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Business News Rewind: Winners & Losers

Posted: 2008-04-25 18:13:21
From a lawsuit against Victoria's Secret to a fast food acquisition to a high-profile tax case, here's what unfolded in business over the past week. Take the quiz below to see if you are in the know.

Winners & Losers

Winner: U.S. hybrid sales jumped 38 percent in 2007. What is the top-selling hybrid vehicle?

  • Ford Escape
  • Toyota Prius
  • Toyota Yaris

Winner: Ford surprised Wall Street with a $100 million profit in the first quarter. The automaker is also trying to cut costs. How many workers have accepted the latest round of Ford buyout and early retirement offers?

  • 4,200
  • 1,000
  • 8,600

Winner: Arby’s owner Triarc Cos. will buy Wendy’s in an all-stock deal. Which of these billionaires owns Triarc?

  • Warren Buffett
  • Nelson Peltz
  • Carl Icahn

Winner: Foreigners are flocking to the U.S. and getting great deals on homes. What’s driving their interest in U.S. real estate?

  • More multilingual U.S. real estate agents
  • Better U.S. home construction
  • Weak U.S. dollar and sinking home prices

Consumers are collecting big bucks as gold prices soar by selling old dental gold like caps, fillings and bridgework. How much can a typical gold crown fetch at today's prices?

  • $100-$150
  • $40-$50
  • $10-$20

Loser: Actor Wesley Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison for tax evasion charges. Which of these films is Snipes best known for?

  • Blade
  • U.S. Marshalls
  • Boiling Point

Loser: Rice lovers got some bad news this week when Costco and Sam’s Club limited purchases of rice due to "recent supply and demand trends." How much have rice prices risen this year?

  • 20 percent
  • 50 percent
  • 70 percent

Loser: Lingerie retailer Victoria’s Secret was sued this week by a mom of 4 for allegedly stealing her idea for which product?

  • Convertible bra
  • Body shaper
  • Fishnet stockings

Loser: New data shows that existing and new home sales plunged along with home prices. One economist said this week that the home price drop could be worse than ...?

  • The Great Depression
  • Black Monday
  • The 2001 recession

Loser: High prices at the pump have led to an increased number of drive-offs: people who fill up without paying. How high could gas rise in many areas this summer?

  • $5.50
  • $5
  • $4


2008-04-24 12:06:21
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Mwalkerocala 03:06:19 AM Apr 27 2008

Big deal Fruit of a loom work just as well as Victoria's Secret' and when Wendys is out there is a Burger Kiing , Mcdonalds to take its place we need jobs and a fixed economy

dr1262 03:03:47 AM Apr 27 2008

jomeringe, why would you want the goverment to take control of 1/7th of the u.s. economy??? Is there anything you have seen that the goverment does that would leed you to believe that they could run our healthcare better than we can? canada, France and others are failing on the healthcare issue we still have the best in the world! Free what is free tax tax tax tax waste waste waste more goverment workers who do a quarter of the job that is done in the private sector and all the benifits to go with it we will have to pay for there retirements also waste waste waste!!!!!!!

Danefox64 02:54:06 AM Apr 27 2008

They are all a bunch of sellout traitors to this country if you ask me. Therre is enough oil right here to handle all our oil needs. Refinieries that should have been built for our national defense if nothing else. Who the hell is working for us???? Our politicians all working for Mexico! Drug money and the big business checks are to sweet? Like Rome, our last days are filled with corruption and greed. All our problems are highly fiixable. They are paid not toget a solution. Three new lozzzzzzzers on the horizon running for the Presidency. Yipppeee.

dr1262 02:52:46 AM Apr 27 2008

Augie you are on the right path, I also have a word for you ALASKA

Jomeringe 02:50:06 AM Apr 27 2008

I am woundering how the IRS is able to sue people since it was never ratified by the houses of congress by a 2/3s vote and never ratified by the 2/3 of the states to becomes a government agentcy and that is what mr snipes was contenting in his law suit normally if you are not sanctioned by the government legally then you can not function for example the GAO can due studies but it has no laws to back it up to make people comply with the laws but it should also the law applies to all businesses in america must comply with GAARP to keep its records but the only business that is exempt is the US Government This needs to change

Quality Health care for all
removial of all "pork barrelling" and "ear marks" from all government business and we could fund Health Care for all and pay off all our other bills the government needs to learn how to "expense off" items that are nolonger in existance that were purchased 50 years ago back to when we became a country this costs alot to provide money to s

AUGIE4729 02:46:50 AM Apr 27 2008

NANCY "BUG EYES" PELOSI IS TO BLAME. AT THIS MINUTE, FRANCE, ENGLAND, GERMANY, AND ITALY ARE EXPLORING FOR OIL IN THE GULF--ABOUT 112 MILES SW OF KEY WEST. BUT "BUG EYES" WON'T LET USA COMPANIES DO THE SAME. WHAT IS SHE PROTECTING? SEA GOING CARIBOU? OR IS SHE TRYING TO RUIN THE US ECONOMY SO THAT THE "BRAYING JACKASSES"--THE DEMS CAN STEP UP AND BE "SAVIORS."

dr1262 02:39:26 AM Apr 27 2008

Bush, Bush, Bush!!!!!! Give me a break do you Bush bashers realy think a President has all that power? Hum....... Let me think what the hell is Gongress for, what do they do? And the senate? I don't no!!! How about the us supreme court? Wake up! Bush can't control that anymore than the next president will be able to! We have to cut back slow down the demand, hurt them where it counts (them being the oil companies and opec) in the thier pocket book!! Oh but that would take effort and discipline from those of you that think the goverment should be your daddy and take care of everything for you!

Barefootheiress 02:37:48 AM Apr 27 2008

HAHAHAHA, OH WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD WE LIVE IN!
MY GOSH, I DON'T BELIEVE WHAT IS HAPPENING; THE U.S.A. USED TO BE #1 POWERFUL COUNTRY ON GLOBE. NOW, THE U.S.A. IS #1 FOR THE SADEST, DISGUSTING, AND WORTHLESS PLACE TO BE FOR IT'S $$$$ AND GASOLINE; BOTH WHICH MAKE PEOPLE LIVE DAILY TO PAY FOR BILLS, FOOD, AND NECESSARY ITEMS.
OUR FOREFATHERS WILL DROP DEAD IF THEY COULD SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING AFTER ALL THE WORK THEY PUT IN TO MAKE THIS COUNTRY GREAT FOR ALL U.S. CITIZENS.

StartinOvrSingls 02:19:22 AM Apr 27 2008

What a laugh... Prices for gas are over $4.00 a gallon where I live already. Wonder what the Summer is going to bring?! My job depends on people coming out and with the gas prices the way they are most folks are just about keeping fuel in their cars for work and not going anywhere. H E L P ! ! !

Fritzki2 02:00:36 AM Apr 27 2008

we;ll buy up all their oil then tell them that the U.S. dollar is worthless...... Go Bush

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