In April, the printing giant R. R. Donnelley & Sons told analysts that a sharp decline in its consumer book printing business was contributing to poor results.
When a company executive asked why the business was contributing another $20,000, a second executive responded in a 2007 e-mail message: "That's what each of the companies working with PMA and Visclosky have been asked to contribute.
Another problem of comparing average worker-CEO pay ratios among FTSE 100 companies, for example, is that it tells you little about how much a business is contributing to income equality in the UK domestic economy, since the majority (77% according to 2013 figures) of business done by FTSE companies is done overseas.
Sadly, the booming charcoal business is contributing to rapid deforestation in Madagascar, endangering many species of lemur across the island.
The bill for the new rail service for London and the South East is being both publicly and privately funded.. Businesses are contributing to the costs through a supplement to London business rates.
"All of our businesses are contributing to these first-quarter results, despite no improvement in the North American commercial air-conditioning equipment market," the company said in a statement.
The CMI's director of policy and research, Petra Wilton, said: "While CMI is delighted that junior female executives have caught up with males at the same level, this year's salary survey demonstrates, yet again, that businesses are contributing to the persistent gender pay gap by alienating top female employees by continuing to pay men and women unequally.
With the help of our partners here, 10,000 Small Businesses is contributing to growth and job creation across southern California".
Your local TV, radio and newspapers will usually publicize how businesses are contributing to the recovery process.
Her high-wire act runs between commending and criticizing a business that's contributed to her emotional and professional highs and lows.
