Friday, August 13, 2010

30.Connect the following to a term related to the world of Finance





The right answer is 'Green Shoe'
The 1st logo is that of the Agricultural Bank of China which recorded the biggest ever IPO (close to $22 Billion) after exercising its 'over-allotment of shares' i.e. the green shoe option.
The 2nd logo is that of Stride Rite which was originally formed as Green shoe Mfg. Company in US, the first ever company to permit the underwriters to go for a Green Shoe option.

Know more about Green Shoe, refer:
http://www.livemint.com/2009/07/19211957/Ask-Mint--The-greenshoe-optio.html

Congratulations to both Sarath & Suyog for the right answer.

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

29: Connect





Connect is Tomco ( Tata Oil Mills Company) Or HLL/HUL

Pic 1: Simone tata, chairperson of Lakme(subsidiary of TOMCO) before it got sold to HLL
Pic 2&3: Moti & Hamam brands of Tomco which got acquired by HLL.

Pratik & Uday got it right.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

28: Identify the Company from the tagline



The Connect is indeed Sequia Capital. The Entrepreneur behind the Entrepreneur.

Shashi was bang on target!

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

27: Connect



The Connect is Starbucks.

Top Row
1) Giornale coffee bar chain started by howard schultz in April 1986
2) Old logo of Starbucks
3)The Starbucks Center, Seattle. The company HQ, in the old Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog distribution center building

Bottom Row
The first Starbucks was opened in Pike Place Market in Seattle.

Monday, July 19, 2010

26: Explain the connect



(Ans: The image is that of Yes Bank founder Mr. Rana Kapoor. Rabobank held a close to 16% stake in Yes Bank, but brought it down to 4.9% to meet regulatory requirement.
Nikhil & Shashi got it right!)

Saturday, July 17, 2010

25: Connect

Deutsche Borse
Singapore Exchange
LIC
SBI
HDFC
Acacia Banyan
Caldwell Asset Management
Dubai Financial
Bajaj Auto Ltd
Bennet, Coleman and Co.
Kris Gopalakrishnan
(This is not an exhaustive list)

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Connect is BSE

The above mentioned organisations all have stake in BSE. Kris Gopalakrishnan, CEO & MD, Infosys is one of the small list of ‘non-broking’ people who have a personal stake in BSE

Uday got it right

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

24: Connect the following !



(The connect is Nokia. the logic is as follows:
The first pic is of Nokia 3G Laptop. Second is of Nokia India MD Mr. Shivakumar. Third pic is of the Nokia headquarters in Finland. No one got it right!)