THIS CROSSWORD IS COMPRISED OF TRIPLE INITIALS REPRESENTING COMPANIES AND BUSINESS TERMS. ACROSS 1. BUSINESS DEGREE 3. BROWN TRUCK DELIVERY 5. TED'S FIRST SUPERSTATION 6. GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 8. ONE OF THE BABY BELLS 10. MINNEAPOLIS-BASED AIRLINE 12. ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINE 14. ORGANIZATION OF 184 COUNTRIES THAT PROMOTES MONETARY COOPERATION, STABILITY, AND TRADE 15. ACTOR'S UNION 16. 24/7 NEWS STATION DOWN 1. ONE OF THE FIRST ALTERNATIVE TELEPHONE COMPANIES 2. COMMUNICATIONS GIANT 3. CO. FOUNDED BY ANDREW CARNEGIE 4. FED. AGENCY THAT ADMINISTERS SECURITY/STOCK MARKET LAWS 7. GLOBAL AUTO SAFETY SYSTEMS CO. 9. RECEIPT LISTING SHIPPED GOODS 10. ITEM NOT AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE 11. INSURANCE CO. KNOWN FOR CLEVER TV ADS 12. FINGER-LICKIN' GOOD 13. BILL GATES'S NETWORK
TAKE THE DAY OF THE MONTH THAT THE STOCK MARKET CRASHED ON "BLACK TUESDAY" IN 1929. MULTIPLY THAT NUMBER BY THE NUMBER IN THE NAME OF THE COMPANY THAT MAKES SCOTCH TAPE. ADD TO THAT THE NUMBER OF FIRMS ON THE FORTUNE MAGAZINE LIST OF LARGEST COMPANIES. THEN SUBTRACT THE CHAPTER NUMBER THAT COMPANIES USE WHEN FILING FOR BANKRUPTCY TO GET THE FINAL BOTTOM LINE NUMBER. ( X ) + - =
THERE ARE 25 PRODUCT NAMES AND BRANDS BURIED IN THIS STORY. CAN YOU SEARCH OUT ALL 25 AND UNDERLINE THEM? MR. GOODBAR, A NATIVE NEW YORKER, WAS AN AVID EXPLORER AND TRAILBLAZER. THIS INTREPID MOUNTAINEER BEGAN HIS LATEST EXPEDITION IN PERU. ESCORTED BY HIS FAITHFUL DOG, SKIPPY, HE TREKKED ACROSS THE ANDES FOR DAYS IN SEARCH OF EL DORADO, THE MYTHICAL INCA CAPITAL AND LEGENDARY CITY OF GOLD. AT THE CREST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE, HE FOCUSED ON A DISTANT GLOW. IT WAS COMING FROM SOME ANCIENT MOUNDS. COULD THIS DISCOVERY BE THE CITY OF GOLD OR JUST THE SUN REFLECTING OFF THE MOUNTAIN DEW? JUST THEN AN AVALANCHE ROARED DOWN THE DISTANT PEAK AND BURIED THE ANCIENT RUINS. HE GRABBED HIS SATELLITE PHONE AND DIALED HIS WIFE, PAM, TO TELL HER THAT HIS ODYSSEY WAS OVER AND HE WAS HEADING HOME AND TO SAY HI TO THEIR TWINS, MIKE AND IKE.

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