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1. Facebook lost $120 billion of its market capitalization value in a single day on 26 July 2018. The single day loss represented roughly what percentage of its market capitalization value on that day?
2. in May 2018, what entertainment company briefly became the world's most valuable, reaching a stock market value of $150 billion?
3. In August 2018, the currency of which country fell dramatically after US President Donald Trump announced tariff increase on its steel and aluminium?
4. In 2018, Hong Kong's richest man, Li Ka-shing, announced his retirement at the age of 89. He was the founder of which company?
5. In 2018, which company was ordered to pay a record fine of $4.7 billion in damages by a jury in Missouri, after its products had been accused of causing ovarian cancer?
6. The Chinese company Alibaba reached a new record on its 2018 "Singles Day", with sales achieving one billion dollars in the first 85 seconds. What was the final sales figure at the end of the day?
7. Besides Alibaba, which other Chinese company made the top ten with its market capitalization value at $491.3 billion in 2018?
8. Which original member of the Dow Jones Industrial since 1896 was the last to be dropped from the Dow Jones Index in June 2018?
9. Which auto-maker was fined by an amount of $926 million in 2018 for violating the engine emission test?
10. In the Fortune Global 500 ranking for 2018, which company achieved the highest revenue in the world?
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