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Wal-Mart critics take campaign on road with national bus tour

One of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s most vociferous union-funded critics is taking its campaign against the world's largest retailer on the road with a cross-country bus tour from New York to Seattle with a stop in Connecticut.

The tour begins Tuesday and will feature several Democratic politicians.

WakeUpWalMart.com, launched last year by the United Food and Commercial Workers union, will visit 35 cities in 19 states for 35 days of rallies, town hall meetings and state fair visits to back its calls on Wal-Mart for higher pay and better health insurance for workers.

The tour plans to stop in Bridgeport on Wednesday with a rally on the steps of the City Hall annex. Among Connecticut Democratic politicians scheduled to appear are U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, U.S.

Starting over after divorce puts some dreams on hold

``I'd always promised my girls that they could go to college," McKernan said . But in her new role as sole bread winner of the family, McKernan had no idea how she was going to pay her youngest daughter's freshman tuition at Roger Williams University , where financial aid would cover less than a third of the bill.

The first payment was due the day McKernan showed up for her Boston Globe Money Makeover with fee-only financial planner Cheryl Costa . She knew if she missed the first tuition payment she'd trigger late fees.

But if she co signed the $26,000 school loan her debt would begin mushrooming, potentially obliterating the resources she needed to start over. All attempts to discuss alternatives with her daughter had ended in tears.

McKernan, who lives in Westwood, initially applied for a makeover hoping to find a way to buy a home, which would provide a much-needed fresh start after the dissolution of her marriage.

Banks raise fears of rising tide of bankruptcies

Soaring bad debts and personal insolvencies dented profits at Alliance & Leicester and pushed internet bank Egg into a loss yesterday, adding to fears that thousands of Britons are close to defaulting on mortgages and loans.

Six-month figures from Egg showed a £40m loss after its parent company, Prudential, was forced to increase provisions for bad debts by 42%. A&L suffered a 60% rise in bad debts for the first six months of 2006, up £18m from a year ago to £48m.

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