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Emily Stone of Green Century weighs in: "The investment community is increasingly recognizing that environmental irresponsibility can have direct consequences on company bottom-lines and shareholder value -- just look at BP!"
Harmon Leon: Coal Ash: Let Your Voice Be Heard Harmon Leon 2010
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Mr. Clegg again shied away Wednesday from saying what his party's bottom-lines would be in any such negotiation.
Liberal Democrats Unveil Manifesto Ainsley Thomson 2010
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Along the way, these companies -- including the privatized quasi-governmental Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac monstrosities -- were exposed as poorly run juggernauts, with top executives having embarrassingly little grasp of the chicanery and risk taking that was bolstering their bottom-lines.
Robert Scheer: 'The Great American Stickup': It Was The Economy, Stupid 2010
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With more than 50 million Americans uninsured, millions more underinsured, 45,000 Americans each year sacrificing their lives for private insurers 'bottom-lines, and 1.5 million bankruptcies attributable to medical costs, the physician-patient relationship already suffers as a result of bad policy.
Iyah Romm: Medical Students to Senate Republicans: Repeal Is Not the Solution to Our Health Care Crisis Iyah Romm 2010
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Along the way, these companies -- including the privatized quasi-governmental Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac monstrosities -- were exposed as poorly run juggernauts, with top executives having embarrassingly little grasp of the chicanery and risk taking that was bolstering their bottom-lines.
Robert Scheer: 'The Great American Stickup': It Was The Economy, Stupid 2010
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With more than 50 million Americans uninsured, millions more underinsured, 45,000 Americans each year sacrificing their lives for private insurers 'bottom-lines, and 1.5 million bankruptcies attributable to medical costs, the physician-patient relationship already suffers as a result of bad policy.
Iyah Romm: Medical Students to Senate Republicans: Repeal Is Not the Solution to Our Health Care Crisis Iyah Romm 2010
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Along the way, these companies -- including the privatized quasi-governmental Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac monstrosities -- were exposed as poorly run juggernauts, with top executives having embarrassingly little grasp of the chicanery and risk taking that was bolstering their bottom-lines.
'The Great American Stickup': It Was The Economy, Stupid 2010
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But somehow, this arrangement is cheaper for their individual bottom-lines and makes it possible for my Canadian cousin to own a small business and have a family, something I can only dream about doing -- even though he and I make almost the exact same income.
Matt Osborne: Cadillac Plans, Mandates, and the Proletariat 2010
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With more than 50 million Americans uninsured, millions more underinsured, 45,000 Americans each year sacrificing their lives for private insurers' bottom-lines, and 1.5 million bankruptcies attributable to medical costs, the physician-patient relationship already suffers as a result of bad policy.
Iyah Romm: Medical Students to Senate Republicans: Repeal Is Not the Solution to Our Health Care Crisis Iyah Romm 2010
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Hello to a long-term view of strong bottom-lines from humanitarian brand building.
Patt Cottingham: Goodbye/Hello 12: Moving Toward Cosmopolitan Brands 2009
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