this sooner? well, do you have to wonder exactly when did they pick it up. i didn t see they say they notified customers as soon as they found out, but you know as any reporter who has covered companies for years, just as soon as often can be days. you go geez people should have been warned a few days earlier. a lot of times companies don t even announce this. it doesn t come out. we ve heard of the big ones aldi and michael s and stop and shop but can you imagine how many others there are. i ve been hit three times in two years. goodness knows, i ve had two credit cards and one debit card it s probably gas stations i m told. i m being real careful at gas stations. when i was asking about where had money s gone and who has stolen it here s what noted security journalist brian krebs is writing. credit and debit accounts stolen in a recent data breach at target have been flooding underground black markets in recent weeks selling in batches
anniversary of the girl skouts of america, and they filled the national mall in washington, d.c. about 2,000 girl scouts came to the capitol for the 100th anniversary sing-along. they suspect they will win the guinness book of world records for the largest gala in history. one group of workers fighting for changes at america s number one private employer, walmart. the workers say the conditions make it nearly impossible to economically survive even though the company posted a 10% jump in profits during the first quarter. a loosely knit organization called our walmart is gathering workers to campaign for more hours, better wages, reliable schedules and affordable benefits. usa today reporter jane o donnell is joining me now. she co-authored this article. jane, thanks for joining me. my pleasure. first up, has walmart responded to any of these complaints? the complaints from the workers?
and benefits that are being paid. as we know, retail is not, you know, a high paying industry, but the argument is that because all of these stores are trying to compete against walmart, it s driving wages down across the board. that s probably hard to argue with because we re all looking for a low price, and so many of us are shopping at walmart as well as similar discounters. make sense. jane o donnell, thank you so much. my pleasure. office politics with tony vigarosa. we ll talk to him here on weekends with alex witt. [ male announcer ] this is genco services mcallen, texas. in here, heavy rental equipment in the middle of nowhere, is always headed somewhere. to give it a sense of direction, at&t created a mobile asset solution to protect and track everything. so every piece of equipment knows where it is, how it s doing or where it goes next.
year. but two of the things i recommend winter clothing, who doesn t like a nice pair of leather gloves or great mittens or a great hat? get those now. stock them away for next year. in june, there are some great white sales, if you ve got a child going away to college, that s a great time to stock up on those kinds of things. the june white sales, i m told, are even better than the january white sales. and jeans, jeans in september and october? did i see that correctly? yep, great time to buy jeans. if you have the right size and the right style. don t gain, don t lose any weight. and then november, you ve got the hdtvs and laptops and december, those are the other electronic games and bicycles. thank you for helping us to plan. still trying to shake it all off from 2011. time to start thinking and planning for 2012. absolutely. do you don t go overboard. jane o donnell, thanks so much. everybody s heard of wind
reporter: laura thinks that s why most larger banks just won t do it. she works for fidelity bank, one of the only local banks that will grant smaller loans. everyone deserves a home in america and if they can afford $50,000 or $30,000, we will do the loan for them. so what are the options for renters looking to buy a home? john adams, real estate consultant and columnist joining us now. it s really not that simple and cut and dry. but bottom line is, you do have to find a bank that is willing to finance a loan for, say, a property that s under $75,000. that s hard to find. how do you find the bank willing to do that? you re going to have to shop around. and you re going to have to call a lot of sources. the problem is the lending originators get paid on a percentage basis of what they loan. it s a lot hard tore lend somebody $50,000 than the person bying the $500,000 house. and yet you make ten times as much on the $500,000 loan.