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  1. 8. Headquartered in the US state of Washington, the software giant serves free candy and beverages to its staff.
  2. 9. One of the first athletes to wear this firm's equipment was Jesse Owens in the Olympics of 1936.
  3. 12. In terms of subscribers, this firm holds the Guinness World Record for the most popular MMORPG.
  4. 13. Lab Around 3,900 IT security specialists work for this Russian firm, which operates in over 200 countries.
  5. 15. It is a self-service food provider with shops all over Germany, including Dresden's central station.
  6. 16. This alcohol producer was founded in 1952, employs about 5000 workers, and has sites all over Germany.
  7. 20. Oculus Rift, WhatsApp, and Instagram have been bought by this social media giant.
  8. 21. The firm arose from the semiconductor producer AMD and is fully owned by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
  9. 24. Already in 1972, much ahead of other car producers, this Bavarian firm developed an electric car.
  10. 26. One of its founders gave the firm the name of a fruit while being on a fruit diet.
  11. 29. It is one of the oldest German household goods manufacturer and also offers smart home solutions.
  12. 30. It is the Chinese version of Amazon and accounts for over 60% of all packages delivered in China.
  13. 32. This transnational consumer goods company owns over 400 brands including Dove, Lang-nese, and Knorr.
  14. 33. The name of the candy producer is an acronym (Abkürzung) of the founder's name and the firm's location.
  15. 34. Counter Strike, one of the company's most important products, was originally a mod.
  16. 35. It provides its software to more than 263,000 firms in 190 countries and sponsors TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.
  17. 36. In 2018, its parent company Alphabet won the award for "The Best Employer Worldwide".
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  1. 1. The German firm offers a mobile dating app allowing people to get to know others in their surroundings.
  2. 2. Although the firm did not invent the hashtag, it became the firm's trademark besides the bird.
  3. 3. Technologies Its game engine is not only used by game developers, but by architects, doctors, and engineers, too.
  4. 4. The most expensive item ever sold on this auction site was a Yacht. Its price was $7.6 billion.
  5. 5. This cloud infrastruc-ture provider started with five people in 1998 and employs over 20,000 now.
  6. 6. The firm has more than 600,000 employees and achieved record sales in 2016 despite its emission scandal.
  7. 7. The South Korean firm does not only produce smartphones, but also operates in the finance and engineering sector.
  8. 10. The Asian video games producer was founded in 1889 and is one of the oldest firms worldwide.
  9. 11. The most famous product of the firm's 3,900 products was developed in 1886 by John Pemberton.
  10. 14. This old tech giant provided the first com-puters for the Apollo spacecrafts landing on the moon.
  11. 17. It produces its beve-rages in one location, rather than several, and thus saves 80% of renewable resources.
  12. 18. It was originally a DVD rental service and now generates around 15% of the worldwide internet traffic.
  13. 19. The semiconductor producer has a branch in Dresden which employs 2,500 workers.
  14. 22. In 2018, its profit amounted to $12.6 billion, much of it co-ming from Nemo, Star Wars, and Iron Man.
  15. 23. In the 1980s, the firm invented the Walkman, but now produces cameras, drives, and smartphones, too.
  16. 25. The firm already produced video games in the 1980s and hired Lionel Messi as a cover star in 2011.
  17. 27. Its market share in the PC microprocessor sector amounts to around 80% worldwide.
  18. 28. The firm is run by a South-African-born investor who also founded PayPal, SpaceX, and Open AI.
  19. 31. Its founder is the richest man in the world and first wanted to call his company Abracadabra.