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This strange character goes by an equally strange name

Peccy

100

Often used within Finance to refer to particular points in the planning calendar when updates to financial plans are input into COGNOS

R&O - Risks and Opportunities

100

A time when certain persons who are subject to restrictions are allows to sell or shares.

Trading Window

100

The tallest person on Jermaine's team

Brian Perry

100

This country won the most total medals during the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Bejing

USA

200

The launch of this device flopped resulting in a $170 million loss for the company in 2014.

Fire Phone

200

This language is used to communicate with a database

SQL - Structured Query Language

200

Term for the amount by which the economic value of something is reduced over time by wear & tear & other factors

Depreciation

200

This person holds the longest tenure amongst members of the PXT tech and line team.

Whitney Reparuk (9.7 years)

200

The Seahawks won the Super Bowl in this year

2013 Season

300

This location was selected for HQ2 before later being cancelled

Long Island City, Queens

300

Elon Musk tried to buy these weapons from Russian that were a big concern to the US during the Cold War

ICBM - Intercontinental ballistic missile

300

What is this calculation:

= (Final Value / Starting Value) ^ 1/N -1

Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR)

300

This team member started their finance career on Mars

Robert Baldino

300

This tennis player has more Grand Slam wins than any other tennis athlete

Serena Williams (23)

400

As a reference to the Wizard of Oz, Ruby was used as the codename for the launch of this Amazon business

Apparel Store

400

This refers to the sellers who choose to use their own logistics to ship products to Amazon customers

MFN - Merchant Fulfillment Network

400

Accounting adjustments made during quarter close to correct for mistakes in the close process.

Whiteboard Entries

400

After undergrad, this person made their way to Korea teaching English

Keagan Strong

400

A rare $20 gold coin or an even rarer 3 under par on a single hole

Double Eagle

500

Before Amazon was Amazon, the company went by this magical name

Cadabra

500

This matrix describes participation by various roles in completing task or deliverables for a project

RACI - Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed

500

Succeeded by Brian Olsavsky in 2015, this GE alum served as Amazon's CFO for 12 years

Tom Szkutak

500

Before getting their degreen in Economics, this person spent 5 years in the Marines

Byron Johnson

500

The Golden State Warriors and the Chicago Bulls have this in common.

6 NBA Championships