What company did Vicente Fox, President of Mexico work for before entering politics?

Business Trivia / August 14, 2025

Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola was initially sold as a medicine for a nickel a glass.

Who was founding President of TCI spin-off Liberty Media?

Business Trivia / August 14, 2025

Peter Barton. Barton pioneered home shopping channels on cable television.

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".