TEAMWORK.- Communicative Activities.

Charlotte is still intrigued by the organisation of the company she's going to work for. She does some more research on the Internet. She finds an interesting website about funny and interesting facts about business around the world. Below you can read just a few:

• In 1987, American Airlines decided to omit one olive from each salad course in the first class. As a result, they made a savings of $40,000.
• Bank of America started operations as Bank of Italy.
• If the entire population of the world is taken as 100, then half of the total wealth would be held by 6 people.
• More than 90% of cab drivers in New York are immigrants from other countries.
• The Mall, the biggest departmental store in Washington, D.C. is 1.4 times bigger than the Vatican City.
• A Tupperware party starts somewhere in the world every 23 seconds.
• The soft drink industry spends more than $100 million a year in stopping thefts involving their vending machines.
• Kids in North America spend an average of about half a billion dollar annually on chewing gums.
• Canada and United States are the leaders in producing paper and paper products.

Adapted from http://www.stumblerz.com/business-facts-you-must-know/