Logo Quiz of the Day : 566

Hint: Its products are 'Injurious to Health'.
Answer: Philip Morris International (PMI)
Philip Morris International (PMI) (NYSE: PM) is an international tobacco company, with products sold in over 160 countries. In 2007, it held a 15.6% share of the international cigarette market outside of the USA and reported revenues net of excise taxes of $22.8 billion and operating income of $8.9 billion.

Until a spin-off in March 2008, Philip Morris International was an operating company of Altria Group. It had its first day of trading on NYSE Euronext’s New York and Paris markets following its spin-off from Altria Group, Inc. as per March 31, 2008. In its first quarter of operations as a separately owned and traded entity from Altria, PMI had sales revenue of $15.6 billion and net earnings of $1.86 billion as compared with $13.2 and $1.45 billion respectively for the first quarter in 2007.

With its Operations Center based in Lausanne, Switzerland, it owns 7 of the top 15 brands in the world and has a mix of international and local products, which are produced in more than 50 factories around the world. PMI employs 75,600 people worldwide.

Its main brands are Marlboro, Longbeach, L&M, Philip Morris, Bond Street, Chesterfield, Parliament, Lark, A-Mild, Morven Gold, Muratti, DJI Sam Soe, Multifilter and Virginia Slims.

Logo Quiz of the Day : 565

Answer: Standard Life plc
Standard Life plc (LSE: SL.) is a long term savings and investment business, with headquarters in Edinburgh and operations across the globe. It has 1.5 million shareholders in more than 50 countries and over 6 million customers. Standard Life provides pensions, long term savings and investment management products. Standard Life’s assets under administration at 30 June 2010 were £179 billion.

The Standard Life Group has around 10,000 employees across the UK, Canada, Ireland, Hong Kong and the USA, with representative offices in Germany, France, South Korea and Australia and China. Standard Life Investments also operates in India through a joint venture, HDFC AMC.

Logo Quiz of the Day : 564

Answer: India Post
The Department of Posts functioning under the brand name India Post, is a government operated postal system in India; it is generally referred to within India as "the post office".

The Indian Postal Service, with 155,333 post offices, is the most widely distributed post office system in the world. The large numbers are a result of a long tradition of many disparate postal systems which were unified in the Indian Union post-Independence. Owing to this far-flung reach and its presence in remote areas, the Indian postal service is also involved in other services such as small savings banking and financial services.

Logo Quiz of the Day : 563

Hint: Letters
Answer: Australia Post
Australia Post is the trading name of the Australian Government-owned Australian Postal Corporation (formerly the Australian Postal Commission).

Logo Quiz of the Day : 562

Answer: Munich Re
Munich Re (Munich Reinsurance Company, German: Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft) is a reinsurance company based in Munich, Germany. It is one of the world’s leading reinsurer. ERGO, a Munich Re subsidiary, is the Group’s primary insurance arm.
Munich Re's shares are listed on all German stock exchanges and on the Xetra electronic trading system. Munich Re is included in the DAX index at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, the Euro Stoxx 50, and other indices.
The U.S. investor Warren Buffett has become the biggest single shareholder in the world's largest reinsurer Munich Re in February 2010 with more than 8 percent of the company.

Logo Quiz of the Day : 561

Hint: Snail mail
Answer: New Zealand Post
New Zealand Post, commonly referred by its acronym, NZPost is a State owned enterprise responsible for providing postal service in New Zealand.

Logo Quiz of the Day : 560

Hint: Sports Association
Answer: Football Federation Australia (FFA)
Football Federation Australia (FFA) is the governing body for the sport of football (soccer) in Australia. Before 1 January 2005, it was known as the Australian Soccer Association (ASA), which succeeded Soccer Australia in this role in 2003.