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AOL (America Online)

Headquarters : 22000 AOL Way Dulles, VA 20166 United States of America United States of America web www.aol.com tel. 703-448-8700 analytics

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« Ethical » rating of AOL (America Online) , group and subsidiaries

Jobs -58% /1998 Fraud 5 Offshore 3 Sales 4 Bn $.€ /year Profit 1 Bn $.€ /1998 Wage 13822 *min. Influence 6 Infocom 3
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shareholdercountry%source
Apax Partners Inc.United States of America
Google IncUnited States of America5Bloomberg
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year
business
source
2008AOL's internet websites had an audience of 108 million visits in February 2008.Les Echos
2008AOL's internet websites had an audience of 267 million visits in October 2008 (comScore Media Metrix).Capital
200675 million people use AIM, AOL's Instant Messenger.Les Echos
2005AOL accounted for 9,6% of the US searches in August 2005
2005AOL provides an internet access by ADSL to 0,5 million customers in France.Les Echos
2004AOL provides 6% of the Hi-speed internet access bought in France.Les Echos
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subsidiarycountry%source
Compuserve United States of America100
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country
address & contact : production type
incentive source
India India
Bangalore : R&D, 2000 jobs, software engineer
 Les Echos
Luxembourg Luxembourg
AOL Europe :
Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s) Reuters
Philippines Philippines
AOL Member Services-Philippines Inc. :
Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s)
Switzerland Switzerland
CompuServe Interactive Services Schweiz Gmbh :
Offshore finance, secret bank account, tax haven, shell companies or free zone(s)

  • Environmental impact

  • Human impact

year name
photo position; compensation
source
2002Miller, Jonathan
See the photo of: Miller, Jonathan Chief Executive Officer;
1999III, Vradenburg
See the photo of: III, Vradenburg Vice-president;
1998Case, Stephen
See the photo of: Case, Stephen Chief Executive Officer; salary: 1,18 million US$; stock-options: 158,06 million US$;
Les Echos
year
employees
<>
social impact : country
source
2009
6900
-2500
Internal restructuring: AOL cuts a third of its workforce before its spin-off from Time Warner.: United States of America
Les Echos
2009
-700
Internal restructuring: AOL cuts 10% of its global workforce because of lower internet advertising spendings.: United States of America
Les Echos
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 Week
2004
-700
Washington Post
2003
-75
CBS Marketwatch
2003
19000
-375
Internal restructuring:
San Jose Mercury News
2003
-420
Dow Jones online
2002
-300
Lesinfos.com
2002
-90
Washington Post
2000
15000
1999
-850
Washington Post
1998
8500
AP
year
employees
<>
social impact : country
source
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  • Subsidy

yearfinancial misdemeanorsalesincome 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   6,891,23   billion US$
1998   2,60,09   billion US$
yearfinancial misdemeanorsalesincomeassetsbuybacksource
 13 informations, access to subscribers
year
purpose : intermediary/lobby : institution
source
2001Access to foreign market (through MAI, WTO, GATS), prevent binding environmental regulations : USCIB (US Council For International Business) : : US Government translateUSCIB
2000Prevent binding regulation, co- or self-regulation instead. : American Chamber of Commerce's EU Committee : : European Commission translateCorporate Europe Observatory
1999Removal of barriers to trade and foreign direct investment, taxation (VAT : GBDe : : WTO translateGBDe
1999Deregulation and "maximum liberalization" through WTO, GATS : TABD (Transatlantic Business Dialogue) : : US Government / European Commission translateCorporate Europe Observatory
1997Legislation favorable to company's interests : Direct donation : amount: 26 thousand US$ : US President, Congress, Senate translateCenter for Responsive Politics
1997Legislation favorable to company's interests : Direct donation : amount: 784 thousand US$ : US President, Congress, Senate translateCenter for Responsive Politics
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year
purpose : intermediary/lobby : institution
source
 6 informations, access to subscribers
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» Influence in 2007
year
dubious practice : image
source
2006Mishandling 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
2005Commercial 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
2004Arguable partnership: Secours populaire Français, « Classe Internet »: value: Solidarité;
1999slogan: Simplifiez vous internet;


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