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Which company was the first online retailer to surpass a $1 trillion market capitalization in 2018?

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Amazon

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Which company became the first chipmaker valued at more than $1 trillion in May 2023?

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Nvidia

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Which company became the second to reach a $1 trillion stock-market value in September 2018?

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Amazon

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Which company became the first to reach a $3 trillion market value at the close of trading?

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Apple

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Which Saudi company had the world’s largest initial public offering by proceeds in December 2019?

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Saudi Aramco

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Which company first reached a stock-market value of $1 trillion in August 2018?

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Apple

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Which Japanese stock index reached 38,915.87 at the peak of the 1989 asset bubble?

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Nikkei 225

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What was the 1840s British speculative boom in railway shares called before its crash?

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Railway Mania

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Which company’s collapse defined the 1720 French Mississippi Bubble crash?

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Mississippi Company

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What major war prompted the New York Stock Exchange to close for four months in 1914?

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World War I

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Which 1987 market event became the largest one-day percentage fall in the Dow Jones Industrial Average?

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Black Monday

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What was the name of the 1998 global market crisis triggered when Russia defaulted and devalued the ruble?

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Russian financial crisis

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