review for finals

1. When were the following companies founded?
(a) Google- september 27, 1998
(b) Microsoft- april 4, 1975
(c) Yahoo- March 2, 1995

2. Who were the founders of each of those companies?
google- larry page and sergey brin
microsoft- Bill gates and Paul Allen
yahoo- Jerry yang and David Filon

3. Last year (2006), what did the following companies make in revenue
(a) Google -10.604 billion
(b) Microsoft-44.3 billion
(c) Yahoo-6.43 billion

4. What is .NET?
-.net is a generic top level domain (gTLD) used on the internets's domain name system.

5. What is the Google Page Rank Algorithm? Basically, how are the placements of searches made?
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6. Which company purchased Flickr.com?
- google

7. Which company very recently purchased Chrysler?
-cerebrus

8. What is the difference between a private equity company and a public corporation?
- public, everyone can purchase share. in private you cant. you have to have 50% of control.

9. What is money coming in to a company? [Erase the incorrect answer s.]
(d) Revenue.

10. What is a share of stock?
- gives you a vote in elections

11. What does Alcoa do? [Erase the incorrect answers.]
(c) Mine aluminum

12. What does the abbreviation GE stand for?
general electric

13. What does the CEO do in a company?
-hires/ fires people, and make sures nothing goes wrong for the company

14. What does the CFO do in a company?
-chief
financial
officer

15. What is the NYSE? NASDAQ?
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16. What does the board of directors do in a corporation?


17. What is an IPO?