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1. Which company has topped the Best Companies to Work for Study 2015, a collaboration between the
Economic Times and the Great Place to Work Institute?
# RMSI
RMSI, an IT services company based in the National Capital Region offering GIS (geographic information
system), modeling & analytics and software services, edged past Google India, which has consistently
topped the survey for five consecutive years. RMSI had topped the rankings in 2009. The others in top 10 (in
ascending order) are Marriott Hotels, American Express, SAP Labs India, Godrej Consumer Products, Intuit
Technology Services, Accor Hotels, Forbes Marshall and Lifestyle International.
2. MY Kim is the new India head for which MNC?
# LG Electronics
The country's largest white goods maker has recalled the chief of its Indian operations in the first-ever mid-
year change of management on the back of poor sales growth during his tenure and a slowing market. It will
now be led by MY Kim, formerly global head of marketing for the $56-billion firm's television and audio
business.
3. Which private equity firm has appointed Alok Goel, former CEO of Freecharge, as managing director?
# Saif Partners
Goel will look after early stage investing at the firm which has $4 billion of assets under management.
4. Which entity is picking up a 50% stake in Massive Restaurants, a two-year-old company founded by
Zorawar, son of celebrity chef Jiggs Kalra?
# F&B Asia Ventures
The deal will see F&B Asia Ventures, unit of private equity major Everstone Capital, combining its Indian
restaurants business with Massive under the 37-year-old Zorawar Kalra's management. The combined entity
will have brands like Masala Library by Jiggs Kalra, Made in Punjab, Cafe Farzi and Pind Balluchi, the last
coming from the stables of the Everstone company.
5. This one surely is a blast from the past. Which well known FMCG brand has launched a new commercial
featuring bikini-clad Brazilian model Anabelle dancing under a waterfall?
# Liril
The marble green soap brand made waves 40 years ago when model and Air India air-hostess Karen Lunel
wore a swimsuit and danced under a cascade to the catchy jingle. After 1985, the brand was defined by
models Pooja Batra, Preity Zinta and Deepika Padukone -each seen playing in the water and swimming under
the waterfall. But they were merely shadows of the original ad. The new campaign has been created by Lowe.
6. Which Indian business personality has been featured in `The Worldview 100' listing of the prestigious US-
based Scientific American magazine?

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# Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
The Biocon Chairperson is the only person from India on this list, which was compiled from nominations by
dozens of leaders in biotechnology and biosciences globally. `The Worldview 100' describes the leaders as
“seminal figures“.
7. Mr Satoru Iwata, 55, recently died after a long illness. He was the CEO of which MNC?
# Nintendo
Mr Iwata’s main legacy was broadening the appeal of video games with the bestselling Wii, which included
fitness titles and fantasy battles. Gaming fans took to Twitter to mourn his death, and even rival Sony Corp's
PlayStation account said: “Thank you for everything, Mr Iwata.” His death months after he led the Japanese
video-game maker's belated entry into mobile gaming following years of declining sales. Mr Iwata, who
became president in 2002 at the relatively young age of 42, was the first CEO from outside the founding
Yamauchi family.
8. Which portal last week unveiled its new brand identity with a new logo and tagline ‘Aasaan Hai Badalna’?
# Quikr
While the new logo has the company's name in its trademark green and blue colours, the font and style have
changed. The tagline, too, has moved from the catchy 'No fikar, bech Quikr'. The new identity shows a shift in
communication - from selling to buying. The online classifieds firm also unveiled four sub-brands -
QuikrHomes, QuikrCars, QuikrJobs and QuikrServices.
9. Which company has divested its wholly owned subsidiary Packaging India to Amcor Flexibles in an all-
cash transaction?
# Essel Propack
The enterprise value of the business has been pegged at Rs 165 crore.
10. Children-focused e-commerce company Firstcry[dot]com has roped in which celebrity as its brand
ambassador?
# Amitabh Bachchan
Big B will feature in the campaign ‘Bachchon ki shopping, bachchon ka khel nahi’, conceptualised by Lowe
Lintas. FirstCry, launched in 2010 by Maheshwari and Amitava Saha, is owned by Brainbees Solution, a
products supplier for pregnant women and kids. The brand has over 120 brick and mortar stores across the
country.
11. Which company has said it will buy certain assets of US-based Trygstad Technical Services in an all-
cash deal?
# HCL Technologies
Trygstad is an information technology consulting services and solutions firm, with expertise in core
engineering, Internet of things, embedded systems, and intelligent systems.
12. Which pizza chain recently broke the GUINNESS WORLD RECORD for the most number of people
tossing pizza dough at once, in London?
# Papa John’s
338 participants, Papa John’s employees and volunteers, completed the challenge and broke the previous
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title of 278 people achieved by Istituto Nazionale della Pizza, in September
2014, in Naples, Italy.
13. Which business group has ventured into the food business by acquiring MVJ Foods' Melam brand?

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# AVA Group
The group is the manufacturer and marketer of the Medimix brand of soaps and personal care products. MVJ
Foods sells a host of products including masalas, pickles, jams and sauces under the Melam brand. The
acquisition, through AVA Condiments - a newly established wholly owned subsidiary of AVA Cholayil Health
Care, will include the brand as well as its manufacturing facility in Kochi.
14. Sandeep Mathur, former Managing Director of Oracle India, is the new president of which next-generation
financial services solutions start-up?
# FinOne Technologies
FinOne was founded by former Infosys veteran, Haragopal Mangipudi, better known for taking Infosys’ core
banking solution, Finacle, to global markets.
15. Which business group has roped in Kriti Sanon as the brand ambassador for their new Bath & Home
Collection?
# Trident Group
Kriti will the face of the group’s new campaign “The Affair To Remember”.
16. Which online marketplace is relaunching Shopo as a mobile app focused goods and services
marketplace, two years after it acquired the startup for an undisclosed sum?
# Snapdeal
Snapdeal's zero commission strategy for Shopo will see the Delhi-headquartered ecommerce company
compete head-to-head with mobile and web classifieds majors, Naspers-backed OLX and Tiger Global, and
Warburg Pincus-backed Quikr. This is Snapdeal's first mobileapp only play, and comes days after rival
ecommerce company, Bengaluru-based Flipkart announced that it will be shifting to a mobile only strategy
from September.
17. Which company is selling its iconic south Mumbai guest house `Alhambra', which was built by the sultan
of Darbhanga, for an undisclosed amount?
# Hindustan Unilever (HUL)
The two-storied structure on Carmichael Road, built on a 15,000-sq ft plot in the 1950s, was home to three
former chief executives of HUL - Manvinder Banga, Doug Baille and Nitin Paranjpe.
18. Which company will acquire 100 per cent equity stake in Sarthak Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., which operates
‘Sarthak TV’, the number 1 GEC in Odia language?
# Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (ZEEL)
With this acquisition, ZEEL has entered the rapidly expanding regional market in Odisha.
19. Which Italian sports car manufacturer has made its re-entry into the Indian luxury car market?
# Maserati
Initially, dealerships will be opened in three locations - New Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru - in the third quarter
of 2015. The company, controlled by Fiat, is planning to launch its models such as Quattroporte, Ghibli and
GT and they will be priced in the range of Rs.1.1 crore and Rs.2.2 crore.
20. The Russian government has chosen which shipyard for a naval frigate order that is likely to exceed $3
billion, making it the private sector's biggest ever warship-building project?
# Pipavav shipyard

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Moscow, which has been keen to build the frigates at a Russian shipyard, was firmly told last year that the
order would only be placed through the Make in India route but it would have the flexibility to choose an Indian
partner for the project. This was done after an evaluation of several Indian shipyards.
21. American kitchen equipment company Middleby is buying which renowned British cooker maker for $201
million?
# Aga Rangemaster
The company, the maker of the range cooker which is often a feature of British country homes and which
traces its history back to 1939, has struggled in recent years and has been grappling with a large pension
deficit.
22. Which business group has named its Headend-In-The-Sky (HITS) service NXT Digital?
# Hinduja Group
NXT Digital is an initiative of Grant Investrade, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hinduja Ventures. The
Hinduja Group has already invested $80 million in the project out of the $100 million it has committed. The
brand logo of NXT Digital has been designed by brand consultancy Chlorophyll.
23. Which company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% equity interest in Bluefin Solutions
Ltd. (Bluefin), a U.K.-based IT solutions provider specialising in SAP HANA solutions?
# Mindtree
The mid-tier IT services company has also decided to acquire 100 per cent of the equity interest in the U.S.-
based Relational Solutions, in an all-cash transaction for $10 million (Rs.63.5 crore).
24. Michael Jones, a former chief executive of MySpace, is launching a venture capital fund in India to back
early start-ups focussed on building mobile phone applications. What is it called?
# Science India fund
Jones is setting up a $30 million (Rs.190 crore) fund through his new company Science Inc., the Los
Angeles-based start-up incubator and investment firm backed by Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt’s
Tomorrow Ventures.
25. Apollo Health and Lifestyle Ltd (AHLL) has unveiled its new line of hospitals. What has it been branded
as?
# Apollo Spectra Hospitals
After six months of acquiring Nova Specialty Hospitals, AHLL, the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Apollo
Hospitals Group, has rebranded the facilities as Apollo Spectra Hospitals.
26. Defending champions of the Star Sports Pro Kabaddi League, the Jaipur Pink Panthers, have roped in
which brand as the principal sponsor (front jersey) for this season?
# Jio Chat
The Abhishek Bachchan- promoted team has also retained Shakti Pumps as one of the jersey sponsors
(sleeves).
27. Rediffusion Y&R has launched a separate division to focus on social sector communication. What has it
been branded as?
# Rediffusion Sunshine
Rediffusion Y&R has tied up with Asset CSR team (ACT), a specialised CSR company that helps companies
plan and implement effective CSR programmes.

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28. Which company is planning to launch solar LED-based lighting products, leveraging the technology
developed by Bengaluru-based Promptec Renewable Energy Solutions?
# Havells India
The electrical equipment-maker bought a 51% stake in Promptec Renewable Energy Solutions earlier this
year.
29. Which telecom company last week announced 1GB free Data for all its female subscribers coming
aboard?
# Videocon Telecom
Under this initiative, the telco talked about women empowerment and declared 1GB free data that will be
extended as 100MB per month for 10 months for all female subscribers. This benefit will be over and above
any other data benefit provided to subscribers at the time of acquisition.
30. Which airline has unveiled its first Arsenal FC branded plane?
# Emirates
Emirates, official partner of Arsenal Football Club, has unveiled its first plane to feature the club’s branding as
the team fly out for the start of the summer tour to Singapore this week. The Gunners arrived in style on an
Emirates B777-200LR chartered aircraft that has been specially designed for their Arsenal Singapore 2015
visit. Emirates Airline first began its partnership with the Barclays Premier League club in 2004, and
expanded its shirt sponsorship in 2006 to include the naming rights to Arsenal’s new home ground, Emirates
Stadium.