What do Wall Street firms do?

Business Trivia / August 13, 2025

Buy And Sell Securities. Wall Street is the first permanent home of the New York Stock Exchange.

How did super-rich John Richard Simplot make his billions?

Business Trivia / August 13, 2025

Potatoes And Microchips. John Richard Simplot ranked 82nd on "Forbes" 2006 Rich List calls Boise, ID home and was worth $3.2 billion.

What did the company Bayer register as a trademark?

Business Trivia / August 12, 2025

Heroin. In 1899, Bayer was producing a ton of heroin annually and exporting it to 23 countries as a "sedative for coughs."

What was one way Paul Julius Reuter sent stock quotes between Aachen and Brussels in the 1800's?

Business Trivia / August 12, 2025

Carrier Pigeons. A Hollywood film about Reuter was titled "A Dispatch from Reuters".

How did super-rich Stephen A. Schwarzman make his billions?

Business Trivia / August 11, 2025

Investments. Stephen A. Schwarzman ranked 76th on "Forbes" 2006 Rich List calls New York, NY home and was worth $3.5 billion.

Name the CEO of Enron who took the company to financial disaster?

Business Trivia / August 11, 2025

Kenneth Lay. Lay died of a heart attack in Colorado while in the midst of the appeals process.