BQ Practice Qs - 2 Flashcards
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. has offered to pay around $3 billion to try and settle what?
Criminal and civil investigations by federal and state prosecutors about its mortgage-backed-securities activities
What is the name of the largest U.S. bank by assets that is currently facing at least seven Justice Department probes, on matters ranging from energy trading to its hiring practices in China.
J.P. Morgan
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. has offered $3 billion in order to settle civil and criminal investigations into what?
Mortgage-backed-securities activities
Federal prosecutors are seeking to settle a case with SAC in regards to what?
Insider-trading
Who is the CEO of J.P. Morgan that is trying to settle criminal and civil investigations by paying $3 billion?
James Dimon
The new U.S. health-care exchanges will be offered in three different plans. What are the names of these plans offered
“Bronze” Plan, “Silver” Plan, “Gold” Plan
The potential cost of J.P. Morgan’s settlement to end criminal and civil charges has now risen to $11 billion because someone rejected the bank’s $3 billion offer. Who was it that rejected it?
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder
Which group of people have been seen more and more frequently in prisons?
Mentally Ill
After a rejection of their offer of $3 Billion, settlement talks with which company have now risen to $11 Billion?
J.P. Morgan
Why is JP Morgan being sued by the Justice Department?
They misled investors about the quality of the underlying mortgages that were tied to the mortgage-backed-securities of which many of them collapsed in value as housing prices eroded.
The U.S is running our of money to pay it’s bills quicker than expected. Treasury Secretary said government would be left with just $30 billion cash no later than when?
41564
What is the name of the company that holds the multibillion-dollar Pentagon contract to supply U.S. forces in Afghanistan with food and water
Anham FZCO
What hitch in the plan for the healthcare plan rollout did the Obama administration acknowledge would delay the rollout?
A technological problem that will cause insurance exchanges to not be ready to accept online applications from small businesses
The U.S. and Iran had their most significant talks in 36 years on Thursday that could begin to take on the decades of enmity between the two countries. What was the subject of the discussions?
Tehran’s disputed nuclear program
Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that software supporting exchanges for individual consumers that the federal government is running on behalf of 36 states was miscalculating U.S. subsidies for low-income people. What government-outsourcing company holds the contract to develop the individual-exchange software as part of the new health care law?
CGI Group Inc
What are many ACOs targeting to net the most significant savings?
Their costliest patients
A glitch in what may slow the release of Obama’s ne healthcare law?
The online acceptance
What have congressmen been struggling to agree on that has led to a partial shutdown of the federal government?
Government-funding plan
Small business firms wanted to begin comparing their coverage options for 2014 through the exchange of the Affordable Care Act starting October 1st. What caused this to be delayed?
Technological glitches in the computer systems; insurance exchanges wouldn’t be ready to accept online applications from small business
What is the problem with the online software for the new health care plan that allows employees to shop online for health care, that was originally supposed to be up and running on Tuesday
Will not be able to accept online applications
Several countries of the United Nations have been in talk with Iran about their nuclear program they are running. Which country (not part of the U.N. debate) insists that the U.S. be careful and suggests that we should be cautious when believing Iran
Israel
What did a Kenyan government intelligence report say in regards to the attacks by militants on the Westgate mall in Kenya?
It warned of a potential attack at the complex a year before the assault
Siemens will have to cut 15000 jobs by the end of it’s next fiscal year under what?
It’s restructuring program
With the government heading towards shutdown, both parties (Democrat & Republican) are pointing fingers at who to blame, and which party is going to find a resolution to this problem. What did the Democratic party suggest to put an end to this crisis?
Democrats suggest House Speaker, John Boehner, could put an end to this quickly by asking the House to pass the Senate plan for extended federal funding, including no provisions aimed at the health law.
What did House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy state one day before the federal government shut down over dispute of the Affordable Care Act?
“We will not shut the government down; if we have to negotiate a little longer, we will continue to negotiate”
The U.S. government is in risk of shutting down for the first time since when?
1996
Barack Obama is meeting with the Prime Minister of what country in order to sell his diplomatic drive to ease tensions with Iran
Israel
After meeting with President Obama at the White House on Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked for what regarding the conflict with Iran?
That the Iranians completely dismantle their military nuclear program before the West would ease its financial pressure or the threat of military force
What is the main difference in position between Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Obama in the Nuclear talks with Iran?
Netanyahu wants Iran to completely halt it’s entire nuclear program, Obama would allow it to continue under restrictions, with supervision.
What are the coverages available for Kentucky residents according to the passage?
Health-insurance plans or state’s Medicaid program using its new marketplace
Sales of what seem to be decreasing in Europe as consumers are finding more value in spending their money elsewhere?
Cars
The U.S. is struggling to avoid the government shut down as Congress cannot come to and agreement. The large part of the disagreement between Democratic Senate members and the GOP is the amount of funding to what?
New Health Law
While the U.S. has been in negotiations with Iran about Tehran’s nuclear program and have discussed allowing Iran to maintain “some” of it’s nuclear program, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would like to see how much of the nuclear program continued?
None/ Completely shut down
The FHA may need money from the treasury, but it does not need to ask congress for money. Why doesn’t the FHA need to ask Congress for money?
Because the FHA is a “permanent and indefinite” budget authority.
An Argentine priest who has been defended by Pope Francis for his actions on sexual abuse against an adolescent boy years ago was caught for his wrong-doings by how?
The abuse ended in 2002 when a local news program, Telenoche Investiga, aired a segment in which several boys admitted to his abuse on air.
Anham FZCO recently won the Pentagon supply contract in which holds high priase, but this contractor violated border territories by entering Iran to supply a food warehouse at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan. What supplies were Anham bringing in through Iran?
The supplies included steel from Saudi Arabia, insulation panels from Dubai, and 28 “lowboy” trailers from Kuwait slong with trucks to pull them.
Although no one has claimed responsibility for the attacks, who is being blamed for the wave of bombs in Baghdad that recently killed at least 55 people and is a part of a string of attacks over the last five months?
Sunni insurgents determined to rekindle sectarian conflict
Who is the Prime Minister of Turkey
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
International health officials are faulting Saudi Arabia over its response to a virus that has killed dozens of people already. What is the name of the virus?
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus
What is the social web tool mentioned in the passage?
Weibo microblog
After recent rises in home prices, the pace may slow down because of what?
Rising mortgage rates
Researchers at Stanford University introduced the first functional computer made entirely from carbon nanotube transistors, instead of traditionally used silicon. How are these nanotubes made?
The nanutubes are grown like cyrstals, and then fall into place which can cause cross-connections.
The Bernanke’s comment on the 7% unemployment rate after September meeting was different than the comment after which previous meeting?
After the Fed’s Jun policy meeting
With the economy in an economic downfall, spending cuts are likely to begin happening. Government institutions are likely to be affecting by these spending cuts pretty dramatically. What are some spending cuts the economy plans to eliminate?
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis plans to eliminate parts of its reasearch and analysis on foreign direct investment data used to track flows of foreign capital into the U.S. along with Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid
What is the difference of R&D spending between China and U.S.?
U.S. spends more that China on the basic science
Why are rental prices increasing nationwide?
Rising home prices are driving up the demand for rental units.
With more overdose deaths from a drug called “Molly, what are drug makers lacing this drug with and ultimately the culprit to some of these deaths?
Drug makers of “Molly” have been using methylone, a bath-salt drug that people commonly replace as Molly, to lace this for of ecstasy.
What the difference between MDMA and bath salts?
MDMA typically generates feelings of empathy, while bath salts tend to induce paranoia and hallucinations
How did some community colleges and university respond to the increasing student debt and skepticism towards traditional graduates?
Selling smaller, cheaper packages of classes
What led to the confusion about the movements and decision-making of the crew?
The communication gap and misunderstanding between fire-fighters and supervisors
A federal judge approved a settlement that will end the segregation of HIV-positive prisoners from the general population in Alabama. How were these HIV-positive inmates treated before this settlement was made?
Inmates with HIV would have to wear white armbands highlighting their staus to other people located the facility. This puts a label on the inmates which could lead to violence committed to the inmates, but with this rule there will be a zero-tolerance policy for any inmate committing violence against the HIV-positve inmates.
U.S. household wealth has been boosed by $1.3 trillion in the second quarter of this year due to what?
Rising home prices
What three agencies would be most affected by a government shutdown?
The Environmental Protection Agency, The National Labor Relations Board and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Cutting government services is causing american business to have what kind of mentality?
very shortterm; no one wants to make a decision; anxious
What does Mr. Letta need to reach a majority in Senate?
He needs the support of the conservative
Current Iranian President Hasan Rouhani recently made remarks on an issue that significantly distanced himself from former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. On what issue was he speaking?
The Nazi massacre of the Jewish people in the Holocaust
The president of Iran recently broke from his government’s questioning of the Holocaust, telling American media editors that “the Nazis committed a massacre against the Jewish people and we condemn that.” what is his name?
Hasan Rouhani
The United Nations met on Thurday to hold a conference in which the U.S. and Iran planned on negotiating deals on the use of nuclear technology. This meeting was the first meeting in 37 years in which both parties met to propose a deal. When was the last time these two parties met, and what leaders from both parties were present in that meeting?
The last meeting between of such high-tension was held on New Year’s Eve in 1977 between U.S. President, Jimmy Carter, and the late shah of Iran.
The U.S. Justice Department is set to sue the state of North Carolina to block new state vote rules. The federal government is arguing that the current voter-ID laws do not provide equate protection for people who do not have ID’s. What event sparked this battle?
An April 2013 report from the board of elections found more than 300,000 voters did not have DMV-issued ID cards.
A large earthquake hit the area of Pakistan’s Baluchistan province. The earthquake killed at least 40 people and was said to have a magnitude of ____?
7.7
Two of the largest suppliers to semiconductor makers, Applied Materials Inc. and Tokyo Electron Ltd., announced the plans to combine operations. Based on 2012 numbers, approximately what market share would they have after combining?
Around 25%
What is the attitude of Fiat towards IPO?
Fiat has sought to avoid the IPO.
What are the names of the two computer chip manufacturers that have merged to create a giant in the industry?
Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron
As job markets are improving, what else has seen in increase in applications?
MBA Programs
In which industry have some leaders decided to “stand and fight” against losing business to imports?
Toilet Manufacturing
Applied Materials Inc. and Tokyo Electron Ltd are merging to create a new company; what would the market value of this new company be?
$29 billion
Anesthesiologists have a new foe to look out for going forward that could threaten their jobs, a machine that automates the sedation of many patiens having colonoscopies. What is the name of the machine and who is it made by?
Sedasys and made by Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson has developed a new system called Sedasys. What group opposes this technology.
Anesthesiologists
Which CEO is under scrutiny from investors for taking too high of pay from his company amongst mixed performance?
Larry Ellison
Which company has produced a machine that may one day replace the need for an anesthesiologist?
Johnson and Johnson
Why are many organizations dropping low-cost health plans?
They’re steering employees towards government sponsored insurances.
What is the negative affect of Twitter going public and looking for growth?
risk of losing inherent weirdness
The U.S. arm of Sweden’s Securitas AB is among more than 1,200 employers that offer the kind of bare-bones health plans that must be phased out beginning when?
January 1st
Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd. plans to quickly increase its pork exports after closing its deal on a $4.7 billion acquisition of what company?
Smithfield Foods Inc.
Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd. intends to quickly ramp up pork exports from the U.S. as its top priority after Thursday’s closing of its $4.7 billion acquisition of Smithfield Foods Inc., senior executives said. According to executives, what do they see as one of their “biggest challenges” following the acquisition?
integrating two vastly different corporate cultures
With Wharton registration of students slipping below what it usually has, some people close to the college are seeking change to help apply to more people, and a wider audience to help resolve this problem. Ankur Kumar , Wharton’s director of M.B.A, hopes to draw appeal to new students by doing what?
Ms. Kumar plans to appeal to a new audience by holding admission events for students considering entrepreneurship and who are interested in industries such as real estate and retail aside from strictly business students.
Which Microsoft leader is facing the task of finding a new CEO for the company?
John Thompson
Which company is looking into new ways to track what consumers do online?
Which brand new owner of Smithfield foods is already intending to increase pork exports from the US?
Shuanghui International Holdings
The world’s largest pork market is in what country?
China
John Thompson has been put in charge of finding a replacement for Microsoft’s CEO. What was the name of the former CEO that recently announced he would no longer keep the position
Steve Ballmer
Recently Wharton, the business school at the University of Pennsylvania has seen fewer and fewer applicants. Business school experts believe the decline in applications is due to students shift their interests from technology to what?
Entrepreneurship.
Ford Motor Co.’s COO has become the most likely person to be the automotive companies next CEO. The current CEO has committed to staying on through 2014, but that may be up in the air now that he is being persued by what company?
Microsoft Corp.
Mark Fields has a clear path to becoming Ford’s next Chief Executive. Over the past year, how has he made his influence most felt? (held on Thursdays)
Running the Business Plan Review Meetings
What the percent difference between the real profit margin and the expected profit margin in 2012?
2.5 % (12%-9.5%)
When Joe Kaeser took the thrown of chief exectutive for Siemens AG he was determined to get this German industrial giant back on track and performing how it once was. What did Mr. Kaeser propose to help get this company back on track?
Mr. Kaeser proposed that Siemens will cut around 15,000 jobs by the end of the next business year do to undesired profits, and under-performing. Around 7,500 jobs will be cut by the end of this business year.
What tactic is being used by European luxury houses, Louis Vuitton, Ferragamo, and Moncler, to give shoppers a new reason to pass through the doors?
“Jazzing” up old retail spaces to create a sense of novelty
What is the name of the CEO of Siemes (German Industry Giant) that is cutting 15,000 jobs worldwide in order to raise profits?
Joe Kaeser
What is the name of the current COO at Ford that may very well be name the new CEO?
Mark Fields
The debate between who to allocate airwaves to is growing tougher as more industries want to use them for new business ideas. The FCC recently proposed unlocking 35% more spectrum for unlicensed use like Wi-Fi, but it was met with sharp resistance by car companies because why?
Sharing airways could cause interference with connected car systems and could hurt safety
AT&T Inc. is following plans by Google Inc. to offer ultrafast Internet service in Austin, Texas, by the middle of next year. The build-out promises Internet speeds of up to a gigabit per second, or about 100 times faster than those found in many U.S. homes. But the upgrade poses a conundrum becaue it is exclusive. In what sense is it exclusive?
The carrier is targeting the most promising areas. That means communities that can’t afford fast Internet could fall further behind on the digital curve.
How are some computer hackers generating advertisement revenue?
They create websites and use visits from hijacked computers to draw paid ads.
What are car companies and cable companies currently in a fight over?
Wi-fi channels
Which union represents about 249,000 UPS employees?
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Why have AT&T and Google selected specific areas to test their ultrafast internet services?
These areas demonstrate the most demand for the service.
With new health-care plans, what gives FedEx the upperhand over UPS?
The vast majority of FedEx’s workers are nonunion; whereas the Teamsters union represents about 249,000 of UPS workers
AT&T is planning to offer ultrafast Internet service in Austin, Texas; up to how fast does this build-out promise?
A gigabit per second or 100 times faster than those in many U.S. homes
Automobile and cable companies are in a jam over who has rights to the wifi spectrums. An argument has been presented that more spectrums are needed as the current ones are too congested. The decision to add more spectrums ultimately goes to who?
The FCC
With more people taking the leap from traditonal cigarettes to e-cigarettes, the FDA is trying to regulate rules on these cigarettes and even tax them like traditional cigarettes. Which state has already started to tax these electronic cigarettes?
Minnesota, so far, is the only state that has a special tax on these cigarettes in contrast to heavily taxation on traditional cigarettes in each state.
Which sports league has partnered with Twitter in order to make scores and highlights available on the site?
The NFL
NFL and Twitter are forming a partnership; why is this beneficial for both parties?
They are able to generate more ad revenue and share the benefits
Which company is set to receive $450 Million in new financing to produce up to 75 new movies?
Time Warner
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is currently talking about easing restrictions on the use of Wifi, or Internet use, from any electronic device used on airplanes during takeoff. Gogo Inc., the largest Wifi provider for airplane use has concerns for what reason?
Gogo Inc. said even if the FAA loosen these restrictions on Internet use during takeoff, their system is not optimized for service below 10,000 feet anyway.
What is JCPenny doing to try and overcome the challenge that new shops featuring goods from Martha Steward, Michael Graves and Jonathan Alder have fallen flat?
reformulating the shops so goods are shown by category rather than by designer
JC penny’s shares fell by how much (percent) after debt analysts from Goldman Sachs Group offered a downbeat view of the retailer’s prospects
0.15
What is influence on the sales of McDonalds after it advertised milk to kids?
The chain’s milk sales in the U.S. have increased by 50%
What is EA’s NCAA-branded game known for?
They are known for their attempts to recreate game play, down to individual athletes’ likenesses
McDonald’s has not been cocerned with how they promote their image until lately. Recently McDonald’s has annouced that they are taking their turn and switching their image from “eat whatever you like” to “watch what you eat”. How did McDonald’s say they would promote such items as the Heappy Meal?
McDonald’s annouced that they will promote only water, milk, and juice rather than soft drinks for Happy Meals on the menu.
What marketing technique did McDonald’s use to promote milk with kids meals causing sales of the chain’s milk to increase by 50% since the mid-2000s?
using containers with vibrant colors
Shell plans to sell its stake in the Eagle Ford Shale in Texas citing what reasons?
Failure to meet size and profit margins
What changes have been made to Falcon 9?
It has engines roughly 50% more powerful that its predecessor
Under President Obama, NASA has not received the funding it desires. NASA has had to rely on private industries to design, build, and operate space taxi’s to explore deeper into space here recently. Companies such as Space Exploration Technologies, and Orbital Sciences have been some of these private industries funding these operations. SpaceX once started with a handful of employees and has grown drastically here recently by standing out in their industry. What has Spacex done here recently that makes them stick out?
According to company documents, SpaceX already produces more rocket engines than any other U.S. manufacturer and plans on building 40 rocket cores annually.
What closely held company made history last year by becoming the first nongovernmental spacecraft operator to successfully transport cargo into orbit?
Space Exploration Technologies
Chevron Corp. recently moved to avoid trial with a lawyer it acuses of fraud in a battle over pollution in Ecaudor’s jungles. Steven Donziger, lawyer, won $19 billion environmental judgment against Chevron in Ecuador in 2011. Why is Chevron Suing Mr. Donziger?
Chevron Corp. is suing Mr. Donziger and other representatives in Federal District Court in New York on behalf of racketeering, arguing that they used fraudulent acts to obtain a verdict in Ecuador.
According to General Mike Hostage, what would make the U.S. a global power capable of deterring and defeating possible threats?
Fifth-generation air craft
Amazon upgrades its tablet into two new versions. What is the name of this tablet?
Kindle Fire HDX
Kindle plans to unveil their new version of their tablet. What is the name of the new tablet?
Kindle Fire HDX
Yahoo Inc. has agreed to pay unspecified damages and legal costs to Singapore Press Holdings after a lawsuit over copyright infringement. Yahoo initially declined any wrong-doing two years ago and even filed a countersuit claiming what?
Yahoo claimed that its original news content was “reproduced without authorization” on a Singapore Press Holdings website.
Nine Japan based companies have agreed to plead guilty and pay more than $740 million in fines for doing what?
Fixing prices on new-car parts
What problem delayed shipments of the 2014 Jeep Cherokee until the fourth quarter of this year?
Transmission tuning problems
Bugatti has launched a new line of clothing in an attempt to promote the brand of vehicles. Which other luxury car brands have been known to do this in the past?
Ferrari and Porsche
What brand strategy has Bugatti taken on joining a trend of other premium auto makers such as Ferrari and Porsche?
Selling limited-edition clothing; fashion line
What are the technical problems of the Boeing 787s mentioned in the passage?
Power-supply glitches and indications of brake system issues
Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, one of the masterminds behind the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, was found guilty of accessing computers that were hosting some Swedish government agencies’ registers, along with hacking into a major Swedish bank. He is currently fighting these allegations by insisting what?
Mr. Svartholm claims that his computer could have been hacked or used by someone visiting his home, which ultimately ruled to not guilty on obtaining data that belonged to the bank.
Argos is one of the U.K.’s best-known high-street store chainswith a variety of stores located all throughout the U.K.. How has Argos teamed up with Ebay to help transform this online store to an in-store buying experience?
Argos is beginning to offer catologs of merchandise from Ebay in which customers cage page through the Argos store and immediately get the item they purchased.
Telefonica is seeking to rise its stake in Telco in order to have a larger presence in which country?
Italy
The NFL came to London on Sunday,a Steelers-Vikings game, so London’s football fans brought out their jerseys. But without a real tie to either team, many fans went for the next best thing: any NFL jersey. What NFL quaterback’s jersey was most prevalent?
Tom Brady
A U.K. Lawmaker is accusing former UBS AG executive Alex Wilmot-Sitwell of giving misleading testimony in front of parliament. What is Mr. Wilmot-Sitwell currently the president of?
Bank of Americca Merrill Lynch for Europe, the Middle East and Africa
In the most recent Fed annoncment, Investors were surprised when the Fed decided not to begin tapering their bond buying programs. Even as shares climbed to new highs in recent weeks as a result, some money managers have now pared their equity holdings. Why are they scaling back?
After such a strong run, the rally may be losing steam and the Federal Reserve will soon begin withdrawing the massive monetary stimulus it has been injecting into the economy since the financial crisis
Real estate values and customer demand for housing is rising, allowing banks in a better position to dispose of their OREO. In this context, what is OREO?
Other Real Estate Holdings
Who texted message to the Journal?
My . Hayes
What is the name of the current president of Bank of America Merrill Lynch for Europe who is being accused of wrongfully testifying that he was unaware of who Tom Hayes was.
Alex Wilmot-Sitwell
Ukraine has seen bonds come to an all time low and if this trend keeps up they will be seeking a bail out from who?
International Monetary Fund
Payday lenders are under pressure from regulators to report customer information to state databases in an effort to do what?
Rein in the high-cost loans
What will contribute to the suffer of stock market as a whole?
Persistent outages
With Nike Inc. stock soaring high in today’s market, some investors in this company have started to worry on how Nike will seek growth and change. What have optimists said in regards to how Nike Inc. plans in coping with this situation?
Optimists expect growth in emerging markets and sponsorship of upcoming events such as the FIFA World Cup in 2014 to help Nike maintain as a legit competitor in their field of work.
Longtime rivals NYSE Euronext and Nasdaq OMX group and in talks to help in each other by offering what to each other?
To run a backup of for each other’s bench-mark stock-pricing data
Banks, brokers and investors are warning of possible problems in a big part of the derivatives market once what happens on October 2nd?
New U.S. rules kick in governing how instruments known as sways are traded
Google may use something one critic calls a “super Cookie”. What other company already uses this technology?
Apple
A merger in which two smaller stock exchanges may create a larger exchange that could soon challenge Nasdaq and NYSE?
BATS Global Markets and Direct Edge Holdings
James Dimon has been in meetings with the Justice Department discussing fines related to the fraud committed by JP Morgan. What is the current amount that is said the bank will have to pay to federal authorities?
$11 billion
What is the name of the company that BATS Global Markets announced they would merge with, which would make them the second largest U.S. exchange operator in term of trading activity
Direct Edge Holdings, LLC
As weak banks are still trying to survive the post financial crisis world, what is a large concern of some banking industry observers regarding the slow approach of regulators?
That it can prompt banks’ management to take extreme risks to survive and then it can lead to even bigger costs for the government if they do fail
New rules one the IPO’s of “smaller” companies Allow them to file their paperwork privately with regulators, revealing them publicly only how long before proposing a stock price?
Three Weeks
Capitol Bancorp Ltd. Has been fighting an uphill battle for a mere five years. This Michigan grown bank is not going down without a fight though because after five years of fighting its bankruptcy, this bank is still hanging on by a thread. How has this small bank managed to stay in operation this long?
The risks are easier to take when performance is not going as planned. These banks are taking high-volume risks that lead to the survival of these slow-dying banks and will eventually lead to failure. This bank has been fighting for five years, and will continue to fight until it has no more.
Whatis the world’s largest hotel chain?
Hilton
Twitter is among one of the block buster companies expected to go public with a large IPO. What month is Twitter expected to go public with it’s IPO?
41579
Some investors believe that stocks have about reached their peak of this rally as stock prices are at their loftiest levels in years compared to what?
Corporate profits
It is a view that rises from Main Street, echoes through Washington’s corridors of power and ricochets off Wall Street’s wood-paneled rooms: If a crisis hits tomorrow, taxpayers still would have to bail out the world’s largest banks. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. believes it has a plan ready to go when the next big bank gets close to failure. What is its new plan?
The FDIC would take over the bank’s holding company while trying to keep alive its operating subsidiaries – the units that run its branches and its trading and wealth-management operations, etc.
A group of bond-fund managers are preparing for a possible default in the rapid recline of which Brazilian company?
OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes
Some of the world’s biggest bond-fund managers are bracing for a new phase in the rapid decline of what Brazilian businessman?
Eike Batista
When AT&T chief executive, Randall Stephenson, told the public that AT&T would not try to purchase Dish Network, he announced instead, AT&T hopes to push its European wireless clientele towards higher data usage and “lucrative pricing models” by suggesting what for AT&T’s next move?
Mr. Stephenson announced that AT&T’s next move beyond U.S. borders would be to buy the remainder of Vodafone’s European assets, once their deal with Verizon Communications is closed.
Why did someone think that Twitter should give people more than 21 days to consider its financial statements?
Because of the wide interest it will command from both institutional and retail investors
CBRE Global Investors, the world’s largest property fund manager, is looking to hire a manager to liquidate the approximately $700 million worth of asstes due to a poor performance here as of lately. What was CBRE doing to perofrm below expected?
CBRE was behind other competiton in their filed because it waited in getting into the debt-investment-management side of the property business.
ICAP has recently become the fourth European financial firm to settle allegations about what?
That employees manipulated benchmark interest rates
What is the name of the former accountant of Bernard Madoff who was indicted Thursday for allegedly keeping false books that helped cover the ponzi scheme for years?
Paul Konigsberg
Why was a longtime accountant of Bernard Madoff indicted?
He allegedly kept false books to help cover up fraud
Paul Konigsberg was arrested for what white caller crime, involving what scandal?
allegedly keeping false books that helped cover up fraud for the Madoff Ponzi scheme
Chairman Mary Jo White is enforcing a new policy within the securities and exchange commission involving what?
pursing more charges against individuals and larger fines against companies that commit wrongdoing
The stock market is in the doldrums, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average back at May levels. In the coming month, markets face four huge tests. Which one pertains mianly to activites of congress?
the Washington debt crisis
Who pursued most of the career outside Italy?
Mr. Cucchiani
What U.S. Private equity company has agreed to take a 10% stake in China’s biggest appliance maker, Qingdao Haier?
KKR & Co.
What corporation is China’s largest appliance maker?
Qingdao Haier
U.S. private-equity firm KKR has agreed to pay about 3.4 billion for the stake in Qingdao Haier Co. How much ownership would KKR have in the Chinese company if this goes through?
0.1
Ukraine bonds are continuing to tumble and may force the country to need a bailout from the International Monetary Fund. The last time the country had a lending program from IMF in 2011, it was frozen due to what?
The government refused to increase household gas prices which it heavily subsidizes
What is the benefit for Nasdaq if either Twitter or Alibaba will have the IPO?
It could go a long way toward healing the wounds of a difficult two years
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency which moniters the nations biggest banks is rolling out a program after the lax performance leading up to the financial crisis that will do what?
Subject bank examiners and other personnel to the same level of rigorous review the agency currently puts banks through
Mizuho Bank in Japan is drawing attention from regulatory agencies for lending money to what kind of people?
Crime-Syndicate Members
Ford Motor’s is the fastest-growing auto maker in China this year launching seven new cars since 2011, and they plan on launching eight more by 2015. With such growth, there is still a challenge that Frd must overcome. What is the challenge?
Ford will be given the challenge of finding more dealer network’s loctaed throughout the country. Right now Ford has fewer than 500 dealer for its passenger cars, but plans on having around 700 by 2015.
Dish Network has been a amjor competitor in the satallite television industry for years now. CEO, Charlie Ergen, has taken strides towards a new path for Dish Network. Which new network does Ergen plan to bid on after they recently filed for bankruptcy?
Mr. Ergen plans on bidding on Lightsquared in hopes to transition Dish into a new buisness by expanding its network into the wireless network field.
Pinterest is a new social network cite that has risen in value here recently due to its unique offerings that Facebook, and even Google have taken notice to. Pinterest offers an online shopping experience that rivals top catolog cites. What two giant advertisers have tapped into Pinterest’s services and applied their products through this cite?
J. Crew Group, along with Target, have already bought into this advertising cite by offering their companie catologs throughout the cite, as well all prices for the products offered.
According to the article: Facebook, Google live in Pinteresting times, If a man were to search on pinterest for shoes, what is most likely to come up?
Womens platform heels
Fractions are a large stumbling block to students math scores when they hit around fourth grade or so. A new federal push is raising standards for the emphasis on fractions starting in third grade. One big reason is because national tests show that nearly half of eighth-graders can’t do what?
Put three fractions in order by size
What kind of math does Battleship Numberline teach?
Fractions
Which kind of chips has five grams of fiber?
Black Bean Chips
What’s the buzzword for what consumers are looking for to take snacks from junkfood to a healthy zone?
Permissible indulgence
Federal Standards are stepping up their emphasis on fractions starting in what grade?
3rd
Singapore Airlines airline innovations are industry leading. Their new first class cabin features eight seats that resemble a shared bedroom at home. What company helped Singapore Airlines develop these?
BMW Group DesignworksUSA
Sarah Lane will debut Friday night as one of 24 child contestants on the new Fox network show “MasterChef Junior.” With safety in mind, the show’s producers cast kids who are between what ages?
8 to 13
What airline has recently unveiled its stylish redesigned first-class, business class, and economy-class seating?
Singapore Airlines
What is the name of the 9 years old who will make her debut Friday night on “MasterChef Junior”
Sarah Lane
What is the name of the mechanical pump device that was invented as a temporary life support but is turning into a potential tool to help hearts heal and function for the long term on their own?
LVAD
Generally, what does an LVAD do?
Takes over the hearts main pumping function. / Reduces the workload of the heart.
What effects do boys and girls who start dating, and have and intimate relationship are said to have more school and behavioral problems than their peers. Why is this the case?
Entering into intimate relationships too early can lead to teens not being prepared to handle typical problems couples face. It can also increase the risk of unsafe sexual activity, alcohol use, and delinquent behaviors.
The device called an LVAD, is used when the heart cannot pump on its own due to any kind of heart failure. This device is initially used to keep the heart pumping while the patient is waiting for their donor heart to arrive. Doctors are using the LVAD as another tool now though. What are doctors starting to use the LVAD for?
Doctors are mounting a muticenter clinical trial to see if using the LVAD as a way to temporarily keep the patient alive and their heart pumping, but now they are using this device as a way to treat patients with advanced heart failure such as congestive heart failure.
According to a study, what improved compliance rates for doctors washing their hands more?
a disciplinary program at the University of Kentucky Medical Centy in Lexington that included suspending doctors’ privelages
Doug Foreman, founder of Beanitos Inc., decided to use beans, instead of corn, as the basis for Beanitos Inc. tortilla chips. Why did he decide to go with beans instead of corn?
Mr. Foreman decided to use beans as the basis for his tortilla chips, because he was intrigued with beans “low glycemic” offering high fiber, along with protein with every chip in each bag.
Rodney Tafoya, a vice president of a Bank of the West branch in Albuquergue, NM spends his weekends and vacations doing what?
Traveling the country as a pitcher for amateur baseball teams in need of one
When Emirates Team New Zealand cruised to a 8-1 leade in the America’s Cup, Oracle’s sailors looked all but doomed. What lead up to this being one of the best comebacks in history?
Oracle was down 8-1 in the America’s Cup in what looked like sure defeat, but after a long fought battle that took seven days they eventually came back to win the America’s Cup in one of the largest comebacks ever.
The CEO of which company funded the vessel that won eight races in a row to win the America’s Cup?
Oracle
The city of Pittsburgh is thrilled as their beloved MLB team, Pittsburgh Pirates have made the post season for the first time since what year?
1992
