BUSINESS (and money, lots of it)

1. What was the problem with the Sir John Key story extolling the virtues of Bitcoin?

2. When an AUT school of business professor said “Long term one potential could be that the NZX becomes a glorified creche for the ASX …” what decision was he referring to?

3. And staying with the NZX, what was the top-performing stock in its NZX Top 50 in 2017, after tripling its annual profit?

4. Where, said the Herald, was there “blood on the floor” after big drops in the company’s operating earnings and the removal of its chief executive?

5. When 14 billionaires announced they were giving away half their wealth to philanthropic causes, whose lead were they following?

6. Widely respected portfolio manager Robert Luciano said: “Winter is coming. These guys have no idea what is going to hit them.” Where? What?

7. Of New Zealand’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year, Peter Harris, it was said he was innovative in an industry that often seemed antiquated — the business being?

8. The Insurance Council claimed 2017 the worst ever with pay-outs totalling a record $242 million for the effects of what?

9. Jawbone, once valued northwards of $3 billion, closed down mid-year — what did it make?

10. Which reviled businessman, worth about $70 million, is now a convicted felon?