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X is a role in party-based politics whose primary purpose is to ensure control of the formal decision-making process in a parliamentary legislature. Xs are party 'enforcers', who typically offer both inducements and punishments to party members. In modern times, most Xs are concerned primarily with ensuring a desired attendance for an important vote.

Answers to Funda 1:

1. The Long Tail

2. Drink the Kool - Aid

Funda - 2

__________is an inducement, using maximum incentives and financial benefits, for an older worker to take "voluntary" early retirement.

It is a lucrative financial package offered an employee who is being involuntarily terminated.

Funda - 1

1.The phrase The X (as a proper noun with capitalized letters) was first coined by Chris Anderson in an October 2004 Wired magazine article to describe the niche strategy of businesses, such as Amazon.com or Netflix, that sell a large number of unique items, each in relatively small quantities.

2.The term is derived from the 1978 cult suicide in Jonestown, Guyana. Jim Jones, the leader of the Peoples Temple, persuaded his followers to move to____ Jonestown. Late in the year he ordered his followers to commit suicide by drinking grape-flavored Flavor Aid laced with potassium cyanide. (Those unable, such as infants, and those unwilling to comply received involuntary injections). An earlier usage than 1987 can be attested at least as early as 1982 in the film "The Slumber Party Massacre" by Amy Holden Jones. In the scene where Valerie 'Val' Bates prepares Kool-Aid, she offers a glass to her sister and says "As the famous Jim Jones once said: 'should have been X".

PERSONALITIES QUIZ

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Company Name Abbreviations!!!!!

Lets take a look at the expansions of different Company names.We come across these abbreviations every day but seldom do we introspect so much to find what exactly these Initials stand for.Here is a list of ten interesting initial expansions!!!!!


Japan Victor Company

Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services.

Southern Pacific Railroad INTernal Communications.

James Bullough Lansing,named after the founder

Nippon Electric Company.

Tokyo Denki Kagaku (Tokyo Electronics and Chemicals).

Thomas Nationwide Transport

High Tech Computer Corporation

Hindustan Computers Ltd

Today China Lion. Derived from literal translation of "今日中国雄狮" from Chinese to English.

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Logo Quiz set 1

Hey there folks.

Thank you for the overwhelming response for the first set of questions. Well, we are following that up with a logo quiz.

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ANSWERS.....1.3 com 2.World bank 3.Airbus 4.Avantha thapar 5.Thysenkrupp 6.Newscorp 7.Buick 8.Proton 9.Llyod tsb 10.Huawei

SQC Business Quiz

No fooling around with useless content . We get right away with a Biz quiz . Questions of the Anna University-TVS Students Quality Club Biz Quiz .

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1.*He received his premedical degree from the prestigious Madras Christian College and his medical degree from Stanley Medical College, both located in Chennai, India. He is a trained cardiologist with international experience. He set up the first chain of corporatized Hospitals in Chennai starting from 1982. Who is he?

2. In the largest acquisition by an Indian Technology services firm, which Indian company has made a Rs.3269 crore cash offer to acquire the UK based Axon Group Plc.?

3. *“Meet Or Delete” a social networking site is operated by HP along with which other media major?

4. This was the first Indian movie of which Singapore Airlines bought rights to show on its planes. Name it.

5. *This manufacturing company received award for increasing shareholder value in February 2008. This auto giant withdrew its bid for a Maruthi project following a change in management at its headquarters. What is this company?

6. Tab, Mr. Pibb, OK, Minute Maid, Fruitopia and Mellow Yellow are brands associated with which company?

7. Name the Indian company that features as a top ranker on multimedia guru Robi Roncarelli’s list of global animation making movies like Sinbad?

8. If one buys an Onida TV, one would be doing business with which company?

9. Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Zaheer Khan, apart from being Indian cricketers, also have a common business domain. What do they own? Name their establishments too.

10. Name the company which holds the distinction of being the only Private Sector company in India to hold several of its Annual General Meetings in stadiums.

11. The first was built with borrowed wood near Pasadena by two brothers, who wanted to pursue a career in Hollywood. There is one at the North Pole, and a floating one on a steamer at St. Louis. What are we talking about? .

12. Len Bosack and Sandy Lerner, a married couple who worked in computer operations staff at Stanford University, later joined by Richard Troiano, founded this company in 1984.This company’s first two CEO’s are John Morgridge and John Chambers. The company was a 2002-03 recipient of the Ron Brown Award. Name this company which also bought IBM’s network business?

13. Ja-Ri Corporation was the original multi-level marketing distributorship for Nutrilite nutritional products, founded by Richard M. DeVos and his childhood friend Jay Van Andel in 1950s in a garage. With what name this company is now known as?

14. * In 2008, this company launched iMobile, a comprehensive Mobile banking solution. iMobile is considered to be a breakthrough innovation in Indian Banking which allows a customer to do all possible transactions through a GPRS-enabled mobile phone. Name this first Indian company to be listed on big board at New York Stock Exchange.

15. HIT Entertainment, Inc. holds the Co pyrights for the world’s largest selling copyrighted book. Which one?

16. What toy, first introduced at the Nuremberg Toy Show in 1979, sold over 100 million units by 1982?

17. * This company began manufacturing televisions and telecommunications equipment, demonstrating it’s potential and future business area. On incurring heavy losses, this company concentrated 100% on Healthcare Business group Started Sales and Service Support for PIX and re branded the Service operations under "SURE CARE" brand .Which is this Indian company that was also the first to issue American Depository Receipts?

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19. * This company has produced numerous business leaders for corporate India. It is referred to as a 'CEO Factory' in the Indian press for the same reasons. Its leadership building potential was recognized when it was ranked 4th in the Hewitt Global Leadership Survey 2007. Which is this first Indian company to set up a website exclusively to scout human assets, facilitate cross border recruitments etc?

20. * Which company did Nestle join forces with to develop the international market for “ready-to-drink” tea and coffee, now significant only in Japan?

21. This company is a multinational vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information technology services, founded on 24 February 1982.It was predominantly a vendor of technical workstations, competing successfully as a low-cost vendor during the Workstation Wars of the 1980s. It now has shifted its hardware product line to emphasize servers and storage.Scott McNealy is associated with this company. Identify this company?

22. * The Wall Street Journal has coined a term which means public confession as a form of therapy. The coinage of this term bears testimony of the extreme popularity of this person and his/her mode of dealing with personal pain.What’s the term called?

23. Which brand of shirts gets its name from the fact that the first batch after production was over dyed?

24. At Stanford, he was inspired by entrepreneurs such as Steve Jobs and Scott McNealy eventually deciding to become one himself. Instead of pursuing a Ph.D. after his Masters, he decided to join Apple in 1991.Name this Indian who is the man behind free e-mail service.

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