C Bee Biz - 7

1) Which company has commissioned India's largest blast furnace?
Ans: Tata Steel in synergy with L & T and Paul Wurth

2) What ticketing change occured with respect to the airline industry from June 1 2008?
Ans: 100 percent electronic ticketing (i.e no paper tickets)

3) Which company pipped EXL & Capgemini to (almost) bag AVIVA BPO?
Ans: Warburg owned WNS Holdings

4) Which cabin crew training institute plans to launch an IPO, start a new low cost airline and establish training centres overseas by 2009?
Ans: Frankfinn

5) Which fashion brand has dropped Sharon Stone from its advertising in China after she suggested that the earthquakes in Sichuan were karmic retribution for the treatment of Tibet?
Ans: Christian Dior

6) Alleging discrimination, Future Group has decided to shelve off which global brand from all its formats?
Ans: Cadbury

7) Which French designer, famous for revoltionising women's clothing in the 1960s died of a brain tumor in Paris?
Ans: Yves Saint Laurent

8) Which company has rolled out a much awaited line up of chips for laptops codenamed Puma?
Ans: AMD

9) J M Smucker will acquire which iconic coffee brand from P&G for stock valued $2.95 billion?
Ans: Folgers

10) Which newspaper has recently launched a Bangalore edition with a baseline 'For Younger Minds' ?
Ans: Deccan Chronicle

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