BIG BUSINESS NEWS OF 2010S
In June 2017 this online retailer agreed to buy Whole Foods for $13.7 billion
Amazon
ASTRONOMY: "Only planet not named for Greek or Roman figure"
Earth
An afternoon entertainment at the theater
matinee
An "iron horse" was an old nickname for this type of transportation
a locomotive (train)
France lays claim to Adelie Land, though at 66 degrees 30 minutes south, it's part of this continent
Antarctica
For the first time ever, in 2011 the credit rating for the U.S. was downgraded from AAA to AA+ by this financial info. co.
Standard and Poor's
COPS & ROBBERS: "Slang for police because they stick like lint"
fuzz
A community's female leader
a matron (matriarch)
Perhaps reminding you of Venice, it's the enclosed compartment attached to the underside of a blimp
a gondola
The Admiralty Islands are part of Papua New Guinea; Admiralty Island, at 57 degrees 44 minutes north, part of this state
Alaska
In the longest strike there in half a century, 48,000 UAW workers walked off in 2019 at this company
General Motors
TIME: "Traditional bath & date night"
Saturday
Ripeness
maturity
a classic Eldorado from this brand that dates back to 1902
Cadillac
If you know that this resort city & port on Mexico's west coast is at latitude 16 degrees 51 minutes north, you get the gold
Acapulco
In 2012 this iconic 244-year-old reference company announced that its 2010 32-volume edition would be its last in print
Encyclopedia Britannica
AWARDS: "Movie for which Brando won his Oscar"
On the Waterfront
To enroll in a university
matriculate
U.S.S. The Sullivan is this type of war ship; the life-size version doesn't have two holes as in the game Battleship
a destroyer
Circle the world at 45 degrees north & you'll pass through Lake Huron & this shrinking "Sea" of Kazakhstan & Uzbekistan
the Aral Sea
CEO John Stumpf said bye in 2016 after a fake accounts scam was uncovered at this bank
Wells Fargo
NUMBERS: "Unlucky way to light cigarettes"
third on a match
A rectangular numeric array in math
a matrix
Let's go over some of the features of your A320 from this co.: in 2019 it became the bestselling single-aisle airliner
Airbus
the zero degree line of longitude that dives the easters and western hemispheres
the equator