July 4, 2010

Biz Quizzard 327

Presenting the current affairs quiz for the week June 28 - July 03. Hope you enjoy it.

1. Which company last week announced a deal that would see its tower business combine with GTL Infrastructure to create what it claimed the world’s largest independent tower company?

2. Which MNC last week entered the used car business in India through its 'Proven Exclusivity' program?

3. Which company has acquired Servosteel, the largest independent steel processor in UK?

4. Internet porn billionaire Xavier Niel is all set to takeover which well-known French publication?

5. Which apparel company intends to make bigger strides in the formal menswear segment with a retail format called Headquarters?

6. Nicholas Hayek, 82, died of heart failure while at work last week. He was the chairman of which well known MNC?

7. Which company is offering shares to its employees to mark the 30th year of operations?

8. Sumit Banerjee last week quit as the managing director of which cement company?

9. Sanjay Aggarwal last week quit as the CEO of which airline in India?

10. Which consumer electronics MNC last week signed on Sachin Tendulkar as its brand ambassador?

11. Which company last week acquired Digicable, the country’s largest cable TV services provider, in an all-stock deal?

12. Which MNC last week plunged into online travel market, buying ITA Software, a flight information software company, for $700 million?

13. Which MNC last week said that it will buy the Indian retail and commercial banking business of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)?

14. Which retail chain recently unveiled its new logo - a more geometrical dialogue box (conversation box)?

15. Which brand is all set to enter the Limca Book of Records for the longest duration of a hair massage session?

Please mail your answers on or before next Sunday to rajeevkondapalli@gmail.com with Biz Quizzard 327 as the subject.

Happy learning!
rajeev kondapalli

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