Wednesday 29 May 2013

new biz company information

Q.1 Although its official headquarter is in Luxembourg, it is in fact run from London, namely: Berkeley Square House, 7th Floor, Berkeley Square, London.
Identify this merged entity formed in 2006.

Q.2 X was formed through the merger of Koninklijke Hoogovens and British Steel in 1999. In January 2007, Y purchased a 100% stake in the X Group at 608 pence per share in an all cash deal, cumulatively valued at US$12.04 billion. What is the present name of this group now?
Q.3 X is the plural form of the word ______, which means snow in the Finnish language. Identify X which brought together two major companies in the Technology world.

Q.4 A direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil company, XY was formed in1999, by the merger of X and Y. XY is the largest company in the world by revenue.
Identify the company.
Q.5 What refers to an arrangement where private company acquires a public company in order to acquire the status of a public company?
Q.6  After its acquisition by Kingfisher Airlines in 2007, which airline renamed itself into “Simplify __________” with its new tagline being : The Choice Is Simple. In August 2011, it rebranded itself to Kingfisher Red. Name the original airline company being talked about.
Q.7 Which was the first non-German marquee of the Volkswagon group,a Spanish carmaker(whose name translates to Spanish Touring Car Company in English)it acquired in 1986?

Q.8 X Started as the Graphics Group in 1979 and then turned into a corporation in February 1986 with funding by Steve Jobs, shortly after he left Apple Computers. The Walt Disney Company bought X in 2006 at a valuation of $7.4 billion, which made Steve Jobs as Disney's largest individual shareholder at 7% and a member of Disney's Board of Directors.     Identify X.
Q.9 Mahindra & Mahindra formed a joint venture with which USA company in 2005 to produce Indian commercial vehicles (trucks and bases) under the brand names LoadKing, CabKing and Tourister?
Q.10 Which Indian company based in Gurgaon,Haryana has made three acquisitions till now - Travel Services International (TSI) , MagicRooms.in & BuzzInTown.com, all for undisclosed amounts?

Q.11 An Indian company X acquired Y, making the combined entity the world's largest rolled-aluminium producer in 2007.
Y’s mission statement is “To make the world lighter, brighter and better” and it is headquartered in the same city as The Coca-Cola Company. Identify X and Y.
Q.12 Named after company co-founder Louis _________, a Swiss-born auto racer, the company was merged into General Motors in 1917 and survives only as a brand name now.
Identify.
Q.13 Hotjobs.com, was an online job search engine providing tools and advice for job seekers, employers, and staffing firms. It was acquired by X in 2002, but was then acquired by Y in 2010. HotJobs was later shut down and merged into Y.  X and Y?
Q.14  A) WeRead, a social book discovery tool
B) Mime360, a digital content platform company
C) Chakpak.com -Bollywood news site offering updates, news, photos and videos from the hub of Hindi film industry
D) Letsbuy.com- e-retailer in electronics
Acquisitions of which company?

Q.15  Named after its founded Thomas _____________, it started as a supermarket chain in Scotland before it was sold off to Argyll Foods (a supermarket operator in UK) to allow the company to focus solely on its current product and become one of the famous brands in its category. Which company owns this brand now?

Q.16 PakTel was the first company granted the license to carry out cellular operations in Pakistan. Which company, world’s largest mobile phone operator with 655 million subscribers, purchased PakTel in 2007?

Q.17  What is the present name of this company formed by the mergers of two rival companies from Netherlands and United Kingdom in February 2007? In 2004, the Dutch company purchased the UK counterpart.
Q.18 Logo of which global professional services firm, formed in 1998 through a merger between two large firms in 1998?
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Q.19 Logo of which company that acquired one of the majors Indian company in 2008, one of the famous takeovers in India?
Image description Q.20 Logo of which institution that is product of a long history of mergers and acquisitions since 1765?
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Answers

1. Arcelor Mittal

2.TATA STEEL EUROPE ( X–Corus, Y- Tata Steel)

3. LUMIA (NOKIA+MICROSOFT)

4. EXXONMOBIL


5. REVERSE MERGER

6. AIR DECCAN (SIMPLIFY DECCAN)

7.SEAT ( Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo)

8. PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIO 

9. NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL

10. YATRA.COM

11. X- Hindalco, Y-Novelis

12. CHEVROLET


13. X- Yahoo! , Y- Monster.com


14.  FLIPKART




15. UNILEVER (Brand – Lipton)



16. CHINA MOBILE


17. ROYAL DUTCH SHELL plc


18. PriceWaterHouse Coopers (PwC)


19. DAICHII SANKYO


20. ABN AMRO

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