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 What is the anchor investor concept? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 15, Hits: 72]
The anchor investor is a recently introduced category of investor in the Initial Public Offer (IPO)...
Updated On: 11/7/2009
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 What are sin stocks? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 39, Hits: 250]
Stocks of companies which manufacture or deal with cigarettes, alcohol, weapons and sex-related products...
Updated On: 8/10/2009
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 What is Macy's 4th of July Fireworks? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 48, Hits: 417]
To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the exploration of the Hudson River by Henry Hudson...
Updated On: 6/21/2009
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 What is hydrocracking technology in petroleum refining? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 78, Hits: 600]
Hydrocracking technology is an important conversion technology for producing high-value naphtha...
Updated On: 5/3/2009
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 What is the Nathan Rothschild maxim? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 100, Hits: 617]
The Nathan Rothschild maxim says that you make money in the stock market when blood flows in the streets...
Updated On: 2/1/2009
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 What is the Soul of Shaolin about? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 88, Hits: 550]
The Soul of Shaolin is a popular Chinese play based on martial arts...
Updated On: 12/21/2008
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 Why are the people of Japan also known as Nipponese? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 111, Hits: 875]
Nippon is the Japanese name for Japan. It literally means ‘the sun’s origin’, which is often translated as the land of the rising sun...
Updated On: 11/9/2008
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 Who invented the board game Snakes and Ladders? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 170, Hits: 3041]
The board game, today called Snakes and Ladders, originated in ancient India, where it was known with the name Mokshapat...
Updated On: 10/12/2008
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 Which country has the highest male-female ratio? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 151, Hits: 714]
Qatar has the highest ratio with 187 males to 100 females...
Updated On: 8/11/2008
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 What is moribund capitalism? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 167, Hits: 1178]
It's a concept introduced by Vladimir Lenin, who wrote that when capitalism becomes imperialistic...
Updated On: 7/28/2008
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 In the stock market, what is the concept of grey marketing? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 128, Hits: 987]
Grey marketing is a trade of something legal but through unofficial...
Updated On: 7/28/2008
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 How are points in a stock exchange calculated? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 139, Hits: 2950]
Points or index refers to a figure indicative of the health of the stock market...
Updated On: 7/6/2008
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 Which mutual fund scheme is the oldest in world? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 150, Hits: 766]
Sherman Adams was a daring Boston broker who in 1924 introduced the world’s first mutual fund...
Updated On: 6/30/2008
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 What are warm holes in Physics? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 1407, Hits: 7010]
Wormhole (not warm hole) is a hypothetical feature of the universe...
Updated On: 2/25/2008
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 How Will our Sun Die? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 660, Hits: 2425]
Everything that is born has to die. The sun will too. And it will be quite a dramatic event..
Updated On: 1/17/2008
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 When will the Oceans of the Earth Overflow? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 265, Hits: 997]
Every year a great amount of water is added to the oceans. Will they overflow then?
Updated On: 1/11/2008
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 Who led the way to the stars? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 217, Hits: 1637]
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Updated On: 1/16/2007
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 Why is a blunderbuss so called? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 161, Hits: 1544]
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Updated On: 1/16/2007
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 What was 'Mons Meg'? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 54, Hits: 1732]
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Updated On: 1/16/2007
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 What is the secret of Stonehenge? [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 248, Hits: 1836]
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Updated On: 1/16/2007
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