Walmart exec dismissed over UD résumé fabrication [Startup Roundup]

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Earlier this week, Walmart spokesman David Tovar announced his resignation after the company discovered a flaw in his resume, according to a Bloomberg report. Tovar said he had previously earned a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Delaware in 1996. While he was being evaluated for a promotion to senior vice president, Walmart discovered he had never received a degree. Academic records, Bloomberg reports, confirmed that Tovar never received the diploma. In the Holmes Report, Tovar is quoted as saying he’s considering working for another large company or smaller startup.
According to the News Journal, Delaware’s economy is expected to improve, experts said at PNC’s 2014 Investment Briefing this week. The bank’s team said it’s predicting the economy will improve in 2015 since the state’s unemployment rate and housing market have shown growth in the last year. The article also cites low oil rates and improving jobs numbers.
Eighteen lawmakers, the New Journal reported, are in opposition to an industrial-scale composting plant near the Port of Wilmington, blaming chronic, foul odors. Last month, more than 200 people expressed both their concerns and support for the plant. Peninsula Compost, the operator of the site, received local and state support more than five years ago, the report says, promising to divert as much as 160,000 tons of waste from local landfills. With much of the spoiled content coming from the port itself, developers had planned to use high-tech cover fabrics and composting practices to quickly transform waste into usable products.