Biz Quizzard 291

Presenting the current affairs quiz for the week October 19 - 24. Hope you enjoy it.

1. Which is the only Indian company to be named amongst the top 25 global companies in the 25 A T Kearney Global Champions For 2009 list?

2. The country’s longest elevated expressway (flyover in simpler language) was opened to public last week. Which city?

3. Which MNC last week said it was acquiring US-based staffing firm MPS Group for $1.3 billion?

4. Which automobile company last week bought the remaining stake of 79% in Hispano Carrocera SA, Spain’s largest bus and coach bodies manufacturer, for an undisclosed sum?

5. Mr Ranjan Das died of a heart attack in Mumbai last week. He was the managing director of which software MNC?

6. Lakme Lever, the beauty and wellness services business of the country’s biggest consumer goods company, will be launching a top-end variant of Lakme Salon. What will it be branded as?

7. Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy last week sold shares worth Rs 174 crore in the company to start a venture capital (VC) fund. What is it called?

8. Why was US-based Raj Rajaratnam in news last week?

9. Security solutions firm G4S last week said it had acquired the project security systems division of which company for an undisclosed sum?

10. Model-turned-actress Chitrangada Singh can be seen in the television commercial (currently on air) for which skincare brand? (name both the brand and the variant)

Please mail your answers on or before next Sunday to rajeevkondapalli@gmail.com with Biz quizzard 291 as the subject.

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