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  • Helping Charities Can Help You, Too!




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    Helping Charities Can Help You, Too!
    Discussion
    Discuss the following questions.
    1. In your country, can you save money by donating to charities?
    2. Have you ever helped a charity? How?
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    Match each word or phrase with the correct definition.
    1. assign 
    a. a business manager
    2. criterion 
    b. a number
    3. executive 
    c. the opinion people have about something; the good name
    4. figure 
    d. a standard of judgment
    5. financial 
    e. to designate
    6. reputation 
    f. related to managing of money
    Pre-Reading Questions
    Think about the following questions.
    1. What company is rated #1 in your country? How do you know?
    2. Who do you think rates companies?
    3. How do you think companies are rated?
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    ublications such as Business Week 
    and Fortune are two of the 
    several publishers that produce 
    ratings of different American and international 
    companies. These ratings not only concentrate on public or private 
    companies, but many other kinds as well. Companies are assigned two 
    main types of ratings. One of these can be summarized as the company’s actual 
    performance. The other type of rating pertains to the results of publishers’ surveys.
    There are several reasons why publishing companies rate companies. One is 
    for the companies that are ranked to know where they stand in their industry. 
    Investors and lenders of the rated company also use the ratings to decide the 
    risk associated with doing business with the company. Consumers also use 
    ratings to learn about the company’s reputation and to rate companies when 
    making investment decisions. 
    Companies’ actual financial performance is one of the most important 

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