Boy howdy do we have a great book to give away for this week’s Rock Your Stock finance news quiz. It’s called Secrets of Millionaire Moms: Learn How They Turned Great Ideas into Booming Businesses – and How You Can Too! by Tamara Monosoff. You certainly can’t go wrong with a book with an exclamation mark in its title, right? If your mom was a bit disappointed with the gift(s) you gave her for Mother’s Day last Sunday, this book will surely make up for it.
The quiz rules are quite simple. Send in your answers to editor@rockyourstock.com by noon tomorrow and we’ll enter your name in the draw. Leave a comment on this post and we’ll enter it twice.
Okay, it’s time to fire up your Google News search box and take the quiz:
1. On Monday, Intel announced it had settled a copyright dispute with a company in which major emerging market?
a) Russia
b) Turkey
c) China
d) India
2. On Tuesday, which two major financial news services agreed to the terms of their merger?
a) Associated Press and Reuters
b) Reuters and Thomson
c) Dow Jones and News Corp.
d) News Corp. and Reuters.
3. Which major big-box chain reported this week a whopping 29.5 percent drop in its profits for Q1 of this year?
a) Wal-Mart
b) Home Depot
c) Borders Bookstores
4. Deere & Co (makers of John Deere tractors) topped Wall Street expectations on Wednesday when it posted profits of:
a) $6.2 million
b) $62.3 million
c) $623.6 million
d) Trick question: Deere recorded a $62.3-million loss.
5. Also on Wednesday, a nutrition advocacy group announced it was suing which major fast-food chain for its use of trans fat in its cooking?
a) Burger King
b) McDonalds
c) Wendy’s
d) Taco Bell
6. Microsoft announced on Friday that it will be buying which online advertising firm for $6 billion?
a) Real Media Inc.
b) DoubleClick
c) Hyper Global Meganet
d) AQuantive