BQ Practice Qs - 4 Flashcards
Advancements in the understanding of genetics and biology have increasingly fueled drug development in recent decades, and many of the most promising new drugs have been aimed at what?
niche disease populations
Citigroup Inc. agreed to pay one of the biggest fines for improper research practices in a decade after investigators said an analyst leaked negative information about Apple Inc. and a supplier to four big investment firms before it was released to the public. What was the analyst’s name?
Kevin Chang
Why did Mayor Andreas Lieb and the locals of Irsee, Germany go through the effort of draining a local pond, relocating the fish, putting up an electric fence, and bringing in search dogs?
To find a Snapping turtle / Alligator Snapping turtle
What is the age of Janet Yellen
67
What is driving officials to rethink how the government releases sensitive econmic data?
Growing concern about leaks and their unease that high-speed trading firms can trade on maket-moving numbers before other investors
Where have marketers more than doubled their spending in the U.S.?
Mobile Ads
What has China overtaken the US in, adding to the tension between the two nations over security?
Buying Middle Eastern oil.
What percent of fees are banks set to collect for selling the shares of Twitter?
3.25%
What is Hollywood stepping up security on in order to be much more secretive?
Movie Screenplays
Which industry, touted as a bright future for the US, has faced steep expenses in eastern Mississippi?
Clean Coal
Which company is setting up shop within its suppliers warehouses in order to achieve more efficient logistics?
Amazon
Amazon is able to reduce its own costs of moving and storing goods by sharing warehouse space with what other warehouse giant?
Procter & Gamble
Afghan presidential candidate Gul Agha Shirzai is defending himself against corruption allegations. What is he alleged of doing (as reported by The Wall Street Jornnal in November 2012)?
raising miliions of dollars through an unauthorized revenue scheme (trying to smuggle suitcases of “ill-gotten” cash also acceptable)
The April collapse of the Rana Plaza factory complex killed more than how many people?
1100
Which countries exports are soaring because of clothing manufacturing?
Bangladesh
Gunmen in what country abducted six Red Cross workers and one volunteer?
Syria
Riots in Russia have been sparked by a stabbing death. What group are the riots targeted toward?
People from the Caucasus
Methods for guarding unreleased movie screen-plays have recently intensified. A representative of Los Angeles courier service noted that his company “once delivered 300 scripts a weekﾅnow it only handles about 20” What is the stated reason for this?
It’s easier and more secure to use digital tools
A trial in Cambodia began in 2006 and is slowly coming to a conclusion. Who is on trial and why?
Khmer Rouge; for responsibility of directing genocide
One of a series of unexplained blasts in Southeast Asia damaged the Traders Hotel and wounded one American in which country?
Myanmar
As the United States completes its withdrawal from Afghanistan, the amount of war refugees emigrating is rising drastically. According to the graph accompanying the article, in what year was the number of refugees the lowest?
2005
How were students in the Boston area getting to school after school-bus drivers went on strike?
Boston’s transit system fered free rides with a student ID and some were even taken by police.
West Fertilizer was cited for exposing their workers to fire and what chemical substance, which killed 15 people in April?
Ammonium Nitrate
What did Robert Shiller, Lars Peter Hansen and Eugene Fama win the Nobel Prize for?
work in financial markets that has transformed portfolio management and asset pricing and for a study of how emotions affect investment decisions
A federal judge in Baltimore was enraged with the state of Maryland and its educational system for what reason?
Racial inequality within its educational system towards funding.
The future of primate research in the U.S. is up in the air to some extent due to what?
Less-cotly technologies are used to test effects and procedures in place of primates.
Why do home builders have to offer cash incentives and upgrades to lure buyers?
higher prices and rising mortgage rates
Shoppers in how many states were unable to use food stamps throughout the US due to Xerox’s system outage?
17 states
An issue at which company caused many to not be able to use food stamps or other government aid for more than 10 hours?
Xerox
Millions of people in different states went without food stamps access after what happened to Xerox Corp.?
A systems outage of software.
An alleged al Qaeda operative was captured from what country, and transferred to New York City to face trial?
Libya
The requirement for users to set up what before shopping insurance on the Health-insurance marketplace of commonly called Obama care?
Create accounts
BP sold the refinery which has caused many problems in the Houston area after allowing toxic gas to seap from it, to what other petroleum powerhouse?
Marathon Petroleum
An American prisoner who was being held in Egypt was found dead by ruling of suicide. What was this prisoner imprisoned for?
Violating a 9 p.m. curfew
How many members belong to the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons?
41
Two members of what political officers’ family were denied entry to the historic dining establishment, the Cliff House, due to the government being shutdown?
President Barack Obama
Sotheby’s Chief Executive Bill Ruprecht learned how to make art long before he learned how to sell it. Now, his knowledge of art and business are both being challenged by an attack from the auction house’s largest shareholder, Daniel Loeb. What is Mr. Loeb’s most recent critic of Mr. Ruprecht?
He isnt moving fast enough
What’s the name of the technology outsourcing company Xerox bought in 2010 for $6.5 billion?
Affiliated Computer Services (ACS)
What two profitable locations did Sears agree to sell to CBL & Associates Properties?
Fayette Mall in Lexington, KY and CoolSprings Galleria in Nashville, TN
How many stores does Wal-Mart operate outside of the US?
6100
Which company, owned by Xerox, is being investigated by the SEC about potentially inflated sales figures?
Affiliated Computer Services
Which company is selling come of its most profitable stores in order to have more cash?
Sears
What product did Nest put out that redefined what the product did even though there were product’s similar to it in the past?
Internet-connected thermostats
How many barrels of crude oil did Tesoro Logistics leak into a wheat field in North Dakota?
20000
Where were the founders of Nest Labs former engineers and designers?
Apple
Why is Wal-Mart ceasing efforts to expand into India?
Difficulties navigating regulations on foreign investment in India
Which company is being pushed by Barington Capital Group to split into two separate companies in an effort to gain higher returns to shareholders?
Darden Restaurants
Alibaba Group Holdings invested in what company, which rivals Amazon.com, hoping to move business to America?
ShopRunner Inc.
Which company owns a pipeline that spilled more than 20,000 barrels of crude oil into a wheat field in North Dakota?
Tesoro Logistics
Which Amazon rival is getting investment from Alibaba?
ShopRunner
What is GM doing in Arlington, Texas to save about $40 million a year?
Opening a metal stamping plant /or- cutting shipping distance
Which company is seeking ways to make an app for new TVs?
Netflix
Which company is opening a new $200 million plant next to another one of its factories in order to reduce travel time and costs?
GM
What was the primary reason the Tata Nano flopped?
Customers did not want a car that seemed cheap
What company is India’s 4th largest auto maker and the owner of Jaguar and Land Rover luxury vehicles?
Tata Motors Ltd.
Why did many in India’s middle class not buy in to the worlds cheapest car?
They want cars that donﾒt seem cheap
Which companies “streamlined bankruptcy” is now in question because of failure by creditors to reach an agreement?
Texas Utility
What are some phone companies using photos to track?
Real-time inflation rates
What new treatment strategy is emerging as a potential powerful new partner against malignancies and attacks tumor cells?
Immunotherapy
Which company is seeking to merge with Men’s Wearhouse?
Jos A. Bank
Where are the more and more of Google’s searches coming from?
Mobile devices
Why did Google Inc. put stronger limits on advertisers’ control over smartphone bidding?
Most searches come from mobile devices, where ads are cheaper
Which company is the world’s top aluminum producer by revenue?
Alcoa
How much of their workforce did Blackberry say they were slashing back?
40%
Which company is cutting 40% of its workforce and having $1 billion in unsold products?
BlackBerry
Who is the president of the mobile ad company Amobee, a unit of Signapore Telecommunications?
Mark Strecker
AT&T had to shut down parts of its AdWorks advertising divison causing many of employees to lose their job. What went wrong with the AdWorks system?
The carrier was not able to figure out how to use the data collected from customers effectively.
Where is Hankook planning on investing in an $800 million plant?
Tennessee
Which company has had some products banned from the U.S. because of patent violations?
Samsung
Foxconn Technology is in violation of company policy after they committed what against their labor practices?
Allowing interns to work night shifts and overtime at production sites.
Who is the distributor of the film “Gravity”?
Warner Bros
What type of buying began as a way for Web publishers to sell lower-value ad inventory, but is gaining traction now that publishers are getting comfortable using autmated systems in the buying and selling of inventory?
Programmatic buying
Why did the European Parliament back stricter regulations on cigarettes, and e-cigarette’s?
To stop the marketing of these gateway products towards young people.
Who are the world’s largest furniture makers?
IKEA
Which company takes up to five years simply to design a new model kitchen?
IKEA
What big Hollywood studio will become the first studio to produce a new TV show for Netflix, after the success they had with other shows on national TV?
Sony Corp.
Why are some small companies experimenting with shifting employees from desk to desk every few months, scattering those that do the same jobs, and rethinking which department should be next to which?
To increase worker productivity and collaboration
How much money did “The Passion of the Christ” rake in world-wide
$600 million
What button will Twitter users get to tap at the bottom of their tweets to stream shows on their smartphones and tablets via its new agreement with Comcast?
“See It” button.
Following Detroit’s recent bankruptcy, several European banks have hired lawyers to protect their stake rather than immediately selling the debt – primarily bonds issued to help fund the city’s pensions. Why are they choosing to do this instead of quickly selling the distressed assets?
the banks could boost their payouts from the record-setting bankruptcy compared with what they might get from selling quickly to distressed investors
The Fed will temporally allow what to go as high as 2.5% in order to increase employment , and possibly wind down the bond buying program?
Inflation
IntercontinentalExchange Inc is now allowing bean shipments to arrive in “super-sacks”; about how many shots of espresso will the beans in these sacks be able to make?
125000
Who is the owner of the Boston Red Sox?
John Henry
Which clients are J.P. Morgan reviewing, possibly to scale back lending to?
Clients that may be risky to its reputation
The (recent) excitement over companies potential rather than their present results is the stock markets latest sign of an increasing tolerance of what?
Risk
How much is the Greenland Holdings Group of China 15-tower apartment project expected to cost?
$4 billion
What year did “tweeting” begin?
2006
Which coffee company has decided to greatly enlarge the size of bags that coffee beans are transported in?
IntercontinentalExchange
Greenland Holdings Groups of China recently took part in the largest commercial-real-estate development in the U.S. of what Brooklyn retail space?
Atlantic Yards
What fundamental aspect are many new IPOs lacking today?
Profit
What year did Berkshire Hathaway Inc. buy Business Wire Inc.?
2006
Stewart Cowley manages $1.5 billion in the Old Mutual Global Strategic Bond Fund. What does he bet against?
Bonds / or Government Bonds
Jos. A. Bank Clothiers recently offered a takeover bid to what close rival in the business suit retail industry?
Men’s Wearhouse
What is the source of cable’s future growth?
broadband
What does the FDIC caution that banks need to be on guard for?
risks tied to the current fiscal standoff/increase in borrowing rates
In which country are come banks preparing ways to handle the possible United States default?
The U.K.
Tom Hayes, the former UBS AG and Citigroup Inc. trader fases what criminal charge in bothe the U.S. and U.K.?
Fraud
What company is the largest US candy company by sales?
Hershey Co.
Temperature levels could drop below-average later in October causing demand for what, to increase?
Natural-gas
Who is the Prime Minister of Japan?
Shinzo Abe
A greater variety of drinks, such as acai juice and energy drinks, have taken some market share from what other fruit juice?
Orange Juice
Aurubis supplies what copper products?
copper cathodes and wire
Time Warner Cable’s shares have risen in the past few months after talks between Time Warner Cable, and what other company, were made public?
Liberty Media
With names like Neuro Bliss, Marley’s Mellow Mood (as in Bob), and Just Chill, these new products are marketed as a way for an individual to achieve what?
relaxation
Airlines have set ideas about good and bad mojo, down to a list of verboten flight numbers. Alaska Airlines flies many Canadian customers from Las Vegas to Bellingham, Wash., so it numbered the flight 649. Why did they choose the number 649?
Canada’s lottery is called Lotto 6/49
How many hours do US adults spend in front of a screen without even turning on a television?
5 hours, 16 minutes
What did the eMarketer study find to be a connected trend with the increasing amount of time Americans spend on our mobile devices?
Multitasking
What is responsible for the increase in the audiences of bigger parties/galas?
Social Media
What weather conditions can cause flare-ups of gout?
high temperatures and high humidity
More women in the U.S. are having babies at a later age, and in some cases spacing pregnancy closer together, giving the body less time to heal from what labor issues?
Significant strain on the muscle and bone structures
Who was the first major airline to offer a frequent-flyer program?
American / American Airlines
Plastic and reconstructive surgeons have found that patents that have excess skin removed after surgery, especially bariatric surgery, are more likely to do what in the future?
to keep the weight off after the procedure
Fans of what college football university have removed winning from the top of their priorities, showing big change from recent years?
The University of Washington
