May 23, 2007

bgyan7

1. Which Group's history tracks back to a family of shipbuilders in Surat in the mid 1700's?

2. Which American University dedicated a auditorium after Dhirubhai Ambani

3. Which company received a patent for a mobile handset that releases scents by heating a gel packet?

4. "Made in occupied japan" was engraved in the products manufactured by which company from march 1948 to August 1949

5. Identify the woman. (Clue - She was the infamous girlfriend of fired world bank chief)




6. Which company is known as 'Blue oval from Detroit"

7.Identify the guy in the pic.Clue - "Everybody rapes the system but this man wants to make it his mistress". His supposed statement on Dhirubhai Ambani



8. Name the only chairman of Tata group, who wasn't a Tata?

9. Which automobile company was named after the rocket that took American astronauts to the moon.The name was derived from the space project that propelled USA ahead of USSR in the race of the moon

10. Which company tried to legally protect the sound its product makes as a key element of its brand identity system

who wants to be a millionaire

"The surest way to become a millionaire is to start as a billionaire and invest in the airline industry" - Richard Branson

May 18, 2007

Leadership

When PeopleSoft lost its bitter battle against Oracle's hostile takeover, founder and former CEO of people Soft David Duffield offered $10,000 of his own money to each pink slipped employee unlike other chiefs who grabbed the golden parachutes or hike pays to there girl friends(Mr.Wolfowitz listening??)

May 17, 2007

When You Care Enough

"If a man goes into business with only the idea of making a lot of money, chances are he won't. But if he puts service and quality first, the money will take care of itself. Producing a first-class product that meets a real need is a much stronger motivation for success than getting rich."
- Joyce C Hall, founder of Hallmark Cards, Inc In his autobiography, When You Care Enough

Love his thought process

worlds youngest ceo

Limca Book of Records listed him as "World's Youngest Chief Executive"

He Became entrepreneur when he was 14.In 2005 he rejected a $100 million offer for a majority stake in his company

click here for answer n his story

May 08, 2007

Organic Tequila


Named Tequila of the Year 2006 by Wine and Spirits Magazine 4 Copas Tequila is worlds first and only certified organic tequila distillers

May 06, 2007

coffee trivia

Coffee was first cultivated in Ethiopia during the Ninth Century A.D.

The first coffee plantation in Brazil developed in 1727, thanks to Francisco de Melo Palheto, who smuggled the beans from French Guiana

Approximately 500 billion cups of coffee are consumed worldwide each year

approximately 25 million small producers are dependant on coffee for their livelihood

May 04, 2007

McRefugees

"McRefugees"are a growing class of people who sleep overnight in Internet cafes, saunas and McDonald's restaurants for few hundred to a thousand yen. More on it here

BTW McDonalds plans to launch a campaign in the U.K. this spring to get dictionary houses to change current references to the word "McJob."Oxford Dictionary defines McJob asa "an unstimulating, low-paid job with few prospects, esp. one created by the expansion of the service sector."

May 03, 2007

coke virtual Thirst



Coca Cola launched a Virtual thirst competition to second life users, a pic from that