Which technology giant has reported profits of $6.8bn (£4.2bn) for the three months to September, buoyed by earnings from the firm’s stake in Alibaba”?
Google ( ) Yahoo ( ) Bing( ) Microsoft ( )
Two US food and drink titans have posted sharply lower profits for the July-to-September quarter. Who are they?
Pepsi and Taco Bell ( ) Dr Pepper and KFC ( ) Pepsi and Pizza Hut ( ) McDonalds and Coca Cola ( )
Which supermarkets sales are falling faster than any of its competitors, as it loses market share to discounters Aldi and Lidl, as well as to upmarket rival Waitrose?
ASDA ( ) Tesco ( ) Sainsbury ( ) Morrison’s ( )
Shareholders in fruit company Chiquita have voted against a merger deal with Irish rival Fyffes. What do they sell?
Banana’s ( ) Apples ( ) Pears ( ) Strawberries ( )
Which internet giant has reported a third-quarter loss of $437m (£273m) – up significantly from the $41m loss it reported for the same period last year?
Apple ( ) Microsoft ( ) Yahoo ( ) Amazon ( )
Which high street retailers shares have risen nearly 10% despite it reporting its 13th consecutive quarterly drop in clothing sales, which it blamed on “unseasonal conditions in September”?
House of Fraser ( ) Next ( ) Arcadia ( ) Marks and Spencer ( )
Requests by governments for which social networks user data are up by nearly a quarter in the first half of this year compared with the previous six months?
Instagram ( ) Facebook ( ) Twitter ( ) MySpace ( )
French cosmetics giant L’Oreal saw its sales growth in the third quarter fall to the lowest level since which year?
2007 ( ) 2004 ( ) 2010 ( ) 2009 ( )
Which car manufacturer plans to has said it is planning to cut 2,600 jobs over the next 18 months?
Ford ( ) Rolls-Royce ( ) BMW ( ) Vauxhall ( )
Which emerging central bank has raised its key interest rate to 9.5% from 8% as it seeks to tackle inflation?
China ( ) Russia ( ) Brazil ( ) Mexico ( )
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