All Up In Your Business
Told, "Take it to the house" in an ad for this co. that "knows home improvement", Christian McCaffrey says, "I will, that's where I live"
Lowes
It's property that a debtor has pledged, mortgaged or assigned to a creditor
collateral
In the 19th c., selling stock you didn't yet own, hoping it would fall, was called selling this animal's skin
a bear
In 1913, this British economist published "Indian Currency and Finance", then got into government work, which is so him-sian
Keynes
The equation S = I says that in a closed economy with no trade, savings equals this
investment
It was the nickname of the man who collaborated with Elliot Handler to found a toy company in the 1940s
Matt
The Fed says bigger banks can risk more because Uncle Sam won't let them go under, this 4-word principle
to-big-to-fail
The Bank of N.Y., America's oldest continuously operating bank, was founded by him in 1784
Alexander Hamilton
This word can precede curve, side & chain; problems with the latter were in the news in 2022
supply
Today this company markets more than 100 times the number of products found in a slogan it used in 1896
H.J. Heinz
A company called Whitewater makes these, like the AquaDrop & the Head Rush Mat Ride
waterslides
Term for the amount by which the economic value of something is reduced over time by wear & tear & other factors
depreciation
Early 1900s labels for this beverage brand featured a beaver sitting on a log at the top of a map
Canada Dry
According to Engel's Law, when the income of a household rises, the percentage spent on this decreases
food
A poster boy for the Gilded Age, this mega-rich guy founded the company that controlled most of Cleveland's refineries by 1872
Rockefeller
Products released in 2024 to honor this toy's 50th include a retro one with '80s packaging & colors & a 3x3 sensory one
a Rubik's Cube
FDIC-insured banks will now protect deposits up to this amount, up from $100,000
$250,000
McDonald's' 2 most successful promotional campaigns both involved these Happy Meal toys
Beanie Babies
Book III of a 1776 economic work by this man is "of the Different Progress of Opulence in different Nations"
Adam Smith
Highly diversified, it's the only co. in the Dow Jones Industrial Average that was included in the original index of 1896
General Electric
This massive holding co. was not named for a single crowbar but from the 1929 merger of a Dutch co. with one run by British brothers
Unilever
It's a contract that gives someone the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell something before a certain date
an option
In the 1850s the .925 sterling silver standard was instituted by this company, the first American one to do so
Tiffany
In 1821 Great Britain instituted this system in which a metal provides the reference point for currency
the gold standard
In 1720 the value of this trading company's stock rose from 128 1/2 to 1,000, creating a disastrous "bubble"
the South Sea Company