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| shareholder | country | % | source |
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year | business source |
| 2007 | American Express is the biggest U.S. credit-card company by purchases. | Bloomberg |
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| year name | photo position; compensation source |
| 2002Chenault, Kenneth |  Chief Executive Officer; salary: 10.38 million US$; stock-options: 7.92 million US$; Company |
| 2002Cracchiolo, James | Chairman; salary: 4.76 million US$; stock-options: 3.06 million US$; Company |
| 2000Chenault, Kenneth | Chairman of the Board; salary: 6.2 million US$; stock-options: 11.7 million US$; Company |
| 2000Cracchiolo, James | Chairman; salary: 4.9 million US$; stock-options: 0.25 million US$; Company |
| 2000Linen, Jonathan | Vice-president; salary: 3 million US$; stock-options: 6.6 million US$; Company |
| 1998Golub, Harvey | Chief Executive Officer; salary: 38.34 million US$; Forbes |
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| year | employees <> | social impact : country source |
| 2009 | -4000 | Internal restructuring: | Les Echos |
| 2009 | -400 | American Express cuts 20% of the workforce of its Business Travel division in France.: France | Les Echos |
| 2008 | -7000 | Internal restructuring: American Express cuts 7,000 jobs, or about 10 percent of its worldwide work force, in an effort to slash costs by $1.8 billion in 2009. The company has reported four straight quarters of profit declines as an increasing number of consumers struggle to pay off debt and said it is also suspending management-level salary increases next year and instituting a hiring freeze.: | AP |
| 2005 | -413 | Internal restructuring: FranceLes Echos | |
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| year | employees <> | social impact : country source |
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| year | country : description |
| 2007 | United States of America : American Express agreed to pay $65 million to settle claims that its international private banking group was used to launder $55 million in drug proceeds. It's the biggest ever money laundering penalty paid by a U.S. financial institution. | Forbes |
| 2002 | France : "Blanchiment aggravé" France-Israël | Reuters |
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| year | country : description source |
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| year | financial misdemeanor | sales | income | assets | buyback | source |
| 2006 |
| | | | 200 | million shares | Company |
| 2006 |
American Express a été condamné par un tribunal de Miami a rembourser à 800 000 clients 75 millions de $ d'honoraires prélevés sur les achats en monnaie autre que le dollar. |
| | | | | | Les Echos |
| 2004 |
Overbilled pension funds investors: global fine of 21,5 million US dollars |
| | | | | | Reuters |
| 2003 |
| 25.87 | 2.99 | | | billion US$ | Company |
| 2002 |
| 23.81 | 2.67 | | | billion US$ | Company |
| 2001 |
| 22.58 | 1.31 | | | billion US$ | Company |
| 2000 |
| 23.68 | 2.81 | | | billion US$ | Company |
| 1999 |
| 21.28 | 2.48 | | | billion US$ | Company |
| 1998 |
| | | | 40 | million shares | SmartMoney |
| 1998 |
| 19.13 | 2.14 | | | billion US$ | Company |
| 1998 |
| | | 173.4 | | billion US$ | Company |
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| year | financial misdemeanor | sales | income | assets | buyback | source |
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| year | purpose : intermediary/lobby : institution source |
| 2001 | Access to foreign market (through MAI, WTO, GATS), prevent binding environmental regulations : David Hartridge, directeur de la division des services à l'OMC: «Sans l'énorme pression générée par le secteur américain des services financiers, particulièrement American Express et Citicorp, il n'y aurait eu aucun accord sur les services». : : OMC  translate | Vandana Shiva |
| 2001 | Access to foreign market (through MAI, WTO, GATS), prevent binding environmental regulations : USCIB (US Council For International Business) : : US Government translate | USCIB |
| 2000 | Investment protection and market access (to Mexico and Canada through NAFTA), to Latin America (through FTAA). : Business Roundtable : : US government, senate, congress translate | Center for Responsive Politics |
| 2000 | Prevent binding regulation, co- or self-regulation instead. : American Chamber of Commerce's EU Committee : : European Commission translate | Corporate Europe Observatory |
| 1999 | Market access and investment protection (through WTO, GATS), avoid social and environmental rules : ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) : : WTO, GATS translate | Corporate Europe Observatory |
| 1998 | Regulation favorable to company's interests : Contribution to Candidate's Political Action Committee : amount: 175 thousand US$ : US President, Congress, Senate translate | Center for Responsive Politics |
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| year | purpose : intermediary/lobby : institution source |
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| year | dubious practice : image source |
| 2008 | Mishandling of private data: An Graphic Data ex-employee, a subcontracted company in charge of the information technology infrastructure, sold a computer on Ebay, for 44 euros, containing the banking coordinates (account numbers, phone numbers and signatures) of more than 1 million customers of American Express, NatWest and RBS.: | 01net.com |
| 2007 | Spying: American Express patented a technique making it possible to locate individuals in public places thanks to labels RFID placed in their clothing or objects which they transport. Under the pressure of the privacy protectors, Amex agreed not to use this technique without informing the public.: | Courrier International |
| 2003 | Arguable partnership: Share Our Strength: value: Humanitaire; | Business Week |
| 2002 | ad budget: 371 million US$; | Les Echos |
| 2001 | ad budget: 325 million US$; | Advertising Age |
| 2000 | ad budget: 438 million US$; | Advertising Age |
| 2000 | slogan: Do more.; | Company |
| 2000 | slogan: AMERICAN EXPRESS CHARGE CARD: Don't leave home without it.; | Company |
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