The Business pi answer key

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1 b) 2 d) 3 a) 4 c) 5 h) 6 f) 7 g) 8 e)
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1 a media company
2 a 
fi nancial group
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1 F 2 T 3 T 4 T 5 F 6 T
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Arguments in favour of paying the money are: keeping total control of the 
group and being able to run it as the Mohns wanted to.
Arguments against include: loss of $4.5 billion; having to sell their stake in 
Sony (and subsequent loss of profi ts) and damage to their reputation.

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Answer key
7.2 Vocabulary
 Dealing with figures
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1 b) 2 d) 3 i), g) 4 h) 5 c), j) 6 f) 7 a) 8 e)
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1 0.25%
2 4.25%
3 2.1%
4 3.9%
5 123,000
6 183,000
7 
€
18.4 billion
8 750,000
9 0.7%
10 195,000
11 111
12 5
13 2.1 million
14 315,000
15 338,000
16 57,000
17 18–21
18 £4.10
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2 
Ï
3 
Ë
4 
Ï
5 
Í
6 
È
7 
8 
Ï
9 
Ó
10 
Ë
11 
Ó
or 
Í
12 
È
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a) 2 b) 4 c) 8 d) 6 e) 5 f) 1
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1 B and D
2 B and D
3 A 
4 A and C
5 B and D
6 C
7 B
8 C
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1 positive
2 negative for IT companies, positive for IT consumers
3 positive for companies that manufacture small cars, negative for 
manufacturers of larger cars and the environment
4 negative
5 positive
6 positive
7 negative for borrowers but positive for the bank
8 positive for employees, but negative for employers
7.3 Grammar
 
will
 
and 
won’t, be going to