December 16, 2012

Biz Quizzard 455

Presenting the current affairs quiz for the week December 10 - 15. Hope you enjoy it.

1. The world’s top chocolate maker, Mars Inc has roped in veteran Bollywood diva Rekha to endorse which brand in India?

2. Which company has acquired the Singapore-based FMCG company LD Waxson for $144 million (around Rs 790 crore)?

3. Which company has sold its Sunflower Vanaspati brand to US food processing company Cargill?

4. Stan-Chart PE and Oak Investment Partners-backed Sutherland Global Services has acquired which healthcare focused BPO firm?

5. Which celebrity has signed a 30-million-pound deal to become the face of Pepsi?

6. Which MNC has acquired South Korean game developer Studio Ex, according to a report in the Hollywood Reporter?

7. Which business group has acquired two domestic jewellery brands, Nirvana and Viola?

8. Which company has launched Sundrops, an international shoe brand for women, in India?

9. According to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation, the number of annual tourists crossing international borders reached which milestone last week?

10. Which company has announced the launch of a new marketing campaign 'Kiss to Drink'?

11. Which company has retained the top slot in the Fortune 500 list of Indian companies for 2012?

12. Vidya Balan tied the knot with Siddharth Roy Kapoor last week. He is the CEO of which company?

Please mail your answers on or before next Sunday to rajeevkondapalli@gmail.com with Biz Quizzard 455 as the subject.

Happy learning!
rajeev kondapalli

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