AOL (America Online)

Headquarters location: 22000 AOL Way Dulles, VA 20166 Tel. 703-448-8700 Job offers, investor relations: www.aol.com

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« ETHICAL » RATING OF AOL , group Time Warner and subsidiaries [click on the images below or on help for more information] 16% Job: 16% of company's jobs cut since 1998 20 Delinquency: 20 act(s) of financial or trade delinquency 8 Tax haven, secret bank account, shell companies: operates in 8 offshore financial center(s) 44 Sales: more than 44 billion(s) dollars/euros in annual sales 9 Net profit: more than 9 billion(s) dollars/euros in cumulated net profit since 1998 4972 Top management: earns 4972 times the median income in the United States (32000 US$/year) 20 Influence: 20 act(s) of direct corruption or lobbying 6 Advertising & marketing: 6 dubious practice(s) Full profile >>>
Relevance: business & market share year business source 2008 AOL's internet websites had an audience of 108 million visits in February 2008. Les Echos 2006 75 million people use AIM, AOL's Instant Messenger. Les Echos 2005 AOL accounted for 9,6% of the US searches in August 2005 2005 AOL provides an internet access by ADSL to 0,5 million customers in France. Les Echos 2004 AOL provides 6% of the Hi-speed internet access bought in France. Les Echos World locations & Manufacturing country incentive : address & contact : production type source   Bangalore : R&D, 2000 jobs, software engineer Les Echos AOL Europe : Reuters AOL Member Services-Philippines Inc. : CompuServe Interactive Services Schweiz Gmbh : The map of tax haven, secret accounts and shell companies AOL is managed by year name photo position; compensation source 2002Miller, Jonathan Chief Executive Officer; 1999III, Vradenburg Vice-president; 1998Case, Stephen Chief Executive Officer; salary: 1.18 million US$; stock-options: 158.06 million US$; Highest paid executives in 2007 Advertising & marketing year dubious practice : image source 2006 Mishandling of private data: AOL a diffusé les recherches privées de 658 000 utilisateurs américains de son moteur de recherche, avec l'historique des trois derniers mois, leur numero de sécurité sociale, la date et le thème de recherche, les liens cliqués de quoi retrouver l'identité des internautes.: Libération 2005 Commercial invasion: "Les yeux qui se posent sur nos écrans valent des dollars… et ne comptez pas sur moi pour passer à côté d'un paquet de dollars." PDG de Time-Warner à propos d'AOL.: Les Echos 2004 Arguable partnership: Secours populaire Français, « Classe Internet »: value: Solidarité; 1999 slogan: Simplifiez vous internet; Dubious practices in 2007

Made by year employees <> social impact : country source 2007 -2000 Internal restructuring: AOL will eliminate about one-fifth of its global work force as part of an ongoing restructuring to better focus on boosting online advertising.: AP 2007 -300 AOL cuts half of its jobs in Europe.: Les Echos 2007 -300 Internal restructuring: AOL Europe will cut 50 % of its payroll in Europe. It is the second stage of its reorganization process, after the sale of AOL's Internet access activities to Neuf Cegetel. Since AOL focused on a economic model which rests on the supply of services and online contents, via its gate AOL.fr, the whole financed by publicity.: ZDNet 2006 19000 -2000 Internal restructuring: Les Echos 2006 -1300 Internal restructuring: Time Warner cuts 7 percent of Aol's staff, as part of an effort to reduce costs by $1 billion. AOL will close a call center in Jacksonville, Florida, and other cuts will come from call centers in Ogden, Utah, and Tucson, Arizona. AOL has lost 8 million U.S. access customers in less than four years.: United States of America Bloomberg 2005 -700 Internal restructuring: Restructures some of its call centers.: United States of America Business W. 2004 -700 Washington. 2003 -75 CBS Market. 2003 19000 -375 Internal restructuring: San Jose M. 2003 -420 Dow Jones . 2002 -300 Lesinfos.c. 2002 -90 Washington. 2000 15000 1999 -850 Washington. 1998 8500 AP Layoff plans and labour conditions in 2007 Influence year purpose : intermediary/lobby : institution source 2001 Access to foreign market (through MAI, WTO, GATS), prevent binding environmental regulations : USCIB (US Council For International Business) : : US Government translate USCIB 2000 Prevent binding regulation, co- or self-regulation instead. : American Chamber of Commerce's EU Committee : : European Commission translate Corporate . 1999 Removal of barriers to trade and foreign direct investment, taxation (VAT : GBDe : : WTO translate GBDe 1999 Deregulation and "maximum liberalization" through WTO, GATS : TABD (Transatlantic Business Dialogue) : : US Government / European Commission translate Corporate . 1997 Legislation favorable to company's interests : Direct donation : amount: 26 thousand US$ : US President, Congress, Senate translate Center for. 1997 Legislation favorable to company's interests : Direct donation : amount: 784 thousand US$ : US President, Congress, Senate translate Center for. Influence in 2007 Financials year financial misdemeanor sales income source 2006   3.93   billion US$ Les Echos 2006 AOL Europe Services in Luxembourg is fined 34 million euros for tax evasion. It was charging its french subscribers the VAT rate in Luxembourg (15%) instead of the french VAT rate (19,6%).     Les Echos 2005   7.87   billion US$ Les Echos 2005 Un ancien employé d'AOL a été condamné à 15 mois de prison pour avoir vendu 92 millions d'adresses e-mail de la base de données d'AOL à plusieurs « spammers ».     Les Echos 2004   8.28   billion US$ Les Echos 2004 Kent Wakeford and John Tuli, the company's two former executives, are among six people charged with fraud and making false statements to auditors in early 2001     AP 2004 Les résultats de l'AOL en Europe avant 2002 seront recalculés.     Les Echos 2003   6.43   billion US$ 2002   7.15   billion US$ 2002 AOL UK totalement exonéré de TVA     01net.com 2001   8.72   billion US$ 2000   6.89 1.23   billion US$ 1998   2.6 0.09   billion US$ Financial delinquency in 2007

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