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AIG Bonuses: Sustainable business or a waste of taxpayer money?

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

American International Group, already the recipient of over $170 billion from the US government, has come under fire in recent days for paying out $165 million in bonuses. Without government intervention AIG would have failed, and now the taxpayer money that is supposed to be used to save it, is ...

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What is sustainable business?

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

To many, sustainable business is synonymous with green business. In fact, the environment is only one aspect of sustainability. It takes much more than environmentally-friendly practices for a business to be truly sustainable. In order to figure out what makes a business sustainable, perhaps we should first define "sustainable." Webster's ...

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