Friday, 4 April 2014

Logo quiz of the day : 210


Hint: Apparel maker
Answer: Levi Strauss & Co.

Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&CO) is a privately held clothing company known worldwide for its Levi's brand of denim jeans. It was founded in 1853 when Levi Strauss came from Buttenheim, Franconia, (Kingdom of Bavaria) to San Francisco, California to open a west coast branch of his brothers' New York dry goods business. Although the company began producing denim overalls in the 1870s, modern jeans were not produced until the 1920s. The company briefly experimented (in the 1970s) with employee ownership and a public stock listing, but remains owned and controlled by descendants and relatives of Levi Strauss' four nephews.

Thursday, 3 April 2014

Logo quiz of the day : 178


Hint: Giving jitters to stock markets around the world.
Answer: Dubai World


Dubai World is an investment company that manages and supervises a portfolio of businesses and projects for the Dubai government across a wide range of industry segments and projects that promote Dubai as a hub for commerce and trading. It is the emirate's flag bearer in global investments and has a central role in the direction of Dubai's economy. Assets include DP World which caused a storm when trying to take over six US ports, and Nakheel, its property arm, which built The Palm Islands and The World developments. It is chaired by Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem.

Logo quiz of the day : 209


Hint: Fastfood chain
Answer: Burger King

Burger King, often abbreviated as BK, is a global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants headquartered in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The first restaurant was opened in Miami, Florida in 1954 by James McLamore and David Edgerton, and has since used several variations of franchising to expand its operations. Burger King Holdings Corporation is the parent company of Burger King; in the United States it operates under the Burger King Brands title while internationally it operates under the Burger King Corporation banner. It is a publicly traded company with investment firms of TPG Capital, Bain Capital, and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners each owning about 25% of the company.

Wednesday, 2 April 2014

Logo quiz of the day : 177


Hint: Largest financial services company of its country.
Answer:  Grupo Santander

Grupo Santander,is a banking group centered on Banco Santander, the largest bank in the euro area (in terms of market capitalisation), which originated in Santander, Cantabria, Spain.
Source: Wikipedia.


Logo quiz of the day : 208


Hint: It's products are injurious to health.
Answer: British American Tobacco Plc

British American Tobacco Plc is a leading global tobacco company. It is based in the Globe House in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Tuesday, 1 April 2014

Logo quiz of the day : 176

 
Answer: Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP

The Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the principal worldwide tennis tour for men, the ATP Tour, which was renamed in January 2009 and is now known as the ATP World Tour. It is an evolution of the tour competitions previously known as World Championship Tennis. The ATP's Executive Offices are in London, England. ATP Americas is based in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA; ATP Europe is headquartered in Monaco; and ATP International, which covers Africa, Asia and Australasia, is based in Sydney, Australia.

The counterpart organization in the women's professional game is the Women's Tennis Association.

Logo quiz of the day : 207

A Very Happy New Year.



Answer: Budget

Budget Rent a Car System, Inc. is an American car rental company that was founded in 1958 in Los Angeles, California by Morris Mirkin. Budget's operations are headquartered in Parsippany-Troy Hills Township, New Jersey.
With its original fleet of 10 cars the company lived up to the 'Budget' name by undercutting the daily and per mile rental rates of the established airport based car rental companies. Mirkin was joined in 1959 by Julius Lederer (husband of Ann Landers). In 1960 the headquarters was moved to Chicago, Illinois and the rental fleet expanded with franchised and wholly owned rental outlets.