Biz Quizzard 284

Presenting the current affairs quiz for the week August 31 - September 05. Hope you enjoy it.

1. Which insurance company has announced the signing of cricketers Virendra Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina as brand ambassadors?

2. Which company was last week handed control of Maytas Infra?

3. Which MNC last week agreed to buy Marvel Entertainment for about $4 billion in cash and stock?

4. Which automobile brand is being advertised with the positioning ‘The Art of Power’?

5. Which MNC last week reached a definitive agreement to sell its online telephony unit Skype to a group of private investors in a deal valuing the communication business at $1.9 billion?

6. According to a report last week, which FMCG giant has signed on Shah Rukh Khan as its new brand ambassador?

7. Which MNC last week appointed Rajiv Suri, an Indian citizen, as CEO, effective October 1?

8. Which automobile brand is being advertised with the positioning ‘Take a fresh view of life’?

9. Which insurance company has launched its latest advertising campaign with Amitabh Bachchan as brand ambassador?

10. Mr Malay Mukherjee is the new CEO of which steel company?

11. After a 13-year-old association with MRF, Sachin Tendulkar has a new bat sponsor. Which brand?

12. Staying on with MRF. Which cricketer is the new brand ambassador of the company?

Please mail your answers on or before next Sunday to rajeevkondapalli@gmail.com with Biz Quizzard 284 as the subject.

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