The REAL Meanings Of Some Words

Every word has a definition, but they aren't always what we mean when we say them. Fr example, I might have said "I'll do that right away, honey," but what I really meant was, "I will forget whatever you asked me to do the moment this show ends." This fun series of images shows us what some of us really mean when we use some of these simple, everyday words.

 

The World’s Most Influential Boardrooms

This is a rarely seen glimpse into the real meeting places for some of the 

biggest and most influential companies on the planet.

OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries): Has the buying 

power to purchase Bank of America in one month's worth of production, 

Apple Computer in a week and General Motors in just 3 days.

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Banco Santander: Spanish financial services company. Largest bank 

of all 19 countries in the European Union.

Heckler & Koch: A German defense manufacturing company. 

Motto: "No Compromises!" Builds handguns, military rifles, 

submachine guns, and grenade launchers.

BNP Paribas Bank: Financial services company headquartered in Paris. 

Third largest bank in the world.

Google: Owns the most visited website in the world (among many 

other profitable properties). Headquarters (nicknamed "Googleplex") 

located in Mountain View, California. $66 billion in revenue in 2014.

HSBC (Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation): Headquartered 

in London (oddly enough, considering their title). Various search warrants 

and raids have been conducted against HSBC for alleged money laundering, 

but they remain the world's second largest bank.

ING Group: A Dutch multinational banking and financial services 

corporation headquartered in Amsterdam. World's 18th largest 

corporation by revenue.

BP (British Petroleum): World's 5th largest revenue-producing company. 

Spent nearly $16 million 2009 lobbying US Congress to shape laws in its favour.

Apple: Headquartered in Cupertino, California. World's second-largest 

information technology company by revenue. World's third-largest mobile 

phone maker. Largest publicly traded corporation in the world. First U.S. 

company to be valued at over $700 billion. World's largest music retailer.

Lukoil Russia: Headquartered in Moscow. Russia's second largest oil 

company. World's second largest public company. Operates in 40 countries.

Mercedes-Benz: German luxury automobile manufacturer. 

Owns factories in 26 countries. One of the three best-selling 

luxury automakers in the world.

Nestle: Multinational food and beverage company headquartered 

in Vevey, Switzerland. 29 brands. $1.1 billion in annual profits.

Adidas: German multinational shoe, clothing and accessories 

corporation. Largest sportswear manufacturer in Europe and the 

second largest in the world. $16.2 billion revenue in 2012.

Yahoo!: Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. Multinational 

Internet corporation with more than 700 million visits every month. 

$4.6 billion revenue in 2014.

FIFA: International governing body of association football. 

Infamous for rapaciousness and corruption. $1.3 billion revenue in 2013.

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