6A successful and failing businesses

Incredibly, the corporation is now v___ at more than a trillion dollars!

Despite having a t___ of over £3 million, we made a loss last year because we had to build a new factory.

We thought we'd got the contract, but at the last minute, we were u___ by a rival whose lower price was hard to compete with.

Corrupt politicians are often reluctant to break up m___ because they receive substantial bribes to protect them.

The hard truth is that if we are going to have any chance of saving our environment, then the idea of permanent economic growth is simply not s___.

We make bikes but now we want to ___ out into motorbike production.

• branch

• trunk

• spread

Our low sales are a result of poor ___, not low quality.

• management

• board

• head

Lower labour costs give other countries a competitive ___ over us.

• focus

• edge

• undercut

The decision to fire the manager was made at a ___ meeting last Friday.

• boss

• board

• table

We should ___ on the European market if we want to maximise profits.

• focus

• branch

• look