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Text A Business questions

Column 1
1. difficulty came back among concerns - ______________ ___________ _________ ___________
2. need a loan one day - ____________ ___ _____________ ____ __________ __________
3. contradicted that help should be required - ___________ _____ ___ ________ ___ __ ___________
4. the cash returns from official debt securities - ___ _____ ___ __________ ______ _________ _____
5. a place where government financial papers are sold and/or bought - _______________ __________
6. said again it was ready to - ___________ _____ ___ ___ _____________ ___
7. the main bank of EU established a limit - ____ _________ _______ _____ ____ _____
8. looking for a hideaway from the problems of the euro zone - _______ __ _____ __ __ __ ____ ______
9. gathered around the money - _________ ____ ____ ___________
10. flight operator that is in not able to pay its liabilities - ________-_________ _____________
11. to purchase their shares - ____ _____ ________ ____ _______
12. firms that used to be really successful - _________ ______-______
13. cancelled their intended initial public offering - ____________ ____ _____________ ____
14. hostile circumstances in a given field - _________ ________ ______________
Column 2
1. requested to be covered from going bust - _______ ____ _____________ ____________
2. the main shareholder was bankrupt - __ _________ _________ _________ ______ ______
3. is trying to settle - ___ ___ _____________
4. a problem that can only be solved in law - ___ _________ __________
5. a document allowing a professional person to work in another country - __ ______ ________ ______
6. it was going to cut jobs globally by a lot - ___ ______ ______ ____________ ______ __________
7. increased the loss prediction by 200% - __________ ____ __________ ___ __ ______
8. has advised about difficult option to come - ____ ________ ___ __________ ___________ ________
9. presented a major revamp project - ___________ ___ ______ ____________
10. its next main boss - ____ ____ _______ ____________
Column 3
1. is dividing and distributing to other locations the firms department for business growth - __
_____________ ___ _________ __________ _____________ ________
2. provide employees with more opportunity for thinking - ____ ____ ____ ____ __ ____ ___ ____ ____
3. performed the biggest takeover so far - ______ ___ ________ _______________ ___ _______
4. it is expected to develop quickly - ___ ___ ____ ___ ________ _________
5. announced a new dreadful earnings notice - _______ _______ ______ _______ _________
6. large developing economies - ___ _____________ __________
7. introduced their next - ________ ___ _______
8. to inform consumers of - ___ ________ _______ ________
9. a solution should be provided - ___ ____ ____ ____ ____________
10. brought a case to court against - _________ ___ ____________ _________
11. suspiciously conspiring to - ____________ ______________ ____
12. decided to find a friendly solution to a legal issue - __________ ___ ________
Column 4
1. the total value of the tradable shares of a publicly traded company - _____________ ____________
2. to take a position over from somebody else - _____ ___________
3. got chosen and given a position - ______ ___________
4. refused an offer of acquisition from - _________ __ _________ _________ ______
5. would benefit from a revamp - _______ ____ ______ ___ _____________

Text A Business questions KEY


Column 1
1. crisis resurfaced amid worries
2. require a bail-out at some point
3. denied that a rescue would be necessary
4. the yield on Spanish ten-year government bonds
5. bond markets
6. reiterated that it is prepared to
7. the central bank set the cap
8. seeking a haven from the euro zones turmoil
9. flocked to the currency
10. Indias debt-laden airlines
11. to buy stakes in them
12. former high-flyers
13. withdrew its planned IPO
14. adverse market conditions
Column 2
1. filed for bankruptcy protection
2. its German majority owner went bust
3. is in consultations
4. a legal dispute
5. a skilled worker visa
6. it would shed 10,000 jobs worldwide
7. doubled its forecast of a loss
8. has warned of painful choices ahead
9. unveiled a big restructuring
10. the new chief executive
Column 3
1. is decentralising the companys commerce development unit
2. give staff more scope to come up with ideas
3. made its biggest acquisition to date
4. it is set to grow rapidly
5. issued another dire profit warning
6. big emerging markets
7. launched its new
8. to notify users about
9. a fix will be available
10. filed a lawsuit against
11. allegedly colluding to
12. agreed to settle
Column 4
1. market capitalisation
2. to replace
3. was appointed
4. rejected a takeover approach from
5. could do with a makeover

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