Apparently the last two weeks of the CNBC stock picking contest will not include Bonus Bucks Trivia. It was fun while it lasted, and hopefully a few of the readers who became regulars during the contest will stick around to see what else Stock Market Beat has to offer. Several improvements are being planned, so stay tuned.
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The Video trivia question for Friday, May 11:
The board of Volkswagen is set to meet today to discuss a bid from what rival automaker?
The board of Volkswagen is set to meet on Friday to discuss a bid from rival Porsche that is significantly below the automakers share price.
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The news trivia question for Friday, May 11:
According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, home prices in Seattle are up how much from a year ago?
This is precisely why home prices in Seattle are up 10% from a year ago, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, but down nearly 8% in Detroit.
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The Video trivia question for Thursday, May 10:
This morning, the Bank of Korea decided to keep its interest rate on hold at what percentage?
The Bank of Korea, led by Governor Lee Seong Tae, left the overnight call rate at 4.5 percent in Seoul today, as predicted by all 13 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News.
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The news trivia question for Thursday, May 10:
Costco’s same-store sales figures for April were stronger than expected. By how much did its U.S. sales rise last month?
According to commenter maryellen the CNBC answer may be 6%.
According to the report, April Retail Sales – News – CNBC.com
In a positive note, Costco Wholesale reported a better-than-expected 7% rise in April sales at stores open at least a year, helped by a calendar shift that resulted in an extra day of sales over the four-week period.
Of course, 7% is not one of the choices. Nor is the 12% that their total sales grew. These guys are really slipping. So we chose 6.9%. No Bonus Bucks for us.
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The Video trivia question for Wednesday, May 9:
Toyota posted stronger than expected results this morning. By how much did quarterly net profit rise?
Toyota forecasts modest profit growth – Yahoo! News
Toyota Motor Corp. (7203.T) posted a stronger-than-expected 8.9 percent rise in quarterly net profit
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The news trivia question for Wednesday, May 9:
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, what was the average for a 30-year fixed rate mortgage (excluding fees) last week?
Mortgage applications rise for third straight week – USATODAY.com
Average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rates, excluding fees, fell 0.04 percentage points to 6.10%
Should be 1,000 Bonus Bucks for us. Except it said our answer was incorrect.
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The Video trivia question for Tuesday, May 8:
Thomson reported today that it was in talks with Reuters over a potential merger. How much would the deal be worth?
Thomson in talks to buy Reuters – Yahoo! News
Canadian publisher Thomson Corp (Toronto:TOC.TO – news) is in talks to buy Reuters Group Plc (RTR.L) for about 8.8 billion pounds ($17.6 billion) to create the world’s biggest news and financial data company, the two firms said on Tuesday.
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The news trivia question for Tuesday, May 8:
According to the latest National Federation of Independent Business index, what percentage of owners reported unfilled job openings?
Small Business Confidence Dipped-NFIB Survey – News – CNBC.com
Twenty-six percent of the firms reported unfilled job openings, unchanged from March, while 12% said the availability of qualified labor was their top business problem, unchanged from February and March.
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The Video trivia question for Monday, May 7:
The Royal Bank of Scotland put in a bid to buy ABN Amro’s LaSalle Bank. How much is the bid?
ABN rejects $24.5 bln RBS LaSalle offer – Yahoo! News
ABN AMRO rejected a $24.5 billion offer for its U.S. bank LaSalle from a consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland, but said it would let shareholders express their views on the bank’s next steps.
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