In 1990 the His company was floated as a public company, with share placements initially in Mexico and then worldwide. Later in 1990 he acted in concert with France Telecoms and Southwestern Bell Corporation in order to buy landlines telephony company from the Mexican government. By 2006, 90 percent of the telephone lines in Mexico are operated by The company he bought, whilst his mobile telephony company, operates almost eighty percent of all the country's cellphones. It was also at this time that he had heart surgery and subsequently passed on much of the day-to-day involvement in the businesses to his children and their spouses. In 2000 also saw a venture with Microsoft which led to the start of the Spanish T1msn portal, later renamed ProdigyMSN. Who ?
A-Carlos Slim
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In 1945, in his sophomore year of high school, he and a friend spent $25 to purchase a used pinball machine, which they placed in the local barber shop. Within months, they owned several machines in different barber shops. He spent a load of time in the customers' lounge of a regional stock brokerage near the office of his father's own brokerage company. On a trip to New York City at the age of ten, he made a point to visit the New York Stock Exchange. He studied in Wharton for Two years. Who ?
A-Warren Buffett
A-Warren Buffett
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Logo of ?
A-The I-mark
The India Design Council launched a campaign to foster awareness about good design in India by launching a quality benchmark - the I-Mark –a tag which, upon conferment, will denote good design in products, services, objects and works.
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It will acquire the global rights for the eponymous brand name from Pirelli 9 million euros (Rs 55 crore). Pirelli is the owner of the trademark in the rest of the world. Which Brand Name ?
A-CEAT
A-CEAT
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Pig bristle was used for cheaper ones, and badger hair for the more expensive ones. The first patent for It was by H. N. Wadsworth in 1857 in the United States, but mass production in the USA only started in 1885. Animal bristle was not an ideal material as it retains bacteria and does not dry well, and the bristles often fell out. Natural animal bristles were replaced by synthetic fibers, usually nylon, by DuPont in 1938. The first nylon bristle was made with nylon yarn, went on sale on February 24, 1938. In January 2003 It was selected as the number one invention Americans could not live without according to the Lemelson-MIT Invention Index. What Product ?
A-Toothbrush
A-Toothbrush
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