Wal-Mart Fires Worker Over Eavesdropping

March 5, 2007 By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO, AP Business Writer

(AP) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Monday that it has fired a Wal-Mart systems technician for recording phone conversations between the company's PR office and a newspaper reporter and for intercepting text messages without authorization.

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