here & there - III

• Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company (ABCTL) gave a boost to its international retail presence when they acquired Czech Republic headquartered Cafe Emporio, for Rs 15 Crores. The retail arm of ABCTL is Cafe Coffee Day.

another small car..but definitely nt from sanand!!!

Limited edition of Murcielago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce priced at 3.6 cr launched in India. It has a maximum speed of 342 kmph and there are going to be only 350 units of the model for India. The Italian manufacturers are going to ship the unit as a COMPLETELY BUILD UNIT (CBU) from Italy.

sANAND gets a makeover!!

the SMALL CAR dream ready to roll out from sANAND - a sleepy town 60 kms from Ahmedabad.

mind sharpener - 4

dECIPHER tHIS!!

biz deals !!!

take this - 6 !!!

1. Connect the three images.

kompany watch - 3 !!

• Harrods is a luxury department store located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London, UK. The Harrods brand also applies to other enterprises undertaken by the Harrods group of companies including Harrods Bank, Harrods Estates, Harrods Aviation and Air Harrods.
• The store occupies a 4.5-acre (18,000 m2) site and has over one million square feet (90,000 m2) of selling space in over 330 departments. The UK's second-biggest shop, Oxford Street's Selfridges, is a little over half the size with 540,000-square-foot (50,000 m2) of selling space.
• The Harrods motto is Omnia Omnibus Ubique—All Things for All People, Everywhere. Several of its departments, including the seasonal Christmas department and the Food Hall, are world famous.
• On 8 May 2010, Mohamed Al-Fayed sold the store to Qatar Holdings for a sum of £1.5 billion.
• Established in 1834, when Charles Henry Harrod set up a grocery store in Stepney, Harrods rapidly expanded, acquired the adjourning buildings and employed one hundred people by 1880
• On Wednesday,16 November 1898, Harrods debuted England's first "moving staircase" (escalator) in their Brompton Road Stores; the device was actually a woven leather-conveyor belt like unit. Nervous customers were offered Brandy at the top to revive them after their "ordeal"
• On 8 May 2010, Mohammed Al Fayed sold Harrods Knightsbridge to Qatar Holdings, for a price of £1.5 billion.Al Fayed decided to sell Harrods as he wanted to retire and spend more time with his family. He will become an honorary chairman of the store. Qatar Holdings is a subsidiary of the Qatar Investment Authority which is the emirate's sovereign wealth fund.
• Harrods and Mohamed Al Fayed have been criticised for selling real animal fur with regular protests organised outside Harrods. Harrods is the only department store in the UK that has continued to sell fur.Harrods was sharply criticized in 2004 by the Hindu community for marketing a line of feminine underwear (designed by Roberto Cavalli) which featured the images of South-Asian goddesses. The line was eventually withdrawn and formal apologies were made.

 

 

 

 

 

 

here & there - II

• Patient zero is the first patient who indicates the outbreak of a disease,and may help indicate its source and possible spread.The term was used by Dr William Darrow to refer to the spread of HIV in North America,which showed how patient zero had infected multiple partners with HIV,and how the virus had spread across the world.

• The phrase sweat equity refers to equity shares given to the companys employees on favourable terms,in recognition of their work.With sweat equity,employees become part owners and participate in the profits,apart from earning salaries.The Companies Act defines sweat equity shares as shares issued to employees or directors at a discount,for providing knowhow or making available intellectual property rights or value additions.

• Bakers dozen means 13,instead of 12.The tale behind its origin is that a mediaeval law specified the weight of bread loaves,and any baker who supplied less to a customer was in for dire punishment.So bakers would include a thirteenth loaf with each dozen just to be safe.It is said that during good harvests,bakers sold one excess loaf to middlemen.A bakers dozen takes on importance in large families,where that little extra goes a long way.

• Jovian planets,also known as gas giants,is a collective term for Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus and Neptune.The term Jovian came from planet Jupiter,which describes the other gas giants in our solar system which are like Jupiter.These planets are surrounded by a number of moons and rings and their rotation is faster than terrestrial planets.

kompany watch - 2!!!

The RPG group is an industrial conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai,India. It was founded by RP Goenka, currently the Chairman Emeritus in 1979.Major companies,subsidiaries and affiliates are:

(clockwise from top: Sanjiv Goenka,RP Goenka & Harsh Goenka)

Power

CESC

Noida Power Company Limited

Tyres / Tires

CEAT
CEAT Srilanka
Phillips Carbon Black
Harrisons Malayalam

Transmission

KEC International
RPG Transmission
Nitel

Technology

Zensar Technologies
RPG Cables
RPG Life Sciences
Raychem RPG

Retail

Spencer's Retail
Foodworld
Music World
Books and Beyond
RPG Cellucom

Entertainment

HMV Group
Saregama

Other

Spencer's Travel Services
Spencer International Hotels

take this - 5

pic 1

1. Identify the second person in the pic[pic 1] and the legacy he started.

pERSONALITies !!

Mohamed ElBaradei - Ex-Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), an inter-governmental organization under the auspices of the United Nations from December 1997 to November 2009.Jointly Appointed the Nobel Peace Prize with IAEA in 2005.

mind sharpener - 3

take this -4

1. Connect Mumbai,New South Wales,yorkshire,Transvaal/Gauteng,Auckland,Barbados and Karachi.

pERSONALITIES of THE day !!

Nooriya Ahluwalia - latest case of hit and run involving the rich and the famous

shiv shankar menon - New National Security Advisor

take this - 3

1. Above are four people. Give me the name of the fifth person on this elusive list to complete it.

pERSONALITIES of the Day !!

Shikha Sharma - CEO, Axis Bank

CP Gurnani - CEO of software export company Mahindra Satyam

take this - 2

[pic 2:]

1. What dubious distinction does Nike,McDonald's ,Nestle & Coca Cola share among themselves ?

2.X explains that his motive for stealing Y was completely for patriotic reasons and that he believed it belonged to his country and that Napolean stole itfrom them. For his act he was hailed as a great patriot and was also let off for a very lenient punishment. It's described as one of the greatest acts of itskind in the 20th century.Identify X and Y.[look @pic 2 if it helps!!]

3.Which specific class of people are referred to as nijyuu hibakusha ?

kompany watch !!!

Nestle:Originated in 1905 merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company for milk products established in 1866 by the Page Brothers in Cham, Switzerland, and theFarine Lactée Henri Nestlé Company set up in 1866 by Henri Nestlé to provide an infant food product.

Headquartered in Switzerland,it is the world's largestfoods company followed by Kraft's foods.Key acquisitions include Maggi,Thomy and Nescafe.Nestlé's production and sales rose in the wartime economy as Nescafe became the staple drink of the US Army.

Major M&A's: Maggi seasonings and soups - 1947 Crosse & Blackwell - 1950 Findus - 1953 Libby's - 1971Stouffer's - 1973.

Diversification came with 26.4% shareholding in L'OREAL,the world's largest company in cosmetics and beauty in 1974.In 1977, Nestlé made its second venture outside the food industry by acquiring Alcon Laboratories Inc.

Carnation - American Food Giant - 1984

British confectionary company Rowntree Mackintosh - 1988

Chef America - creator of Hot Pockets - 2002

Jenny Craig Weight Loss Program

In 2006 it acquired Dreyer's and also bought a Greek icecream company thus becoming the world's biggest icecream maker.

here & there !!

The Indira Gandhi prize for peace, disarmament and development will be presented to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by President Pratibha Patil .

mind sharpener 2

phrase this ?

words of the daY !!

Recuse:
to reject or challenge (a judge or juror) as disqualified to act, esp. because of interest or bias.
to withdraw from a position of judging so as to avoid any semblance of partiality or bias.
Communique:
an official bulletin or communication, usually to the press or public.

tech BUZZ !!

NEXUS ONE , google's first smartphone running on Qualcomm's Snapdragon processor

take this -I

X was started by Mr.G.L.Mirchandani and Mr.Vijay Mansukhani in 1981 in Mumbai as "MIRC ELECTRONICS". In 1982, X started assembling their flagship product at their factory in Andheri, Mumbai. Superior products and the combination of a distinctive voice, a cutting-edge advertising strategy, and purposeful marketing ensured that X became a household name. Over the years X has run a provocative advertising campaign which became a household name.Once again X has come into limelight with their recent campaign which has drawn the ire of fellow competitor Y. Identify X & Y and the advertising campaigns.

mind sharpener !!

Phrase this ?

here & there

1. Kalyan Singh floats a new party called the Jan Kranty Party on the occasion of his 77th birthday.
2.Bharti Airtel on Tuesday received the nod from Bangladeshs telecom regulator to purchase 70% stake in Warid Telecom and to invest $300 million inthe company.The purchase will make Bharti the newest foreign company to make inroads into the fast-growing Bangladesh mobile market.

3. Swaminathan Dandapani was appointed the new CEO of INFOSYS BPO unit.

pERSONALITIES of the Day !!

Ravi Jaipuria - widely touted as India's bottling guru who owns largest franchises of KFC & Pizza Hut in the country.

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan - Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2009

MK Narayanan - National Security Advisor

fIRST Question

Connect the two pictures:

here & there

KS Ranjitsinghji