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1) At its first annual general meeting in 2001, queried on the threat of a takeover, Sir Roy Gardner, the chairman, had stated that "Manchester United is a well-run plc, so there would be no point in a takeover." But the threat became real this month as the owner of an American football club — the Tampa Bay Buccaneers — is set to become the new owner, with a bid valued at about $1.5 billion. Name him?

2) If an investor buys or sells `SAY' on the New York Stock Exchange, he would be dealing in the equity of... ? (You have a clue in this box.)

3) This Web site started off as `Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web' named after its founders, David Filo and Jerry Yang. When it started, the Web site resided on Yang's workstation, `Akebono' and the software on Filo's computer, `Konishiki' — both named after sumo wrestlers. Its present name could refer to "a boorish, crass, or stupid person" or a behaviour that is "rude, unsophisticated, uncouth." Today, investors as well as users of the Internet covet it. Name the Web site?

4) When this fund paid a dividend of Rs 30 per unit to its shareholders in March 2000, it set a record, which remains unsurpassed, for the highest dividend declaration of 300 per cent. Which fund enjoys this distinction?

5) A global investment bank has recently had to face the embarrassment of its ancestor employing several thousand people as slaves. Name it?

6) "It is quite exciting to see the start of equity trading here in tune with our promise and I expect it to really take off soon." This was the reaction of Dr R. H. Patil who was the Managing Director of the NSE (National Stock Exchange) when trading in equities started on November 3, 1994. In which stock was the first trade executed? That may have been a sitter. Who were the parties to this transaction?

7) Which company, owned by HarperCollins, is the largest publisher of the Bible in the world?

8) Starting his career in media as a correspondent for Doordarshan in 1985, this person was the anchor and production consultant for India's first monthly video newsmagazine, Newstrack, produced by the India Today group. He now owns a media empire that includes channels such as CNBC TV 18 and Awaaz. Who are we referring to?

9) Pernod Ricard of France had recently made a hostile bid for Allied Domecq, the second largest spirits in the company.

A counter bid has been announced by... ?

10) Who is the person in the above photograph? Armed with a degree in economics from Cambridge University and an MBA from Wharton, he started a career as an economic and policy consultant in Washington.

In the early 1980s, he gave up a lucrative opportunity in the US, returned to India and joined IDBI. He has, since 1994, played a pivotal role in the development of an institution and has placed Indian capital markets on a par with the best in the world.

Who is this person who has made a difference to the way Indian investors trade and made the markets safer for them?

Answers

1) Malcolm Glazer

2) Satyam Computer Services

3) Yahoo!

4) Alliance Capital Tax Relief

5) JPMorgan

6) Reliance Industries (100 shares at Rs 375); the parties to the transaction were Ras Brokerage and Profin Capital Services

7) Zondervan

8) Raghav Bahl, the Managing Director of Television Eighteen

9) Constellation Brands (the largest wine company in the world) in alliance with Brown-Forman (the manufacturer of Jack Daniels) and two strategic financial investors, Lion Capital and Blackstone Group.

10) Ravi Narain, Managing Director of the NSE.

Compiled by

S. Vaidya Nathan

Compiled by S. Vaidya Nathan

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