Memorize these and you could recognize 13.3% of all Business & Industry clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coca-Cola | 21 | In some areas, their "Classic" formula is outselling the "New" by 9-1 margin |
| 2 | IBM | 17 | U.S. corporation earning the largest profit in this computer maker |
| 3 | McDonald's | 16 | Leading restauranteur who also leads in youth employment |
| 4 | Boeing | 15 | With plants in Everett, Renton, & Seattle, it's Washington state's biggest private employer |
| 5 | General Motors | 14 | Having acquired Hughes Aircraft, it's now the world's largest industrial corporation again |
| 6 | American Express | 13 | With an interest rate of 13.5%, this co.'s Optima card set off a war in credit card industry |
| 7 | Gillette | 12 | In 1941 this company began sponsoring its "Cavalcade of Sports", which provided a sharp move |
| 8 | Fiat | 12 | It's the largest privately-held company in Italy |
| 9 | Federal Express | 12 | Nearly all packages sent by air with this company, regardless of destination, go thru Memphis, Tn. |
| 10 | Anheuser-Busch | 12 | They didn't get to be the world's best-selling beer by just horsing around |
| 11 | Procter & Gamble | 11 | Cincinnati-based company that makes largest selling toothpaste, detergent, & dandruff shampoo in U.S. |
| 12 | Nike | 11 | Michael Jordan's "Air Jordans" are 1 of the products that have made this co. 1st in athletic shoe sales |
| 13 | Johnson & Johnson | 11 | America's 4th largest foundation derives from will of this bandage maker |
| 14 | Henry Ford | 11 | This auto tycoon's home was a 56-room mansion called "Fair Lane" |
| 15 | Sears | 10 | In ill health, Alvah Roebuck sold out to this partner for $25,000 in 1895 |
| 16 | Kodak | 10 | This company went into the red for 1st time in any quarter after being forced out of instant photography |
| 17 | Hallmark | 10 | Shoebox Greetings, "A Tiny Little Division of" this company, started out with a line of 800 cards |
| 18 | Chrysler | 10 | U.S. automaker that owns Lamborghini and 15% of Maserati |
| 19 | Apple | 10 | The Beatles' Co. filed suit against a computer company for using this name on musical synthesizers |
| 20 | Volkswagen | 9 | This foreign car company opened a Pennsylvania plant in 1978, only to close it 10 years later |
| 21 | Microsoft | 9 | This company has recently introduced Windows 3.0 to make computers more user-friendly |
| 22 | Mattel | 9 | Using letters from their names, Harold Matson & Elliot Handler named their toy company this |
| 23 | Goodyear | 9 | This rubber company spends over $7 million a year just to maintain & operate its blimps |
| 24 | General Electric | 9 | Edison's company combined with Thomson-Houston to form this leading light bulb maker |
| 25 | Campbell's | 9 | This company operates a museum of antique soup tureens in Camden, N.J. |
| 26 | AT&T | 9 | U.S. corporation that has the largest number of stockholders of any company in the world |
| 27 | UPS | 9 | Every year, this company delivers more than a billion packages, more than the Post Office |
| 28 | Woolworth | 8 | It's said S.S. Kresge closed all his stores for 1 hour the day this "Granddaddy of the Five & Dime" died |
| 29 | Sony | 8 | This company was incorporated in 1946 as Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation |
| 30 | Michelin | 8 | In the 1890s this company introduced the pneumatic tire for cars; in 1948 the steel-belted radial tire |
| 31 | Japan | 8 | NTT, called the world's most valuable company, is this country's phone company |
| 32 | Gerber | 8 | Now in insurance, toys & clothing, they've modified their motto, "Babies are our business, our only business" |
| 33 | General Mills | 8 | This #2 cereal maker was once also #1 toymaker in the U.S. |
| 34 | Gallo | 8 | In this family Julio & Ernest sued their brother, cheese maker Joseph, for trademark infringement |
| 35 | H.J. Heinz | 8 | This Pittsburgh-based food entrepreneur was once known as the "Pickle King" |
| 36 | Xerox | 7 | You can easily duplicate its stock symbol, XRX, with one of its products |
| 37 | Walmart | 7 | This Bentonville, Ark. retail company operates 220 membership-only Sam's Wholesale clubs |
| 38 | Toys "R" Us | 7 | The first store in this chain was originally called the "Baby Furniture and Toy Supermarket" |
| 39 | Toyota | 7 | Newsweek reports that of Chrysler, Ford & Toyota, this co. has the highest production cost per car |
| 40 | Ted Turner | 7 | This man holds the lease on the Omni Coliseum that hosted the 1988 Democratic National Convention |
| 41 | Levi Strauss | 7 | Founded in 1850 by a Bavarian immigrant, this firm is the world's largest clothing manufacturer |
| 42 | Kimberly-Clark | 7 | After Kleenex & Huggies, it's said newsprint is their 3rd largest product |
| 43 | Hewlett-Packard | 7 | This company's Laser Jet printer, introduced in 1984, became the most successful product in its history |
| 44 | Hershey | 7 | This company's tours became so successful in 1973 it built a simulated chocolate factory |
| 45 | Disney | 7 | In 1984, this studio established "Touchstone Films" to make films different from its usual product |
| 46 | Black & Decker | 7 | Baltimore suburb of Towson is home of this largest U.S. maker of power tools |
| 47 | 7-Eleven | 7 | The Southland Corporation says "Oh, thank heaven" for these top-ranked convenience stores |
| 48 | 3M | 7 | This Minnesota co. known for encouraging employees' ideas, develops about 200 new products a year |
| 49 | Wendy's | 6 | In 1969 Dave Thomas opened his first restaurant called this after his 9-year-old daughter |
| 50 | U.S. Steel | 6 | What's now USX was formed under this name in 1901 |