Business News Quiz 6
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1
Which was the first ringtone to make it to the top of the UK singles charts?
Nessum Dorma
Teletubbies
Crazy Frog
X-Factor
2
“Japanese giants eye chip teamwork” This headline is to do with:
Japanese firms moving into the fish and chips market in British holiday resorts
The takeover of Harry Ramsey by Honda
Talks between Hitachi, Toshiba and Renesas Technology to make advanced semi-conductors
Japanese firms relocating to Silicon Valley
3
In China, 2006 will be the year of…?
The dog
The cat
The sheep
The lizard
4
Management Today named the top entrepreneur of 2005 as:
Paula Ratcliffe
Jim Ratcliffe
Richard Branson
Anita Roddick
5
Who recently sued Google claiming it had violated non competition agreements after its hiring of Kai-fu Lee to head its research operation in China.?
Yahoo
Hotmail
Microsoft
Amazon
6
The festive mood? According to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), how many Britons filed their self assessment tax return online during Christmas Day 2004?
1 m
340,000
306
5% of the population
7
Why have Pilots at US airline Delta have voted to approve a 14% pay cut?
The pilots were overpaid by accident in 2005
Changes in tax laws mean a pay cut means a tax reduction and thus a net gain
To help the bankrupt carrier survive an expected cash crunch
Hours have been cut by 25%
8
Who has put forward a gradual rise in the state pension age to 68 as part of a major proposed shake up of UK pensions?
Gordon Brown
The Conservatives
The Pensions Commission
The Times
9
Who has been accused of ‘matching their morals to suit new markets’?
Microsoft
Yahoo
Google
All of the above
10
According to figures gathered by security firm Symantec, there were 33 serious computer virus outbreaks in 2004. These are incidents measured by the number of people a virus infects or the severity of the damage they inflict. How many such incidents were there in 2005?
1,000
6
None
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