Test your students’ knowledge of what is happening in the business world with this week’s news quiz.
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- Annual profits at Home Retail Group (HRG) have dropped how much after profits at its Argos chain were hit by weak demand for electrical goods?
30% ( )
40% ( )
60% ( )
50% ( ) - Total sales at Next rose 1.4% for the 13 weeks to 28 April, what are they saying is the reason for the increase?
The weather ( )
The economy ( )
New store openings ( )
Online directory shopping ( ) - The UK economy slipped back into recession last week, which other European city also entered recession again after their economy shrank 0.3%?
France ( )
Spain ( )
Germany ( )
Holland ( ) - Renault-Nissan to take control of Lada-owner Avtovaz, what sort of takeover is this?
Horizontal ( )
Vertical ( )
Conglomerate ( )
Organic ( ) - Which airline is to cut 3,500 jobs as it seeks to cut its administrative costs by a quarter?
Iberia ( )
Virgin America ( )
Lufthansa ( )
BMI ( ) - Which supermarkets like-for-like sales, which ignore new store openings, fell 1% in the 3 months to the end of April?
Morrison’s( )
Tesco( )
ASDA ( )
Sainsbury( ) - Who has been granted an injunction against the distribution of key Microsoft products in Germany?The sales ban covers the Xbox 360 games console, Windows 7 system software, Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player?
Nokia ( )
Samsung ( )
Apple ( )
Motorola Mobility ( ) - Who was fired from The Apprentice last night, saying that he thinks the other contestants saw him as a ‘threat’
Azhar Siddique ( )
Tom Gearing ( )
Adam Corbally ( )
Ricky Martin ( ) - Samsung will put the rumours and alleged leaks about its next product to rest when it unveils what in London later today?
TV ( )
Galaxy phone ( )
Tablet computer ( )
Laptop ( ) - NHS and WHO have joined forces in an attempt to increase the number of organs being donated?
MySpace ( )
Tesco ( )
Facebook ( )
Local councils ( )
Donna Jestin
Teacher of Business Studies Notre Dame College & Senior Examiner for AQA
