Biz Quizzard 292

Presenting the current affairs quiz for the week October 26 - 31. Hope you enjoy it.

1. Which retail chain has gained the exclusive rights from Vodafone to manufacture and retail official Zoozoo merchandise?

2. According to a news item last week, which luxury goods company is offering a limited edition fountain pen, adorned with pleated horse hair and starting at $3,500?

3. KR Kamath was last week appointed chairman and managing director of which bank?

4. Global women’s hair accessories brand Alexandre De Paris has tied up with which Chennai-based business house for its planned foray into India?

5. Which company last week unveiled Gio, a new light commercial vehicle?

6. Which FMCG conglomerate has, according to a report last week, quietly acquired the business of one of the country’s earliest homeopathy companies, M Bhattacharya & Co Private Ltd?

7. Which advertising medium turned 15 years on October 28?

8. Which MNC last week launched three new advanced mobile handsets – Satio, Aino and Yari?

9. Which MNC last week unveiled the ‘Thinspiration’ range of notebooks in the country?

10. Mr Subir Gokarn was last week appointed the deputy governor of RBI. He is currently the chief economist (Asia Pacific) of which global rating agency?

11. Which company last week launched Actimind, a new milk-based health drink for children?

12. The much talked about television commercial, in which AbhiAsh (Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, for the uninitiated) appear together for the first time, is finally on air. Name the brand?

Please mail your answers on or before next Sunday to rajeevkondapalli@gmail.com with Biz Quizzard 292 as the subject.

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