Business World
Across
- 1. today but dreams of ringing the stock market bell tomorrow
- 4. employees for tomorrow because yesterday’s skills expired
- 7. government’s invisible toll gate on imported goods
- 8. financial report card companies pray remains impressive
- 12. silent thief that shrinks your shopping bag without touching your salary
- 13. startups change direction faster than their original promises
- 15. tradable permission slip for polluting less or paying moreMOONLIGHTING,Working for another boss after your official boss logs off
- 20. ownership into digital slices tradable online
- 21. financial illusion where old investors are paid using new victims
- 22. rescue mission attempting to revive failing businesses
- 23. billion-dollar creature investors chase more than zoologists
- 24. stage where even profitable businesses struggle to breathe daily
- 25. digital security guard standing between hackers and company secretsSYNERGY,The favorite corporate word used to justify mergers and PowerPoints
- 27. entertainer, part advisor, and sometimes part risk
- 28. where flexibility is high but job security is missing
- 29. a unicorn eats too much funding and grows ten times bigger
- 30. companies paint themselves eco-friendly using advertisements instead of action
- 31. temporary market recovery that fools optimistic investors too earlyGREEDFLATION,When companies blame inflation while quietly boosting margins too
Down
- 2. hunting where one giant swallows another wholeCASHBURN,What startups do fastest before investors ask difficult questions
- 3. bank branch that exists mostly inside your smartphone
- 5. leaving so quietly that HR notices only through reports
- 6. economy’s worst mood swing: slow growth with rising prices
- 9. around castles anymore, but still protects kings from enemies
- 10. safety net opened before corporate crashes hurt them too much
- 11. service that replies instantly but rarely understands emotions
- 14. punishments delivered without firing a single bullet
- 16. two rivals stop competing and start sharing one logo
- 17. new abilities before technology replaces old ones
- 18. currency loses value faster than people can spend it
- 19. grand public debut where private ambitions meet public money
- 26. business method that prefers speed over perfection