- The company that was established in the 1890s made Cigars and Cigarettes out of chocolate as an alternative to the tobacco variety. During the Second World War, the company’s machine shop even turned out parts for US Navy’s antiaircraft guns. Name the company.
Hershey’s. The chocolate and confectionery company
- What is the sobriquet given to start-up tech companies like NationalField and Amicus and why?
The Obama Start-ups. These two firms are among the several fast growing start ups launched by members of President Obama’s 2008 campaign team. During the inauguration ball, which Obama held for his campaign staff, he asked them to spread the methodologies of his campaign into other organisations, including outside of politics.
- This person moved from company to company by cutting jobs and boosting profits. He believed that the primary goal of any business should be to make money for its shareholders. By firing thousands of employees at once and closing plants and factories, he earned nicknames such as Chainsaw Al and Rambo in pinstripes. Name him
Albert Johan Dunlap. He was the CEO at Scott paper and Sunbeam.
- Which company is linked to the Muppetgate blunder and why?
Goldman Sachs. When Greg Smith, an executive director and derivatives trader at Goldman Sachs left his job he wrote a scathing review of the culture at his former firm titled, “Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs” via an op-ed in the New York Times. In the article, he said the firm’s employees were encouraged to rip off and mislead clients (whom he claims were derogatorily referred to as ‘Muppets’) as long as it meant higher profits for Goldman
- An actress, who started her career in 1966 as a child actor in the Telugu movie, is going to endorse a brand, which was introduced in the 1930s and was named after its owner family’s favourite horse. Name the actress and the brand?
Actress Rekha has been roped in to endorse the chocolate brand Snickers in India.
- What travel accessory is named after a person who served as the Chancellor of Exchequer and as the Prime Minister of Britain, both at different times?
The Gladstone bag. A Gladstone bag is a small portmanteau suitcase built over a rigid frame which could separate into two equal sections. It was first designed and manufactured by JG Beard. Beard was an avid admirer of Gladstone, and named it to memorialise his name.
- Name the organisation, which is pushing for the development of a wireless medical device similar to the one used by Dr McCoy in the Star trek series for instant medical diagnosis. The organisation along with a maker of wireless communication technologies as its sponsor announced a prize $10 million. Also name the device.
The medical Tricorder was a device used by Dr.McCoy in the Star Trek Series. The X Prize foundation along with Qualcomm foundation has announced the Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize for the development of such a device.
- Whose baseline reads “Bringing our best to you”?
Kellogg’s.
- Who said this, “People ask me all the time, don’t you feel guilty for it? And I say that‘s ridiculous. It seems reasonable and rational to control the ____from where you normally sit and watch ____”?
Robert Adler, inventor of the wireless remote control for Televisions, was responsible for creating coach potatoes
- Identify the brands they represent
The first bunny is the mascot for the cereal brand Trix. Recently General Mills, the owner of Trix, forced Amul to cancel its registration of a trademark by the same name. The second image is of the erstwhile Nutrine Sweets bunny. Now it is part of the Godrej-Hershey India portfolio and has a changed its brand Identity.
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