Business News Quiz – 10.10.14

Business News Quiz – 10-10-14

 

Which internet search engine is close to investing millions of dollars in mobile messaging service Snapchat?

Google (   )    Yahoo (   )    Bing(   )    ask.com (   )
Samsung Electronics has forecast a fall in profit from a year ago because of slowing Galaxy smartphone sales. By how much is Samsung_galaxyprofit forecast to fall?

65% (   )   60% (   )   75% (   )   70% (   )
Which online retailer, is to face a formal investigation into its European corporate tax practices, the European Commission has announced?

Amazon (   )   Ebay (   )   Apple (   )   Walmart (   )
Who has said it will stop running Little Red, its UK flight network launched in 2013, next year?

Easyjet (   )   Delta (   )   British Airways (   )   Virgin Atlantic (   )

 

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EU regulators have given the go-ahead for the social networking site Facebook to buy which mobile messenger service?

BBM (   )   Microsoft messenger (   )   Whats app (   )   SnapChat (   )
Which female magazine dedicates one issue a year to business and information age matters?

Vanity Fair (   )   Elle (   )   Vogue (   )   Women’s Health (   )

 

Two of Ryanair’s planes touched each other damaging the wings at which airport this week?

Paris (   )   Manchester (   )   London (   )   Dublin (   )

 

The head of news at which company has announced that she is stepping down? Vivian Schiller will leave after less than a year in the job due to a reorganisation.

Walmart (   )   Twitter (   )   Google (   )   Starbucks (   )

 

Who has announced a waterproof, wide-angled hand held digital camera? The RE, is capable of taking still photographs and videos.

Samsung (  )   Nokia (   )   Microsoft (   )   HTC   ( )
England has the biggest trade deficit in the world football transfer market, according to a report from Barclays. After a record summer of spending, English clubs had a combined deficit of ???

£478m (   )   £790m (   )   £379m (   )   £900m (   )

 

Answers –
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29502069
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-29516806
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-29519631
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-29504715
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-29477447
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-29322577
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29517339
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29547465
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29544489
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-29532674

 

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