Index : B : Business World

Structure Sub-topic of: World Other encyclopedia entries of interest: Accounting | Actuaries | Consumer Protection | Corporations | Economics | Insurance | Marketing | Stock Exchange | Interesting Questions, Facts and Information There are a total of 20 general entries. Frequently Asked Questions & Answers There are 30 user-asked question matches ( goto ) Special Topics Top Producers of Crops, Livestock & Fish Test Your Business Brains Inventions of the Past : 1 Worldwide Shopping Henri Fayol: Management Principles Pizza Hut Identity Theft Banks and Financial Institutions Basic US Investment Terms Ronald McDonald House Charities Some Taxing Questions Writing Your Resume / CV Bizarre Products Private Secretary The Endowment Mortgage Fiasco Buying and Selling on eBay The U.S. Mortgage Industry 401(k) Day by Day Top Business History Events Purchasing is Easy, the Professional Way

Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information

Business World

Shooting the bull at the office copier in the morning? Did you know that this company that makes copiers could have been the Microsoft of today? Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, it is No.116 among the Fortune 500.

American Big Business Facts: Part 2 (TruckHappy)


Xerox. Back before Microsoft had windows, Xerox came up with the idea. Seems the big guys on the East Coast thought that their West Coast counterparts were airhead surfer boys. "No one will buy a computer with a mouse" they thought. They made them get rid of the idea. They gave it to Apple computers. Bill Gates got his hands on the idea and the rest is history.



501, 505, 529, 550, 559 & 560. Just numbers? These are a few of this company's model numbers for their products. 2 mules could not pull them apart.

American Big Business Facts: Part 1 (TruckHappy)


Levi Strauss. Look on the label and you will see the famous 2 mules trying their best to rip apart a pair of Levi jeans.

• What is the world's oldest family owned company, still in business, and when was it founded? ( goto )



• In "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson" what is the song in the background when Fat Tony is ruining other people's business? ( goto )



• 'The Business of business is business'.Who said this ---Benjamin franklin or Peter Drucker or is it Milton Friedman? ( goto )



• Scrooges dead business patner ? ( goto )



• Who said, "It's a rummy business?" ( goto )



• In business terms what is a Boston Matrix? ( goto )



• How long was the Pony Express in business? ( goto )



• How do banks stay in business? ( goto )



• What size is a standard size business envelope? ( goto )



• Did Boston Market go out of business? ( goto )



• What occupation was on Al Capone's business card? ( goto )



• What is simultaneous engineering in terms of Business Studies? ( goto )



• Successful business women have what in common? ( goto )



• What's the difference between Business Class and Executive? ( goto )



• What is the name of the central business district for New Caledonia? ( goto )



• Why is getting down to business known as "talking turkey?" ( goto )



• What did Al Capone's business card say he was? ( goto )



• In 1937 the grocery business was revolutionized by Sylvia Goldman's simple invention,what was it? ( goto )



• How many technology companies, started since 2000, are still in business? ( goto )



• In business terms, what does L.L.C. stand for? ( goto )



• In show business why is a female impersonator known as a 'drag act?' ( goto )



• Is Tom Cruise's business partner Paula Wagner a Scientolgist, too? ( goto )



• In airlines, what is the difference between First Class and Business Class? ( goto )



• "When business responds, business grows" is the tagline of which company (Servion Global Solutions, Lipi Consumables, SAP, or Computer Associates)? ( goto )



• What kind of business did the main characters on 'Kate and Allie' start in 1997? ( goto )



• In export-import business, what is the exact procedure for officially declaring a container? ( goto )



• Which famous gangster's business card read "Second Hand Furniture Dealer"? ( goto )



• Is this whole business of freezing dead bodies so to perserve the DNA sensible or is it not possible? ( goto )



• Outside of tv what sort of transport business does Noel Edmonds run? ( goto )



• Is there any kind of business activity in the Antarctic territories, including both mainland and islands? ( goto )