BIJINESS KOSHUN 98
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
In 1997, X was charged a late fee of about 40$ by a movie rental company for a copy of Apollo 13. This eventually lead to the setting up of Y. ID both.
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BIJINESS KOSHUN 92
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
This company was founded in 1926 by an accounting professor of the University of Chicago's Booth school of business. They started the practice of hiring recent b school graduates as opposed to experienced managers, which was the norm back then. ID.
Answer:McKinsey
BIJINESS KOSHUN 84
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
This company was founded in 1934 by engineer Hans Trunkenpolz in Mattighofen. Originally started as a metalworking shop, it started the manufacture of motorcycles in 1953.The company has a deeply rooted motorsport tradition, building race-ready motorcycles for competitive and recreational riding. More than 130 world championship titles, victories at Dakar and countless national championships are proof of the company’s great technical expertise. ID.
Answer:KTM Sportmotorcycle AG. Cracked by none.
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BIJINESS KOSHUN 80
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Originally organized as an aerospace engineering firm, X has become one of the world's largest, most diversified multinational corporations. Under the astute - some would say, ruthless - management of its founder, Y, X grew and prospered, absorbing scores of smaller businesses.Some of it's first acquisitions were Inter-Continental Airlines and Atlantic Coast Air Systems. It soon bought out Southwestern petroleum. X has domestic holdings in Los Angeles, Denver, Houston, New Orleans, Chicago and Boston. X currently maintains financial institutions, research facilities, refineries, and/or manufacturing plants in a score of countries, including Australia, Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Switzerland, France, the Union of South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Singapore, and the free market of Hong Kong. ID.
Answer:Lexcorp and Lex Luthor! Cracked by Arvind, Super Vijay and Sunny!
BIJINESS KOSHUN 79
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
This eponymous company was founded by a pharmacist, who developed a food for babies who were unable to breastfeed. His first success was a premature infant who could not tolerate his mother's milk or any of the usual substitutes. People quickly recognized the value of the new product, after his new formula saved the child's life. ID.
Answer: Nestle. Cracked by Arvind and CKS Vijay!
BIJINESS KOSHUN 72
Monday, April 5, 2010
In 1908, leading figures such as Bhai Vir Singh, Sir Sunder Singh Majitha and Sardar Tarlochan Singh founded this bank to help the weaker section of the society in their economic endeavours to raise their standard of life.This was the one of the few banks in northern India which has honored the obligations of the migrating people from Pakistan. This despitethe fact that all its major branches were left in Pakistan and only a few branches were in India after partition. ID.
Answer:Punjab and Sind bank. Cracked by Vijay and the novice!
BIJINESS KOSHUN 70
Saturday, April 3, 2010
This company derives it's name from a city in the Ibaraki prefecture in Japan.Established in 1910 as an electrical repair shop,today it is one of the leading manufacturers in new technology. ID.
Answer: Hitachi it is! Cracked by Rijo, Arvind, Gautamjay and the novice.
BIJINESS KOSHUN 65
Saturday, March 27, 2010
This chain was originally founded by a former marine in 1962. Being an avid Mexican food take-out customer, he decided to start a restaurant which could provide mexican food without delay by changing the method of preparation. ID.
Answer:Taco Bell it is! Cracked by Rohit, the trooper, Arvind, the novie and Vijay!
BIJINESS KOSHUN 62
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
What product owes it's name to a town/municipality lying in the shaded region depicted?
Answer: Tequila it is! Cracked by Vijay, Nihar and the novice! Read more...
BIJINESS KOSHUN 55
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Sitter: Which company originally began as GE Capital International Services or GECIS?
Answer:Genpact. Cracked by the novice!
BIJINESS KOSHUN 54
This company was founded in 1945, just a few weeks after World War II, by eight engineers of the University of Hannover in a laboratory called Laboratorium Wennebostel. The laboratory was named after the village of Wennebostel, where it had been moved to due to the war. Its first product was a voltmeter. ID.
Answer:Sennheiser. Cracked by none.
BIJINESS KOSHUN 51
Sunday, March 14, 2010
This company was founded by two brothers, John and Horace. John was the sales oriented managerial type,while Horace was a gifted mechanic and inveterate tinkerer. Using a dirt-proof ball bearing Horace invented and patented, in 1897 John arranged a deal for them to join with a third party investor to manufacture bicycles. Within a few years, they sold the business and in 1900 used the proceeds of the sale to set up their own machine shop in Detroit. ID.
Answer: Dodge it is! Cracked by Rijo, Nikhil, the novice and Neo Quiz Spot team!
BIJINESS KOSHUNS 47
Sunday, February 28, 2010
X traces its history back to the late 19th century to the city of Geneva, Switzerland where Arthur X developed a reputation for making solid and durable pocket watches. X has been in the news recently owing to it's association with Y, a very famous event. Identify both.
Answer:X is Bandelier. Y is IPL 3. Cracked by the novice, Kaushik and Bala!
BIJINESS KOSHUN 41
Sunday, February 21, 2010
This company’s origins can be traced back to the Societa Scientifica Radio Brevetti X founded by three brothers, Adriano, Marcello and Bruno, in 1926 in Bologna. It initially manufactured vacuum tubes, condensers and other radio components. Production was maintained during World War II, despite the X factory being a repeated target for Allied bombing. After the war, they branched out into a completely different line of business and they have achieved considerable success in this field. Identify.
X is Ducati. Cracked by none.
BIJINESS KOSHUN 37
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
X’s fledgling textile company, Y, was just starting to take off. His new line of polyester yarns was doing well, but India's shaky power grid and the rising cost of electricity offset any profits. So he decided to generate his own power. The rest as they say is history. Identify both.
Answer: X is Tulsi Tanti, Y Suzlon. Cracked by Kaushik!
BIJINESS KOSHUN 36
Monday, February 15, 2010
The name X has been associated with the iron industry for more than 350 years . Located in Karlskoga, Sweden, it originates from the hammer mill “X" founded in 1646. The company was founded in 1873. In 1999 Saab purchased the Celsius Group, then the parent company for X. The company’s most famous owner was Alfred Nobel who owned the company from 1894 until his death in December 1896 and played a key role in reshaping it to a modern cannon manufacturer and chemical industry. Identify X.
Answer: Bofors. Cracked by Kaushik!
BIJINESS KOSHUN 33
Saturday, February 13, 2010
This was started by a group of six young men, led by G. Subramania Aiyer, a radical social reformer and school teacher from Thiruvaiyyar near Thanjavur. Aiyer, then 23, along with his 21-year-old fellow-tutor and friend at Pachaiyappa's College, M. Veeraraghavachariar of Chingleput, and four law students, T.T. Rangachariar, P.V. Rangachariar, D. Kesava Rao Pantulu and N. Subba Rao Pantulu started this with one British rupee and twelve annas of borrowed money. Over the years it has grown by leaps and bounds and has received international recognition. Identify.
Answer: The Hindu. Cracked by Kaushik!
BIJINESS KOSHUN 30
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
X, a mechanical engineer, established a small engineering shop in Frankfurt am Main in 1921. In 1923 he began producing components for radio sets. Soon they started manufacturing radio sets and became one of Germany's leading radio manufacturers. In 1935 the eponymous brand was introduced. Three years later, the company had more than 1000 employees. In the 1950's, the company introduced Y, the product it is best known for today. Although Y was designed in 1938, World War II delayed its introduction until 1951.Identify X and Y.
Answer:X is Braun, Y is the electric shaver. Cracked by Mrinalini and Harsh!
BIJINESS KOSHUN 27
Saturday, November 21, 2009
This company traces it's origins to the Timmins Daily Press which was acquired by Roy Herbert with a downpayment of 200$ in 1934. Over the years it has grown into a global media concern. Identify.
Answer:Thomson corporation, which is presently Thomson Reuters. Cracked by Mrinalini!
BIJINESS KOSHUN 24
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
This company was founded in 2005, by two graduates of the University of Virginia. The company got it's name from something the one of the founders overheard while browsing the University's library. Which company?
Answer:Reddit.Cracked by Mrinalini!
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