Showing posts with label Company. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Company. Show all posts

Monday, December 27, 2021

OBQ 1667: In your hood.

If you live in some parts of India you might have seen specific outlets bearing this logo in last six months, name the company that is increasing its presence at a crazy pace in an industry dominated by government.

Identify the logo.

Answer: Nayara Energy

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

OBQ1664: Gobbled up.

 These days the motto of big tech is "either you acquire companies or you get acquired yourself", identify the firm that recently got acquired.

                                                                    Answer:Nuance


Wednesday, December 8, 2021

OBQ 1662: Living the realty

Real-estate are called real for a reason, here is a company that has capitalized on this age old industry in a very systematic way. They might not build real-estate but they are capitalizing on it.

Identify them from their logo.


Answer: JLL the real estate consulting giant.


Sunday, December 5, 2021

OBQ 1661: Well oiled machine.

Here is a business that started in pre-independence era in very low-tech industry and is now a full blown conglomerate that spans from agriculture to aerospace and is professionally run.

Connect these images to the Business group.

Answer: Mahindra group


Tuesday, November 30, 2021

OBQ 1659: Too big to ignore.

Even I hadn't heard about them till recently, but then I learned they are the most valuable company in Europe, so one can't ignore it. 

With that as clue identify this firm from its logo.

Answer: ASML, one of the largest manufacturer of machines that are used for making semi-conductor chips.



Wednesday, November 24, 2021

OBQ 1657: Back in business.

 As COVID recedes in India, here is one of the brands gaining traction among its loyal customers.

Identify the hospitality brand.

Answer: Trident hotels


Friday, November 19, 2021

OBQ 1655: A friend indeed.

A good friend is defined by how someone deals with you when you are at your worst and weakest. Here is few images from one such friend of India that has helped India when it needed it most.

Connect these to a country. If you can explain what all these images represent then you are a genius!


Answer:Russia/USSR

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

OBQ 1654: All eggs in one basket.

They say don't put all your eggs in one basket, this company/business group defied the popular wisdom and diversified deep in the financial sector.

Identify the company from its logo.

Answer:IIFL


Thursday, November 11, 2021

OBQ 1652: Man on the strip.

He started as being biggest real estate developer on Las Vegas strip, now he dominates the skyline of many world cities. This is a man that Mr. Trump is still jealous of.

Who is he? Even last name would do.

Answer:Steve Wynn


Tuesday, November 9, 2021

OBQ 1651: Sliding in the history

Continuing with the popular culture theme this week...Connect these images to an iconic brand (some would say institution) that completed 100 years and turned an entire industry on its head.

Answer: White-Castle




Wednesday, November 3, 2021

OBQ 1649: Animal on the prowl.

This animal is owned by government and now seems to have taken hold of all major metros in India. Identify the agency from its logo.


Answer: National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL)


Thursday, October 28, 2021

OBQ 1647: Immigrants to the rescue.

The immigrants are a nation of their own, in many cases though the rescued immigrants become the rescuers for the human society.

Connect the images to an immigrant couple that did just that. Name them or the company they started.

Answer:BioNTech and its founders Dr.Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci



Saturday, October 23, 2021

OBQ 1645: Bellwether or Outlier?

Here is a company that was in news earlier this month for wrong reason, what we dont know is that is it an outlier or its one of many to come.

Identify the big name from Asia which is no longer that big.

Answer:Evergrande


Saturday, October 16, 2021

OBQ 1642:Up for grabs.

At right price everything is available or at least it seems to be the case with this "Investor", identify the small country which has bought a lot of big names thanks to the huge pile of money it has generated by some dubious means.


Answer:The Saudi Arabian investment authority has part in all these, the latest acquisition being the Newcastle united club, last logo.



Wednesday, October 13, 2021

OBQ 1641: The ethical investor.

 Investing is no longer about just buying low and selling high, its also a lot about Corporate Governance and getting rid of the skeleton in any company's closet.

Here is a company that has done that a lot and is recently in news in India.

Identify the company from its logo.

Answer: Invesco


Friday, October 8, 2021

OBQ 1639: On the money.

Identify the mavericks who started a firm that lets the common man make money before they make the money themselves. 

Its a start-up that is truly for "Bharat".

Answer:Ashneer Grover and Shashvat Nakrani


Tuesday, October 5, 2021

OBQ 1638: Valuing the invaluable.

 You need to identify which company's logo is this, the second image/logo is just a hint, another hint...both companies are in business of risk assessment and management.

Answer:Milliman


Wednesday, September 29, 2021

OBQ 1636:Past imperfect.

Be it human beings or companies, when you are born in place like Germany, the past haunts the present but if you deal with it like Frau Merkel you can make future almost perfect.

Connect these images to a firm that has entered in its 15th decade regardless of its shenanigans from the past. 

This is fairly easy if you know your movies or history.

Answer: Munich Re (reinsurer)


Tuesday, September 21, 2021

OBQ 1633: The Newsmakers

There are those who are on page3 and then their are those who are on the front page, this power couple has come under tremendous pressure in last one year or so for the kind of venture they run has lots of expectations set-up on it.

They have come out on top of it and made India proud.

ID them and the powerhouse of a company they run.

Answer: Krishna and Suchitra Ella of Bharat Biotech.


Thursday, September 16, 2021

OBQ 1631: Go big or go home!

Work life balance in the time of SARS COV-2 and "the move to cloud" may seem like a recent thing but not for this company, they have been doing cloud computing for over a decade and taking on big names like Salesforce, Amazon and Microsoft on their own turf.

Identify the homegrown company that caters to the world and is about to hit the Capital markets.

Answer: Freshworks