Very much Obama-ism...
From BizDom Blog
Malia and Sasha dolls
The manufacturer Ty Inc. claims that their name choices of "Sweet Sasha" (left)and "Marvelous Malia" were totally random and not at all related to anyone.
Pre-chewed pencil
According to Concentrate, the educational design company behind it,
the pre-chewed surfaces make pupils reluctant to put the pencils in their mouths, encouraging them to focus on the challenges at hand.
But will kids buy someone else's teeth mark's pencil....
Germany's Biggest Business family quarrel: Adidas Vs Puma
Adidas and Puma may be among the most recognized brands in the world, but neither might exist if not for a bitter rivalry between two brothers from a little-known village in Germany. The success story of the two major sports company adidas and Puma began a very long time ago. In the 1920s, Adolf (Adi) Dassler, a soft-spoken sports fanatic who spent hours working on shoe designs in his workshop, and Rudolf Dassler, a gregarious salesman, started a small shoemaking business in the Bavarian enclave of Herzogenaurach, and their father was also a shoemaker.
The two brothers Adi and Rudolf Dassler founded 1924 "Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik" and focused on sport shoes at that time.
Puma founder Rudolf Dassler as a recreational boxer in year 1929
The origins of the split between Rudolf and Adolf are hard to pinpoint, but an Allied bomb attack on Herzogenaurach in 1943 illustrated the growing tension. Adi and his wife climbed into a bomb shelter that Rudolf and his family were already in.
"The dirty bastards are back again," Adolf said, apparently referring to the Allied warplanes. Rudolf was convinced that his brother meant him and his family. The damage was never repaired.
However this is not the only version of their reasons for the separation. Some say that with the end of the war, the brother Adi had delivered to the Allies.
Adidas has its headquarters on the Herzo Base, a new town of Herzogenaurach, while Puma’s is at the northern ring road of Herzogenaurach.
Rudolf died in 1974 and Adolf in 1978. The two are buried in the cemetery of Herzogenaurach, though(of course) on opposite sides of the land.
Adidas quickly became a much larger company than its rival. Where did Puma go wrong?
One of the critical failures for Puma was that Rudolf had an argument with the coach of the German soccer team, and that allowed Adidas an opening before the 1954 World Cup, where, completely against all odds, West Germany won against Hungary … Adi Dassler was in all the [newspaper] pictures; he was everywhere. And the Adidas black boots with the stripes were on all the players. From that moment on they received letters from around the world from people wanting to sell Adidas in other countries.
Flashback Tata Crucible Quiz Part 2
1. What is Gautier, the chain of furniture stores now known as ?
2. What is Mascot Systems now known as?
3. What is the number mentioned on the licence of JRD?
4. Which airline’s in-flight mag is known as Krisworld?
5. ‘Money plant’ is the ATM network of which bank?
6. Where would you find a publication by the name Brew Print?
7. What mag was started by Bob Guccione in 1965?
8. Kosbi is a popular index of which country?
9. “A lot can happen over coffe” says who?
PS: Please don't reply back, I am just helping those new-comer, who in the past have mail me to give 'a taste of Tata Crucible', so do the googling yourself....
2. What is Mascot Systems now known as?
3. What is the number mentioned on the licence of JRD?
4. Which airline’s in-flight mag is known as Krisworld?
5. ‘Money plant’ is the ATM network of which bank?
6. Where would you find a publication by the name Brew Print?
7. What mag was started by Bob Guccione in 1965?
8. Kosbi is a popular index of which country?
9. “A lot can happen over coffe” says who?
PS: Please don't reply back, I am just helping those new-comer, who in the past have mail me to give 'a taste of Tata Crucible', so do the googling yourself....
The BiG Idea Of Kayak.com
Co-founders of Orbitz, Travelocity and Expedia created Kayak.com to provide consumers with more comprehensive travel options in one place.
The 2009 Index of Economic Freedom
Hong Kong returned to occupy its top-spot for the 15th consecutive time, in the ‘Index of Economic Freedom’.
WTF this ranking is all about?
This ranking/study is done by the Heritage Foundation and the "Wall Street Journal.", to quote them
Where are we (Indian?)
Very well placed at 123th spot out of 183 nations, doing well against China, Nepal, Niger etc etc . Anyway we can say that like any other ranking , this is also of dubious nature, reason is simple: Pakistan is placed at 102.
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WTF this ranking is all about?
This ranking/study is done by the Heritage Foundation and the "Wall Street Journal.", to quote them
We measure ten components of economic freedom, assigning a grade in each using a scale from 0 to 100, where 100 represents the maximum freedom. The ten component scores are then averaged to give an overall economic freedom score for each country. The ten components of economic freedom are:
Business Freedom | Trade Freedom | Fiscal Freedom | Government Size | Monetary Freedom | Investment Freedom | Financial Freedom | Property rights | Freedom from Corruption | Labor Freedom
Where are we (Indian?)
Very well placed at 123th spot out of 183 nations, doing well against China, Nepal, Niger etc etc . Anyway we can say that like any other ranking , this is also of dubious nature, reason is simple: Pakistan is placed at 102.
Read more
SeX in Advertising Part 1
Sex or Sexuality as we all knows, do influences our thoughts, behaviours, orientations toward others, all in all life in general. I have been doing a lot of research on this, resulting lots of funny/crazy/dud stuff. I had posted a series titled “Sexy Advertising” on my other blog, anyway with not much time and energy left to run multiple blogs, I will continue that series on BiZdom ONLY.
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