earn a living by simply joining bid-rigging groups, which they often reference as partnerships or clubs.
The government developed the scheme in consultation with the insurance industry, and works by allowing citizens to select coverage from a slate of approved plans.
But since taking office last December, Australia's new Labor government has announced a seasonal labour scheme for the fruit-picking industry, to be open to PNG, Vanuatu, Kiribati and Tonga.
Under the scheme, Washington brought the tobacco industry under the thumb of federal regulation.
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He said the scheme was good news for the construction industry and he hoped it would stimulate the local housing market.
The Confederation of British Industry has said it is concerned about the licensing scheme being proposed, where Trusted Third Parties will handle digital signatures and hold the public keys that can unlock encrypted communications.
The scheme was designed to stimulate the US car industry, which has been hit badly by the global economic crisis.
He was concerned that the UK government did not want to be part of any future scheme and it would be left to the industry to sort out.
Tenet 6: The prevalence of secret, sealed settled cases of fraud and wrongdoing in the money management and securities industry is so substantial as to effective undermine the regulatory scheme.
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However, he said his officials were working closely with Treasury to implement a replacement scheme in 2011, but that the quarry industry would have to bear the pain of the EU decision in the intervening period.
Some reports say the prime minister will push for the aviation industry to be brought within the EU's emissions trading scheme.
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The retraining scheme has been so effective at teaching service-industry skills that Lego had to discourage the Billund airport and the owners of a new water park called Lalandia Billund from poaching the trainees before it was ready to really lay them off.
Consider how the political environment might change if the industry threw its weight behind a carbon tax or the EPA climate scheme.
Among its proposals are an annual tourism summit bringing together government and industry, new computerised booking and information systems and a new grading scheme for all hotels.
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Le Masurier said it would provide an important boost to the construction industry and a commitment has been given to set up a training scheme for local people.
But David Poley of drinks industry body the Portman Group said the problem with making the labelling scheme compulsory was that EU regulations said units could not be included on wine labels.
The NI Agriculture Minister has said the decision to fund a fallen stock scheme and hardship package for farmers is welcome news for the industry.
Labour Behind the Label and others are calling on all brands sourcing from Bangladesh to publicly sign up to take part in the building and fire safety scheme to make transparent, worker-led improvements to the industry.
The scheme aims to interest 12 to 14 year olds in the manufacturing industry in their local area.
He said the Aggregates Levy was a stealth tax introduced by Gordon Brown, but that the derogation scheme for Northern Ireland had introduced effective environmental controls to the quarry industry.
Mr Bevin, the then minister for Labour and National Service, introduced the scheme in response to an increasing shortage of labour in the coal mining industry.
An apprentice scheme to give young people the chance to land jobs in the Scottish fishing industry has been launched.
It comes the day after an apprentice scheme to give young people the chance to land jobs in the Scottish fishing industry was launched.
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