Weekly Quiz: Why have Volvo CE’s sales dropped? | Drug firm’s $50bn US investment | Construction delays hit pop star’s concerts

1) What did Volvo CE blame for an 8% fall in net sales in the first quarter of 2025?

• “Increased geopolitical and market uncertainty”
• “The transition to fully electric machinery reducing short-term demand”
• ”A shortage of key components at one of our main manufacturing facilities”

2) In 2024, Saudi Arabia awarded the highest total value of construction contracts ever recorded by a single country in the Gulf Cooperation Council. What was the value of the contracts it awarded during the year?

• $52 billion
• $184 billion
• $233 billion

3) Swiss drug firm Roche will create 6,500 construction jobs as a result of a $50bn investment in the US over the next five years. What will the construction of new US manufacturing facilities mean for the company?

• It will export more medicines from the US than it imports
• It will have the same number of manufacturing facilities in the US than in Europe
• It will have quadrupled its capability to produce a new generation of weight loss drugs

4) What reason did the US Department of the Interior give for halting construction of Equinor’s Empire Wind offshore windfarm project off the coast of New York last week?

• It wouldn’t produce a predictable flow of power to New York
• The Biden administration approved it without enough environmental analysis
• It could cause congestion of shipping in the area

5) Construction delays at Mexico’s Arena Guadalajara has forced the cancellation of performances from which well-known US artist?

• Miley Cyrus
• Katy Perry
• Weird Al Jankovic

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