What year did Microsoft go public?

Business Trivia / August 22, 2024

1986. The IPO was 3.095 million shares, but 3.58 million shares traded hands.

Montgomery Ward opened its first retail store in which city?

Business Trivia / September 20, 2024

Plymouth, Indiana. Founded as the world's first mail order business in 1872, Montgomery Ward closed all of its retail stores and catalog operations by early 2001.

Which US State had the lowest unemployment rate in July 2018?

Business Trivia / September 20, 2024

Hawaii. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the US unemployment average in 2018 was 3.7%.

What "protective device" did Joseph Glidden invent in 1873?

Business Trivia / September 19, 2024

Barbed Wire. The invention of barbed wire changed forever the American West.