Marketplace Flashcards
What Helsinki-based smartphone maker was just bought by Microsoft for $7 billion?
Nokia
What types of mortgages are fetching lower rates than conforming loans?
Jumbo Mortgages
Who is the CEO of Verizon Communications?
Lowell McAdam
What Senate committee must approve the President’s appointment to Fed Reserve chairman?
U.S. Senate Banking Committee
One of the world’s largest agricultural companies is seeking to relocate its global headquarters after four decades in Decatur, Illinois. The CEO Ms. Woertz formerly an executive of Chevron complained that when moving to Decatur her biggest concern was that she didn’t know if there was a Starbucks. What is the name of this company?
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)
Where does Archer Daniels Midland Plan on moving its global headquarters to?
Chicago
Some insurers, in an effort to retain customers are misleading them, warning of rate hikes if they do not renew before the rollout of the affordable care act. What state fined Humana for doing this?
The Kentucky Insurance Department
General Motors agreed to buy $3.2 billion of preferred stock owned by the UAW’s retiree health care trust. This type of trust is sometimes referred to as a VEBA. What does VEBA stand for?
Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association
In an effort to negotiate a better price over the UAW’s 41.5% stake in Chrysler, Sergio Marchionne is doing what?
Proposing an IPO
Employees of this company have signed a petition to work in protest of a union filing in France to enforce the law that retail stores must close before 9pm.
Sephora
What city are Sephora workers protesting a union move to limit working later than 9pm?
Paris, France
This company is playing to its roots with its latest tablet device saying that tablets should be seen as a new version of the laptop and desktop not a replacement. Name this company.
Microsoft
What is the name of the tablet that Microsoft has come out with to rival Apple and Samsung?
The Surface Pro 2
What is Microsoft doing differently with the release of the Surface Pro 2 that Microsoft believe will increase its sales and boost profitability?
Selling the tablet at retail establishments and making the tablet in house.
These type of workers will soon replace Chinese workers due to soaring wages and an aging population.
Robotic Workers
What electronics company who has typically manufactured phone chargers for Apple has ambitious plans to manufacture robots so cheaply that they can undercut Chinese workers?
Delta Electronics Incorporated
Why do analyst believe there’s a caveat to the sales numbers Apple was reporting for it’s debut of the iPhone 5S and 5C?
The decision to sell the iPhone in China on the opening weekend and it counted sales to other retailers which doesn’t control for unsold iPhone 5Cs that are in retailers inventory.
What company is threating to scale back its alliance with Chrysler Group if it can’t get full control of the US automaker?
Fiat SpA
Fiat has come to depend heavily on Chrysler Group as its business in Europe has slowed and is hemorrhaging cash. What city is Fiat based in?
Turin, Italy
What brand does Fiat plan to relaunch in the US to help increase sales?
Alfa-Romeo
Described as a merger of equals these two computer chip machine manufacturers will join forces in an all stock deal. This Japanese/American deal was forged between what two firms?
Applied Materials & Tokyo Electron
What country do Applied Materials & Tokyo Electron plan to incorporate in to reduce their tax liability?
The Netherlands
Enrollment for what types of programs has increased with the improving job market? Also what is accounting for an increasing portion of this enrollment?
MBA Programs, Foreign Demand
What company is the global powerhouse in toilet manufacturing?
Toto Ltd.
