questions for day 1

1. When were the following companies founded? (a) Google, (b) Microsoft, (c) Yahoo?
Google- September 1998
Microsoft- 1975
Yahoo- February 1994

2. Who were the founders of each of those companies?
Google- Co-founders Larry Page, president of Products, and Sergey Brin, president of Technology
Microsoft- Bill Gates
Yahoo- David Filo and Jerry Yang, Ph.D

3. Last year (2006), what did the following companies make in revenue (a) Google, (b) Microsoft, (c) Yahoo?
Google- 10,604.92
Microsoft- 44,282.00
Yahoo- 6,425.68

4. What is .NET?
.NET is the Microsoft Web services strategy to connect information, people, systems, and devices through software. .NET technology provides the ability to quickly build, deploy, manage, and use connected, security-enhanced solutions with Web services. .NET-connected solutions enable businesses to integrate their systems more rapidly and in a more agile manner and help them realize the promise of information anytime, anywhere, on any device

5. What is the Google Page Rank Algorithm? Basically, how are the placements of searches made?
PageRank is a link analysis algorithm that assigns a numerical weighting to each element of a hyperlinked set of documents, such as the world wide web, with the purpose of "measuring" its relative importance within the set.

6. Which company purchased Flickr.com?
Yahoo.

7. Which company very recently purchased Chrysler?
Cerebrus

8. What is the difference between a private equity company and a public corporation?
A private equity is hidden and can only be seen by certain people where as a public corporation can be seen by anyone who wishes to see it.

9. What is money coming in to a company? [Erase the incorrect answers.] (a) Accounts payable (b) Overhead (c) Wages (d) Revenue.
D. Revenue

10. What is a share of stock?
When you own a part of a company.

11. What does Alcoa do? [Erase the incorrect answers.] (a) Mine diamonds (b) Make computers (c) Mine aluminum (d) Accounting.
C. Mine Aluminum

12. What does the abbreviation GE stand for?
General Electric

13. What does the CEO do in a company?
Makes all the important decisions

14. What does the CFO do in a company?
Handles the financial part of the company.

15. What is the NYSE? NASDAQ?
New York Stock Exchange.
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

16. What does the board of directors do in a corporation?
Handles everything.

17. What is an IPO?
initial public offering