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

2. Who were the founders of each of those companies?
Google - Larry Page and Sergey Brin
Microsoft - Bill Gates
Yahoo - David Filo and Jerry Yang

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

4. What is .NET?
A non profit website.

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. They are made by the most popular site to the one people look at the least, the sites with the most information.

6. Which company purchased Flickr.com?
yahoo.com

7. Which company very recently purchased Chrysler?
Cerberus Capital Management

8. What is the difference between a private equity company and a public corporation?
Private equity is a broad term that commonly refers to any type of equity investment in an asset in which the equity is not freely tradeable on a public stock marke. Public corporation is that it is open to the public and anyone can use it and invest money in it if they want to.

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

10. What is a share of stock?
to share owner ship in a company, because of stocks you own within the company.

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

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

13. What does the CEO do in a company?
A CEO’s responsibilities: everything, especially in a startup. The CEO is responsible for the success or failure of the company. Operations, marketing, strategy, financing, creation of company culture, human resources, hiring, firing, compliance with safety regulations, sales, PR, etc.—it all falls on the CEO’s shoulders.

14. What does the CFO do in a company?
Controllership duties hold the CFO responsible for presenting and reporting accurate and timely historical financial information of the company he or she works for. Treasury duties – The CFO is also responsible for the company's present financial condition, so he or she must decide how to invest the company's money, taking into consideration risk and liquidity. Economic strategy and forecasting - Not only is a CFO responsible for a company's past and present financial situation, he or she is also an integral part of a company's financial future.

15. What is the NYSE? NASDAQ?
New York Stock Exchange, it is the largest stock exchange in the world by dollar volume and the second largest by number of companies listed. National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations it is an American electronic stock market.

16. What does the board of directors do in a corporation?
In relation to a company, a director is an officer of the company charged with the conduct and management of its affairs. A director may be an inside director (a director who is also an officer) or an outside, or independent, director. The directors collectively are referred to as a board of directors.

17. What is an IPO?
An initial public offering (IPO) is the first sale of a corporation's common shares to investors on a public stock exchange. The main purpose of an IPO is to raise capital for the corporation.