Business World

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