Tuesday, February 12, 2008

grades and yahoo

a) Whose Office Hours do you need to go to this week?
This week i have to go to office hours for english, science, and math.


b) What will you do there – what is the reason to go?
Im going to go to those ofice hours because im failing math and science, and for english i have a C-. In ms.rieg's office hours im going to revise my essay so i can turn it into to her. In math i am going to review the chapters and ask questions about what i dont know. In science, i am going to see what i can make up, and check what i dont understand.

c) Who started Yahoo!
David Filo and Jerry Yang

d) Where did the founders work on Yahoo! ?
They worked on it in a campus trailer

e) Where is the main office of Yahoo!
Sunnyvale ,Cali


f) The founders started the idea for Yahoo! by keeping track of lists of what?
Their favorite websites


g) Where did the founders go to college?
Stanford


h) Where is that college located?
Palo alto, Ca

Thursday, February 7, 2008

nike

a) Is Nike buying or selling Bauer?
Nike is buying Bauer.

b) What business is Bauer in?
They make hockey equipment

c) How much did Nike pay for Bauer?
$395 million

d) Nike is moving away from hockey and moving more toward what sport?
Soccer

e) Does the article say Nike will get back the money is used to Bauer?
No, but it says that they may not be able to recover half of the $395 million.

f) In your opinion does this move, make Nike look good or bad? Why?
I think it would make them look good because they are involving more sports and they would get more famous by it.