They might include an industrial accident that causes injury or death, or an environmental disaster for which the company is responsible.
The only bright spot in the report was Nokia's Lumia smartphone range, for which the company expects to see more demand in coming quarters.
U.S. Bancorp and its employees are dedicated to improving the communities they serve, for which the company earned the 2011 Spirit of America Award, the highest honor bestowed on a company by United Way.
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Almost ten years ago, Walgreens began to plan a new generation of distribution centers, one in South Carolina and one in Connecticut, for which the company wanted to hire a large number of people with disabilities.
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Color, the name for which the company (unbelievably) holds the trademark of, started as a proximity-based photo sharing app and in its final incarnation is a Facebook enabled realtime video and photo sharing app available on iOS and Android, but only through Verizon.
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Or as an economist might put it, if there are positive externalities generated by a business (good things for the wider economy for which the company doesn't receive direct financial payment), the chief executive is already being amply rewarded for them by a surplus element in his or her pay.
Publicly traded subsidiaries for which the parent company consolidates figures are excluded from our list.
In a July 26 interview, Founder and CEO, Seth Priebatsch, explained that his first product, SCVNGR, for which the parent company is named, is a location-based game with a simple premise: visit businesses, play games, get rewards.
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This makes it easier for developers to write apps for the QNX platform, which the company is also banking on to revive its smartphone fortunes.
The possible sale of the retail division was the subject of rumors for months, which the company denied in a statement issued in October.
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If Now becomes a standard part of the Mountain View lineup, regardless of platform, it could be huge for the company which already dominates the search market.
Analysts see robust long-term-growth of 22% annually for the next three to five years for the company, which is about 8% owned by U.S. investors.
Meanwhile Culture Secretary Chris Smith has indicated that he is unhappy with the process for deciding which company should run the National Lottery.
The email chain released Tuesday mentions the transcript and its implications for the Taylor suit, which the company was trying to settle at the time.
On the heels of a hot start for the Galaxy S4, which the company says sold 10 million units in less than a month, the Korean gadget-maker seems to be homing in on the rival iPhone with a handset that promises to be easier to grip than its bulkier cousins in the Galaxy line.
In the company for which I worked prior to founding Neuralytix, the IT staff at the company told me that I had more email folders that anyone else they had ever experienced.
Vera Verkooijen, spokeswoman for Sustainable Dance Club, the company which is behind the floor for Club Watt and produces smaller, portable floors, said the human power would be enough to power about 30 percent of the club's requirements.
However, shares rebounded quickly and rose to their highest level of the month as investors speculated that this decision will likely make it easier for the company, which had been the subject of potential buyout speculations in the past, to be acquired by private equity firms.
This is the first such deal with a major carrier for Evernote, which will generate some revenue for the company and help it expand its user base.
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Minneapolis singer-songwriter Dane Schmidt, who was selected by TuneCore for a promotion in which the company plans to offer its "Rock Band" formatting services gratis for one musician a month, isn't sure the economics make sense.
The Swatch Group brand, Omega, is the official timekeeper for the Olympics, which meant that the company had major marketing expenses during the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games.
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Richard Campbell is the Marketing Director for LMUK, the company which runs the Nectar programme.
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While the app is still sorely lacking Push support, Sparrow believes that Apple may change the privacy guidelines for its Push API, which the company plans to include in version 1.2.
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But it hardly spells the end for the company, which is just getting started pitching the BlackBerry Z10, a phone that is about as opposite of the iPhone than one can get and still be a smart device.
"Meltwater is especially troubled by the implications of this decision for other search engines and services that have long relied on the fair use principles for which Meltwater is fighting, " the company said.
In June a California Superior Court judge ruled Unocal could be "vicariously liable" for abuses committed by the Burmese military, which means the company could be liable for the government's actions even if it did not participate in them.
This is the first investment in renewable energy for the insurance company, which was interested in the tax advantages that came with the deal.
After the fire in Tazreen Fashions, which made clothes for the American company, the retailer terminated the contract with the supplier.
The bad weather in the UK over the pre-Christmas period, which is critical for the company, meant that earlier gains were cancelled out.
Aside for his service to entrepreneurialism in the U.K., he is also known for coining the catchword "bootiful, " for the television commercials in which he described the succulent nature of his company's turkey breast roast in a thick, Norfolk accent.
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