In June, the fifth annual ImagePower Green Brands Survey revealed that the majority of consumers – 60 percent – in all countries want to buy from environmentally responsible companies.
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The graphic is based on the companies' Earthsense and Trucost scores. Earthsense asked 30,000 US consumers to rate companies' and products' greenness on a scale of 1 to 10 in a 2008 survey. A company's Trucost score is the estimated cost of its environmental impact under a "polluter pays" system, as a percentage of its annual revenue.
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If you have a good credit score, part of that means you’re always paying your credit card bills on time. For people that do pay their bills on time, it can be difficult to imagine how credit card companies ever make money and how much money they could possibly be making. Here’s a look at how credit works and how these companies make their dough.
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The S&P 500 is widely regarded as the best single gauge of the large cap U.S. equities market. Take a look at how the leading 500 companies in top industries are doing and the big changes that have impacted the U.S. economy in recent years.
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The Forbes Risk List, as rated by the Accounting and Governance Ranking system, lists hundreds of business that remain on “high risk alert” and continue to flash financial danger signs – and its not just the retail sector who are feeling the brunt...
Today, American households fork over anywhere from 10% to 35% of their annual income to Uncle Sam — not to mention the state and local governments’ cut on top. After all, nothing is certain, but death and taxes, right? Well, not quite, it turns out, if you’re a large corporation. Many of America’s 25 largest companies pay less – much less – in taxes than the average American. How so?
Each country has a company which holds some clout somewhere, but the Forbes Global 2000 is the biggest and most powerful list in the world, containing the those companies that hold the biggest clout of all.
Here is a graphic comparison of what you pay the government verses how little some of the largest corporations in America pay.
