Commercial Awareness Quiz – January 2022

Meta was reportedly planning to ditch its ambitions of a cryptocurrency following the sale of a number of technological assets. What is currently the name of the association, led by Meta, that was tasked with creating the currency?

Unilever saw its £50 billion bid to acquire one of these pharmaceutical firms’ healthcare arms rejected by the company and announced in January that it will not increase its offer. Which pharmaceutical firm rejected the bid?

Which one of these smartphone makers formally decommissioned its software in January, meaning all phones using the firm’s operating system now do not work?

Which one of these clothing companies announced plans to move from the AIM market onto the main London Stock Exchange? London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) is a junior to the London Stock Exchange.

Which one of these tech companies bought game studio Activision Blizzard, the maker of Call of Duty & Candycrush, for $69 billion?

Which PC maker won a huge lawsuit against former heads of Autonomy over alleged fraud? This company bought Autonomy for $11 billion but had to write-down its value by an enormous $8.8 billion just a year later due to alleged financial misstatements.

Which of these online retail platforms announced a reversal of ban of the use of Visa credit cards on its site? The company blamed Visa’s high cost of payments for the initial ban. In January, it reversed the decision as discussions to resolve the issue between the company and Visa ensued.

Which of these streaming sites will face a defamation lawsuit over its series “The Queen’s Gambit?” Chess champion Nona Gaprindashvili claims she was falsely portrayed in the hit series.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched a formal investigation into the £1.9 billion merger between Stagecoach and which transport company?

Which one of these tech firms became the first company to reach a $3 trillion market capitalisation in January?