Current Events Quiz for March

1. Chief Executive Dick Kovacevich received a $7 million bonus for 2005 from which major U.S. bank?

Bank of America

Chase

Citicorp

Wells Fargo


2. What country did Rolling Stone magazine enter for the first time this month with a new edition?

Australia

China

India

Japan


3. AT&T’s planned acquisition of BellSouth comes with a pretty high price tag -- $67 billion, and according to AT&T’s chief financial officer, how many jobs?

None

7,500

10,000

15,000


4. What major airline has decided to take the gloves off and go wing-to-wing with low-cost Southwest Airlines on flights out of Love Field in Dallas?

American

Coninental

Delta

United


5. BlackBerry users are finally letting out a collective breath after Research In Motion Ltd., the maker of the handy little e-mail device, announced Friday it has settled its long-running patent dispute with NTP for $612.5 million. In what state is NTP based?

Connecticut

New Hampshire

Pennsylvania

Virginia


6. Toledo, Ohio-based supplier Dana Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection for its U.S. operations. In what business does Dana operate?

Auto parts

Bakery foods

Electronics

Steel


7. What was the best-selling new product of 2005?

Budweiser Select

Gillette M3Power razors

Slim-Fast’s Optima diet line

Tide with a touch of Downey


8. AK Steel Holding Corp. played hardball with workers after their contract ran out, operating a plant with salaried and replacement workers after locking out nearly 2,700 union employees. Where is the AK plant located?

Ashland, Ky.

Erie, Pa.

Middletown, Ohio

Rockport, Ind.


9. Starbucks has announced it will start buying coffee for its Blue Bourbon brand from which central African country?

Central African Republic

Chad

Rwanda

Zambia


10. What company recently announced it will spend $300 million to build a new plant in Vietnam?

GM

Intel

Kimberly-Clark

Nestlé

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