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IMI Quiz Inc.

1.Founded in 1917 by Larry Valenstein and Arthur Fatt, Grey Global Group began as a direct marketing company named Grey Studios, reflecting the color of the wall or its original quarters, changing to Grey Advertising in 1925.

2. Identify

"Each floor will have its own watering and nutrient monitoring systems. There'll be sensors for every single plant that tracks how much and what kinds of nutrients the plant has absorbed.

3. Unstick your style

4.Identify

Climate Change Chocolate comes with a verified TerraPass offset of 133 pounds of carbondioxide reductions, the average American’s daily carbon impact. We hope this small offset will be the first taste of a lower-carbon lifestyle for Whole Foods shoppers who decide to take responsibility for their climate change impact.

5.Identify

Fart pack

A company called The Pond Inc. is now selling a product called "Subtle Butt", billed as a fart neutralizer, to eliminate smelly flatulence.
It's an activated carbon fabric pad, measuring 3.25" x 3.25" square, and adheres to the inside of your underwear with two self-adhesive strips.
As the wind breaks, Subtle Butt filters the flatulence, absorbing and neutralizing its odor. Now you can eat as many burritos you want and still have a social life

6.Identify

Biometric chip on a British passport

7. Identify

Dean Kamen’s human segway transporter

8. Identify

Braille Interpreter

9.Identify

Digital scarecrow

10.The term originated in an article by Mark Simpson published on November 15, 1994, in The Independent. Which term?

Metrosexual

Journey

Keep Ithaka always in your mind.
Arriving there is what you're destined for.
But don't hurry the journey at all.
Better if it lasts for years,
so you're old by the time you reach the island,
wealthy with all you've gained on the way,
not expecting Ithaka to make you rich.
Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey.
Without her you wouldn't have set out.
She has nothing left to give you now.

And if you find her poor, Ithaka won't have fooled you.
Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,
you'll have understood by then what these Ithakas mean.

New Products

Company launches pre-chewed pencils

The company, called Concentrate, says the pencils look like they have already been chewed making pupils less likely to put them in their mouths,encouraging them to focus on the challenges at hand.

Barbie as German Chancellor Angela Merkel

To mark five decades as the world's number one doll the creators of Barbie have created a version based on German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The 54- year old German leader is considered the perfect model for Barbie and will be put on display at the international toy fair in Nuremberg . The toy is priced at 17 pounds and has a youthful look with thin waistline.

Powerful Indians

1) RAGHAV BAHL, 49, MEDIA BARON
THE COLORS OF MONEY

Because from measuring the heartbeat of the Bombay Stock Exchange, his network now increases the pulse rate of prime time viewers, with his new channel Colors within striking distance of the nine-year-long No. 1, Star Plus.

Because three of the biggest hits of last year, Singh is Kinng, Golmaal Returns and Ghajini, were owned or distributed by The Indian Film Company.

Because while his two business channels continue to dominate their spaces, he is expanding into new media, with Homeshopping18 a Rs 200-crore property in its second year, and in.com becoming the second largest Indian general interest portal within six months of its launch.The big discovery: That he likes watching soaps, especially of his own channel. “Balika Vadhu for sure, and occasionally, Jaane Kya Baat Hui, Uttaran and Jeevan Saathi”.

Wish he could have: Kept some extra cash to buy media assets which are currently available at such mouth-watering discounts.

2) HARISH SALVE, 53,
THE ARGUMENTATIVE INDIAN

Because everyone who is in trouble or who believes he could be in trouble wants him in their corner, whether it is arch-rivals Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mayawati or longtime foes Lalit Modi and Subhash Chandra.

Because there is hardly any corporate case that he is not arguing and hardly any politician who hasn’t sought his advice.
Because he usually wins the cases he fights.

What excites him: Taking on a former Pakistani minister in a television debate or arguing against OBC reservation in Central government educational institutions. When Salve talks, people usually listen.

Big acquisition: A 7-series BMW, breaking his promise to himself that he would “behave”.

Nice guy move: Every evening he helps his wife Meenakshi set up a stained-glass showroom by typing emails and suggesting marketing strategies. As he quips, “it’s from maximum wages to minimum in the evenings”.

3) G.M. RAO, 58, INDUSTRIALIST

MASTER OF ALL TRADES

Because he is steering the makeover of the eponymous GMR Group from a domestic player in the infrastructure business to a global player with a presence in seven countries.

Because with the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, completed in a record 30 months in March last year, he proved India can have world class facilities.
Because even as the Group builds the new terminal at the Delhi airport, it has ensured an enduring connect with the Delhi Daredevils in the IPL contest.

Big buy: Acquisition of 50 per cent stake in Intergen, a leading global power generation company, at a cost of approximately $1 billion, making the Group the largest private power generation company in India.

Little known fact: A mechanical engineer by training, he was employed in the Public Works Department of Andhra Pradesh before he resigned to turn a jute trader.

Should be embarrassed about: The foray into insurance, creating ING Vysya and finally pulling out of it.

Sunday Syndrome

Connect-

This photograph was a part of an experiment to find out if a horse has all its 4 feets of the ground while running. Who had financed/commissioned the experiment ?

Ans : Leland Stanford

IIM-A once again!