3.
The economic clout of the top TNCs is staggering compared to the revenues of the poorest countries. In 1998, the combined sales of mega-firms General Motors, DaimlerChrysler, Ford Motors, Wal-Mart Stores and Mitsui exceeded the GDP equivalent of how many poor countries?

* 60 countries
* 80 countries
* 100 countries
* 120 countries

3..
In 1998, the $708.9 billion combined sales of General Motors, DaimlerChrysler, Ford Motors, Wal-Mart and Mitsui more than doubled the combined GDP of the world's poorest 100 countries, which totalled $338 billion in 1997.

4.
Industrialised countries hold what percent of all patents worldwide?

* 97 percent
* 80 percent
* 60 percent
* 40 percent

4..
An incredible 97 percent of all patents are registered to owners in industrialised countries. By controlling their findings through patent rights, corporations define research agendas, where "money talks, not need ? cosmetic drugs and slow-ripening tomatoes come higher on the priority list than drought resistant crops or a vaccine against malaria," according to UN Development Programme's 1999 Human Development Report.

5.
Twenty-five years ago, the annual value of mergers in the US was $11.4 billion. In 1999, the total value of US mergers had soared by:

* 20-fold
* 90-fold
* 150-fold
* 500-fold

5..
In 1999, the total value of US mergers was more than $1.7 trillion, 150 times greater than in 1974. That same year, the total value of global mergers and acquisitions equaled some 10 percent of the combined GDP of the entire world - more than $3.4 trillion.