Business Names Flashcards
The Securities Exchange Board of India Chairperson
Madhabi Puri Buch
Expand SWIFT, the commonly used inter-banking messaging system that was discovered in 1973.
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
What is China’s alternative to SWIFT?
CIPS - Cross border Interbank Payment System
Which company replaced the Indian Oil in the Nifty 50 index?
Apollo Hospitals
Which bank was removed from the banking index (Nifty Bank) in place of RBL Bank?
Bank of Baroda
What is Ukraine’s currency called?
Ukrainian Hryvnia
Who is the President of Belarus?
Alexander Lukashenko
Which cyber security company did Google acquire for $5.4 billion all-cash deal?
Mandiant
Pharma company Biocon’s arm, Biocon Biologics, agreed to acquire which biosimilars company for $3.335 billion?
Viatrics
Which was the first US bank to leave Russia amidst the Russia-Ukraine conflict?
Goldman Sachs
What is the name of the CEO of Marks and Spencers that recently stepped down from his role?
Jack Rowe, after almost 40 years in the company where he joined straight from school.
Who is replacing Jack Rowe as the CEO of Marks and Spencers?
Stuart Machin, the boss of M&S’ food business.
Who stepped down as CEO of a Japanese company amid opposition to restructuring plans?
Sathoshi Tsunakawa, the former CEO of Toshiba
Who stepped in as interim CEO of Toshiba?
Tara Shimada
Who is the CEO of Amazon?
Andy Jassy
What is the name of the telescope that will be replacing the Hubble Telescope?
James Webb telescope
Who is known as the ‘SPAC king’ and recently resigned from the Virgin Galactic Chair?
Chamath Palihapitiya
Who won the South Korean presidential elections and which political party does he belong to?
Yoon Suk-yeol from the People Power Party
What is the name of William Ackman’s hedge fund?
Pershing Square Capital Management
What is the name of Russia’s lead negotiator?
Vladimir Medinsky
What is the name of the new CEO that was appointed by Colgate-Palmolive?
Prabha Narasimhan
Who will Prabha Narasaimhan be replacing?
Ram Raghavan who will be moving onto a more global role.
Who is the CEO of Japanese retail-chain UNIQLO?
Tadashi Yanai
What is the name of the journalist identified to be shot by Russian forces in Irpin?
Brent Renaud
Which South African airline got grounded due to violations of safety protocol by the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA)?
Comair which operates another airline called Kulula and has a licensing agreement with The British Airways
Who is the Russian oligarch that owns Chelsea and had his assets frozen as part of the sanctions in the UK?
Roman Abramovich
Who is the President of Brazil?
Jair Bolsanaro
Which company is the world’s largest producer of Nickel and Palladium?
Norilsk Nickel
Who is the President and biggest shareholder of Norilsk Nickel?
Vladimir Potanin, a Russian oligarch that has yet not been sanctioned by the West.
Which Indian company has a majority of its stake owned by Russia’s Rosneft?
Nayara Energy
Which is India’s largest nuclear power station?
Kundankulam Nuclear Power Plant
Which logistics company did JD Logistics, a subsidiary of Chinese e-commerce giant, JD.com Inc, acquire?
Deppon Logistics Co.
Who is the ‘Big Shot’ of Nickel that is suffering major losses right now with the commodity jumping 250%?
Xiang Guangda of Tsingshan Holding Group Co.
Which Chinese company is facing record fine for Anti-Money laundering violations?
Tencent Payment Technology Co. is facing money laundering allegations over its WeChat Pay app.
Which company board did former Walt Disney CEO Robert Iger take seat at?
Genies Inc.
Who is former Wirecard CEO that has been charged by German prosecutors with suspected market manipulation?
Markus Braun
Who is the CEO of Oatley?
Toni Petersson
Who is the CEO of Hennez and Mauritz (H&M)?
Helena Helmersson
To whose name did Roman Abramovich transfer his entities to shortly before the Russian invasion of Ukraine?
David Davidoch
Which Chinese city is knows as China’s Silicon Valley
Shenzhen City
Who is the Finance Minister of the United Kingdom?
Rishi Sunak
What is the real name of Foxconn?
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd.
What is the name of the Nominee for Top Fed Banking regulator that stepped down amidst opposition from Republicans and a Key Democrat?
Sarah Bloom Raskin
Who is the director of the Enforcement Division at Securities and Exchange Commission?
Gurbir Grewal
Who is the Chairman of SEC?
Gary Gensler
What is the name of the President of the Republic of Poland?
Andrzej Duda
What are the Big Four Accounting firms?
Deloitte and Touche LLP, Ernst and Young LLP, KPMG LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
