questions for the midterm

1.Google was founded in 1998.
Yahoo was founded in 1994.
Microsoft was founded in 1975.

2.Sergey Brin was the founder of google.
Jerry Yang was the founder of yahoo.
Paul Allen was the founder of microsoft.

3.10.604 Billion=Googles revenue
$6.43 Billion=Yahoo Revenue
$44.3 billion =Microsoft Revenue

4..NET is the newest technology umbrella term from Microsoft.

5.The Google Page Rank is a mathematical formula that seems scary to look at but is actually fairly simple to understand.

6.Flickr.com was purchased by yahoo.

7.DaimlerChrysler Motors Company LLC has recently purchased Chrysler.

8.Private equity is a broad term that commonly refers to any type of equity investment in an asset in which the equity is not freely tradeable on a public stock market, and a public company usually refers to a company which is permitted to offer its securities (stock, bonds, etc.) for sale to the general public, typically through a stock exchange.

9. (d) Revenue

10.A share of stock is a claim on the current and future dividends (or other cash flows, such as stock buybacks) to be paid by a company

11.Alcoa leads the world in alumina production and capacity.In addition to aluminum products, Alcoa also makes and markets consumer brands including Reynolds Wrap foil and plastic wrap,Baco household wraps, and Alcoa wheels.

12.GE stands for General Electric.

13.The CEO is responsible for the success or failure of the company.

14.The CFO Company is a consulting organization that helps small and medium size businesses increase their profits, strengthen their balance sheets --- and make their businesses easier to manage.

15.The NYSE is the best known of all stock markets, and NASDAQ (originally an acronym for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system) is an American electronic stock exchange.

16.A broad director is an officer of the company charged with the conduct and management of its affairs.

17.An initial public offering (IPO) is the first sale of a corporation's common shares to investors on a public stock exchange.