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...This is window dressing," says Brandon Rees, who is a deputy director in the office of investment at union AFL-CIO. "Unless they are required to give up 50% of their bonuses this is a meaningless exercise." (See the best business books...
What's more, Goldman executives are already big donors, and that hasn't done anything to stop its slide in public opinion. Under the firm's voluntary-giving plan, which was started just before the firm handed out bonuses two years ago, Goldman's top executives gave about $130 million to charity in 2008. Goldman's own foundation, which it funds with corporate profits, has about $200 million in it, making it one of the largest charity trusts in corporate America. Indeed, a plan announced a few months ago by Goldman to give away $500 million to promote loans...
...noises about regaining some of that lost élan, but antagonizing your passengers doesn't seem like the way to do it. Continental should know better. If it's as good an airline as it keeps saying it is, customers should be willing to pay more for the privilege. Give yourself a raise, Continental, if you think you've earned...
...your cell phone, along with a single word in the body of the text, such as "Haiti." You don't even need to plug in your credit-card info - the donation amount is simply added to your next phone bill. It's all so quick and convenient, you can give in the moment. There's no chance of you forgetting to do it later. (See pictures of the Haiti quake's aftermath...
...Haiti crisis, Yéle's technology partners Mobile Giving and Give on the Go have waived their typical waiting period of two weeks to deposit the donations. Firms like Mobile Accord - which manages the Red Cross system, among others - pay out donations on a quarterly basis, after customers have paid their cell-phone carriers and those companies have forwarded the money, 100% of which goes toward relief efforts. (Read "Seismologist Roger Musson: Haiti Quake...