June 2007 - Bizdom

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1. In an attempt to explain this concept, Adam Smith introduced the ‘diamond –water ‘paradox. In this he used two concepts: value in use & value in paradox, thus though diamond has a low value in use but a high value in exchange , while water has high value in use but low value in exchange. What was explained by father of economics by this ?

2. What was developed by an economist , Oskar Morgenstern, and a mathematician , John von Neumann , in the 1950s?

3. His mother was the mayor of Cambridge. Though a brilliant student yet he never wanted to be into either academic or public life. He wanted to run a railroad. "It is so easy...and fascinating to master the principles of these things," he told a friend, with his usual modesty. But no railway came along, and finally he ended up taking the civil service exam. His lowest mark was in economics. Name this famous Economist?

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1. ‘Life is Fast’ campaign is soon to go on-air and the TVCs talk about the ‘speed’ aspect of _____The idea is to show that life is moving at an extremely fast pace, so why not a fast email. service.

2. This portal is now available in Unicode. Earlier the content in the portal was available in true type fonts. Through Unicode font, all the portals are now more approachable for various search engines. Name this Indian portal which recently added nine languages to the existing five.

3. It is the leading film production and distribution company in the state of Kerala. Some of its noted South films are Kilukkam, Spadikam and Kaala Paani. It has distributed international films like Mortal Kombat and Mira Nair’s Kama Sutra, in India. And produced Gardish, Kabhi Na Kabhi, Raja Ko Rani Se Pyar Ho Gaya and Chandni Bar in Hindi.

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1. In the late 1880’s roll film were invented , however the first film which told a story was produced in the year 1903 in the laboratories of …..

2. Who was the first government official on record to order a traffic control regulation. He passed a law that no woman was to drive a chariot in Rome?

3. What was started by NewYork lawyer named George Bissell?

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My first Bizdom as SKS employee , hope to continue.

BizarreQdom

1. The name for this Soap was inspired by a verse from the Bible. Its founder got though of the name when the minister read from Psalms 45:8, "All thy garments smell of myrrh and aloes and cassia, out of the ____ palaces whereby they have made thee glad."

2. David McConnell started the California Perfume Company (CPC) in 1886. Today the company is known as Avon, why has he named his company so?

3. “Most people don’t know this, but I have done a television ad for Liberty shoes. I looked really ugly in it. All I did was to wear my Puma t-shirt and football shorts and jump. They are the first sports shoes made in India and I was their first model. The second ad I did a Pan Parag kind of product, but it never really took off in the market.” Who said this?

DeSi-BiZ-MeN

1. Call him a moneylender with heart or call him a social entrepreneur who has discovered the proverbial fortune at the bottom of Indian pyramid. Name this Desi Biz Man, who is also included in this year’s list of 50 influential Indian [By India Today].

2. He thought of the brand name WBB for the launch of a fabric for men’s trousers way back in the 80’s , when one of his friends ask him what does this means , he replied : it’s innovative “WHITE , BLUE & BROWN”. Name this maverick & pioneer Desi Biz entrepreneur.

3. He set-up Bharat Gears in the early 1970’s, then he started a JV with Suzuki’s vendor Koyo. However his father-in-law as well as his daughter-in-law is much more famous, name this Desi Biz Man.

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