Showing posts with label Britain's first mass strike. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Britain's first mass strike. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

CNBC Portfolio Challenge Bonus Bucks Answers for Thursday, December 1


1. What is the “most shorted” stock in the S&P 500 stock index, according to figures compiled this week by CNBC.com?

ANSWER: First Solar

2. Gibson Guitar factories in Tennessee were raided last week by federal officials trying to enforce

ANSWER: Logging rules

3. Border guards, teachers and nurses among other state workers walked out on Wednesday in protest against the government's austerity measures. It was Britain's first mass strike in how many years?

Answer: more than 30 years