The portion of the profits given to shareholders on a quarterly basis.
Dividend
100
The crime when several companies collude to keep the value of a product high.
Price-fixing
100
name the term that describes the situation: to move responsibility, services or jobs away from a central place to several different smaller places.
decentralize
100
What is the R&D department responsible for.
Researching and developing new products.
100
Finish the sentence in the appropriate tense.
I couldn't focus during the meeting on Wednesday, because I _______________ (not sleep well)
.... because I hadn't slept well.
200
The period of time when the economy is slowing down
Recession
200
The crime when a person tricks someone into giving money.
Fraud
200
to think about something again carefully in order to decide whether to change your opinion or judgement about it.
to reassess
200
What is the human resources department responsible for?
Hiring, firing, and training staff. They also deal with issues regarding payment for employees.
200
The boss scolded him, because he ______________________________ (send texts) on his phone during the meeting.
The boss scolded him, because he was sending texts on his phone during the meeting.
300
The money given to a salesperson as a percentage of their sales.
Commission
300
A crime when shareholders secretly share important information to gain wealth.
Insider trading
300
to reduce the number of employees and levels of management that a company has.
restructure
300
What is the production department responsible for?
They are the department that actually makes and creates the product.
300
__________________ (you attend) the seminar last week?
Did you attend the seminar last week?
400
British English for annual sales revenue
Annual turnover
400
A crime when people filter money through businesses to create "clean" flows of cash.
Money laundering
400
to start or present a product again in a new or different way, often involving changes in advertising, packaging, etc
relaunch
400
The different levels of power within an organization.
Hierarchy
400
Sales peaked ___ $35.
Sales peaked at $35.
500
Products which are commonly traded and have no branding
Commodities
500
A crime when a business steals manufacturing data from another business.
Industrial espionage
500
to reduce the number of government controls on a particular business activity, done to make companies work more effectively and to increase competition.
deregulate
500
The place where many products are stored for a long time.