A quiz before the New year, Answers will be posted in a week's time
1) The top bond traders of this company called themselves 'Big Swinging Dicks' and this inspired the books like 'The Bonfire of the Vanities' and 'Liar's Poker'. This firm decided to imitate 'Drexel Burnham Lambert's its ability of LBO's. The first move in this regard was to compete on the leveraged buyout of RJRNabisco and the failed Revco Stores,
Identify the firm.
2) All the Orient-Tata has taken us far, Name the business man that has named his casino as Taj mahal (Sitter)
3) This company founded in 1923 had this slogan in front of their stores, it was called 'No bunk, no junk, no imitations'. This store is known for its four-story store and is shown in the movies like Shrek 2 and Big Daddy. however they opened a 8 storey 12 storey and even a 22 story building.
4) In may 1982, Ronald Reagen appointed him to head the statue of liberty ellis island foundation, which was created to preserve the statue of libery, he continues to be the head, name the personality.
5) December 18th 2003, When Larry Ellison got married to melanie Craft, his friend was the official wedding photographer, Name the official Wedding Photographer?
6)in 1999 Reuters entered into an a joint venture into a long term rival to form factiva, name the rival?
7) The name of this investment research company derives its name from 'Walden' a book written by Henry David Thoreau. In fact it is taken from the last sentence of the book "the sun is but a ____________ '.
8) The logo of this south African radio channel is based on the calligraphy of Mahatma Gandhi's letter in the year 1924, name the radio channel.
9) The co-founder of this company Daniel Lewin was killed in the flight in the 9/11 blasts and since then the company has lost Al-Jazeera as a main customer. The literal meaning of this company in Hawaiian is smart or intelligent. Name the company.
10) This term was coined by 'The Economist' in the year 1977 to describe the decline in the manufacturing sector in netherlands after the discovery of natural gas. Name the term.
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