Presenting the current affairs quiz for the week April 30 - May 05. Hope you enjoy it.
1. Which automobile company last week signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the paid-up capital of Detroit-based Defiance Testing and Engineering Services (DTE) for $17 million?
2. It started as K Hattari in Tokyo in 1881 and it is a Japanese word meaning "exquisite", "minute", or "success". According to a news report last week, which MNC is all set to enter India and is scouting for a minority partner for retail venture?
3. In what is billed as the largest overseas takeover deals in the auto component sector by a southern corporate group, which company has acquired Intermet Europe, from US-based Intermet International for Rs 532 crore?
4. Which Indian steel company last week announced the acquisition of UK-based Argent Independent Steel Limited?
5. Music trio Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy can be seen in the television commercial (currently on air) for which tea brand?
6. The board of UTI Bank last week recommended a name change. What is the proposed name?
7. Which MNC, according to a news report last week, will roll out Chaudfontaine, a local water brand it owns in Belgium, in the UK and the rest of the Europe by the end of this year?
8. Which company has roped in actor Kangana Renaut (of Gangster fame) to endorse women's chappals?
9. Which Indian business personality will join the board of Standard Chartered Plc as an independent director effective August 1?
10. Which Indian company last week acquired the $150-million Negma Laboratories, the fourth largest pharmaceutical company in France, in an all-cash deal worth $265 million?
Please mail your answers before Friday to rajeevkondapalli@gmail.com with Biz Quizzard 162 as the subject.
Happy Learning!
Rajeev Kondapalli
May 7, 2007
April 30, 2007
Biz Quizzard 161
Presenting the current affairs quiz for the week April 23-28. Hope you enjoy it.
1. Which company recently became the first Indian firm to reach the $50 bn M-cap?
2. In the history's biggest-ever financial deal, which MNC bank last week announced a $91-bn takeover of ABN Amro?
3. Another takeover. Which MNC last week bought an 80% stake in Mumbai-based electrical accessories major Anchor Electricals for Rs 2,000 crore?
4. With an eye on catching the young traveler segment with an appealing animal mascot, which airline has launched a soft toy, Querk, an animal that is positioned as one that loves travel and can change guise?
5. Which pharma MNC, according to a news snippet last week, bought US biotech firm Medimmune for $15.6 bn?
6. Coimbatore-based SP Apparels, has according to a report last week, acquired which women's western wear brand?
7. Reliance Retail last week announced its entry into consumer durable retailing. What will the stores be branded as?
8. Sports broadcaster ESPN STAR Sports last week announced the launch of its all cricket channel. What has it been branded as?
9. Which MNC last week acquired a controlling 51% stake in Sesa Goa, India's largest private ore exporter?
10. Which Indian company last week acquired two Polish tea brands Vitax and Flosana from Premium Foods SA, a local company headquartered in Krakow, for an undisclosed amount?
11. According to an annual ranking by a market research firm, Millword Brown Optimer, which is the world's most powerful brand?
12. Mr Edward Whitacre Jr last week announced that he will retire in June. He is the chairman and chief executive of which well known telecom giant?
Please mail your answers before Friday to rajeevkondapalli@gmail.com with Biz Quizzard 161 as the subject.
Happy Learning!
Rajeev Kondapalli
1. Which company recently became the first Indian firm to reach the $50 bn M-cap?
2. In the history's biggest-ever financial deal, which MNC bank last week announced a $91-bn takeover of ABN Amro?
3. Another takeover. Which MNC last week bought an 80% stake in Mumbai-based electrical accessories major Anchor Electricals for Rs 2,000 crore?
4. With an eye on catching the young traveler segment with an appealing animal mascot, which airline has launched a soft toy, Querk, an animal that is positioned as one that loves travel and can change guise?
5. Which pharma MNC, according to a news snippet last week, bought US biotech firm Medimmune for $15.6 bn?
6. Coimbatore-based SP Apparels, has according to a report last week, acquired which women's western wear brand?
7. Reliance Retail last week announced its entry into consumer durable retailing. What will the stores be branded as?
8. Sports broadcaster ESPN STAR Sports last week announced the launch of its all cricket channel. What has it been branded as?
9. Which MNC last week acquired a controlling 51% stake in Sesa Goa, India's largest private ore exporter?
10. Which Indian company last week acquired two Polish tea brands Vitax and Flosana from Premium Foods SA, a local company headquartered in Krakow, for an undisclosed amount?
11. According to an annual ranking by a market research firm, Millword Brown Optimer, which is the world's most powerful brand?
12. Mr Edward Whitacre Jr last week announced that he will retire in June. He is the chairman and chief executive of which well known telecom giant?
Please mail your answers before Friday to rajeevkondapalli@gmail.com with Biz Quizzard 161 as the subject.
Happy Learning!
Rajeev Kondapalli
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