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American Express Company (AXP)On Nov 27: 40.84  Down 0.88 (2.11%)  
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American Express Company
World Financial Center
200 Vesey Street
New York, NY 10285
United States - Map
Phone: 212-640-2000
Fax: 212-619-9230
Web Site: http://www.americanexpress.com

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Index Membership:Dow Jones Composite
Dow Industrials
S&P 100
S&P 500
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector:Financial
Industry:Credit Services
Full Time Employees:66,000

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
American Express Company, a payments and travel company, provides charge and credit payment card products, and travel-related services worldwide. It operates in two groups, the Global Consumer Group and the Global Business-to-Business Group. The Global Consumer Group offers a range of products and services, including charge and credit card products, consumer travel services, and stored value products, such as Travelers Cheques and prepaid products. The Global Business-to-Business Group provides business travel, corporate cards, and other expense management products and services; network services; and merchant acquisition, and merchant processing, point-of-sale, servicing and settlement, and marketing products and services for merchants. The company also publishes luxury lifestyle magazines. American Express sells its products and services to various customer groups, including consumers, small businesses, middle-market companies, large corporations, and banking and financial institutions through various channels, such as direct mail, Internet, employee and independent third party sales forces, and direct response advertising. American Express was founded in 1850 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    American Express Company's Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 6-Nov-09 is better than 93.9% of S&P 500 companies and 100% of Diversified Financials companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. Kenneth I. Chenault , 57
    Chairman, Chief Exec. Officer, Member of Operating Committee, Chairman of American Express Travel Related Services Company Inc and Chief Exec. Officer of American Express Travel Related Services Company Inc
    $ 7.36M $ 5.14M
    Mr. Alfred F. Kelly Jr., 49
    Pres, Head of Global Consumer Group and Member of Operating Committee
    $ 4.97M $ 0
    Mr. Daniel T. Henry , 59
    Chief Financial Officer, Exec. VP and Member of Operating Committee
    $ 3.03M $ 0
    Mr. Stephen Squeri , 49
    Chief Information Officer, Group Pres of Global Services and Member of Operating Committee
    $ 2.93M $ 0
    Mr. Edward P. Gilligan , 49
    Vice Chairman and Member of Operating Committee
    $ 5.45M $ 0
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-08 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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