Only one percent support a rise in taxes: KPMG International Survey With 72 percent of businesses concerned about their country’s level of public debt and 43 percent very or extremely concerned, a new survey from KPMG International shows that cutting public spending is the most popular method of managing the public debt. According to research [...]
Officials Worry some Cal Grant Recipients won’t be able to Continue their Education The continuing state budget impasse will, on Sept. 28, force the third straight monthly deferral of payments to the California Community Colleges for the 2010-11 academic year. This will leave campuses up and down the state struggling without $840 million in operating [...]
Southwest Airlines announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding common stock of AirTran Holdings, Inc. , the parent company of AirTran Airways (AirTran), for a combination of cash and Southwest Airlines’ common stock. For more information, click here At Southwest Airlines’ closing stock price of $12.28 on [...]
Taking the First Steps Toward Understanding, Implementing, and Managing Sustainability from a Cost/Profit Perspective The Sustainable Business dispels the common belief that sustainability is solely about going green. Sustainability is about sensible business and it covers the legal, financial, economic, industrial, social and behavioural aspects of business. In particular, sustainability is about measuring and controlling [...]