Companies and their HeadquarterCompaniesHeadquarter

PepsiCoPurchase, New York, USA

NestleVevey, Switzerland

Home DepotVinings, Georgia, USA

Berkshire HathawayOmaha, Nebraska, USA

BPLondon, United Kingdom

Total S.A.La Defense, Paris, France

UPSSandy Springs, Georgia, USA

ConocoPhillipsHouston, Texas, USA

FiatTurin, Italy

ToshibaTokyo, Japan

KrogerCincinnati, Ohio, USA

AppleCupertino, California, USA

CostcoIssaquah, Washington

UnileverLondon, UK and Rotterdam, The Netherlands

HondaTokyo, Japan

VolvoGothenburg, Sweden

TargetMinneapolis, Minnesota, USA

BMWMunich, Germany

Sears HoldingHoffman Estates, Illinois, USA

BoeingChicago, Illinois, USA

DaimlerChryslerStuttgart, Germany and Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA

FedexMemphis, Tennessee, USA

VodafoneNewbury, England, UK

AXAParis, France

MotorolaSchaumburg, Illinois, USA

PetronasKuala Lumpur, Malaysia

ToyotaToyota, Japan

Procter & GambleCincinnati, Ohio, USA

PfizerNew York, USA

FordDearborn, Michigan, USA

Lockheed MartinBethesda, Maryland, USA

FortisBrussels, Belgium and Utrecht, The Netherlands

HalliburtonHouston, Texas, USA

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.New York City, USA

BASFLudwigshafen, Germany

SonyTokyo, Japan

SiemensMunich, Germany

Northrop GrummanLos Angeles, California, USA

MicrosoftRedmond, Washington, USA

CitigroupNew York City, USA

VolkswagenWolfsburg, Germany

PemexMexico City, Mexico

NokiaEspoo, Finland

Reliance IndustriesMumbai, India

ING GroupAmsterdam, The Netherlands

Morgan StanleyNew York, USA

Coca-ColaAtlanta, Georgia, USA

General MotorsDetroit, Michigan, USA

HyundaiSeoul, South Korea

StaplesFramingham, Massachusetts, USA

WalmartBentonville, Arkansas, USA

DellRound Rock, Texas, USA

IBMArmonk, New York, USA

HBOSEdinburgh, Scotland

NikeBeaverton, Oregon, USA

IKEALeiden, The Netherlands

Samsung ElectronicsSeoul, South Korea

McDonaldsOak Brook, Illinois, USA

MichelinClermont-Ferrand, France

ExxonMobilIrving, Texas, USA

Royal Dutch ShellThe Hague, The Netherlands

Walt DisneyBurbank, California, USA

HPPalo Alto, California, USA

CanonTokyo, Japan

VerizonNew York, USA

General ElectricFairfield, Connecticut, USA

ChevronSan Ramon, California, USA

UBSBasel & Zurich, Switzerland

Bank of AmericaCharlotte, North Carolina, USA

AllianzCharlotte, North Carolina, USA

LGSeoul, South Korea

Sprint NextelOverland Park, Kansas, USA.

Deutsche BankFrankfurt am Main, Germany

IntelSanta Clara, California, USA

PeugeotParis, France

Companies and their Punch lineCompaniesPunchline

BPLBelieve in the best

AiwaPure passion

PhilipsLet's make things better

NokiaConnecting people

Blue StarBreathe easy

XeroxThe document company

SybaseInformation anywhere

IBMSolutions for a small planet

OracleSoftware powers the internet

AlcatelArchitect of an internet world

WiproApplying thought

TCSBeyond the obvious

Infosys TechnologiesPowered by Intellect, driven by values

NOWExperience convergence

NovellThe power to change

AcerWe hear you

AcerEmpowering people

SifyMaking the Internet work for you

CiscoEmpowering the Internet generation

HPInvent

Sun MicrosystemsWe make the Net work

Sun MicrosystemsTake it to the nth

Sun MicrosystemsThroughout computing

Polaris SoftwareThe power of precision

AppleThe power to be your best

AppleThink different

Hyundai SonataRedisover luxury

OpelThe flight of German engineering

Baleno AlturaSleek silent spirited

Mercedes BenzThe future of the automobile

Hyundai AccentAffordable luxury

TataImproving the quality of life

FiatDriven by passion

Maruti EsteemMove ahead in luxury

Honda CityGem of an engine, Jewel of a car

Honda CityMakes perfect sense

Mitsubishi LancerOwn the road

BMWThe ultimate driving machine

SantroIndia's favourite family car

Hero HondaDesh ki dhadkan

Maruti VersaTwo luxury cars in one

Ford MondeoRefined aggression

Fiat PalioTechnology. To the max

Opel AstraThe science of comfort

Fiat SienaGet noticed

Wagon RFeeling at home

Mahindra ScorpioNothing else will do

TVS VictorMore smiles per hour

Accent VivaRev your imagination

Honda AccordEnd of discussion

Bajaj pulsarFear the black

Tata SafariMake your own road

Tata IndigoSpoil yourself

SansuiBorn in Japan. Entertaining the world

EpsonExceed your vision

General ElectricImagination at work

VoltasThe global cooling expert

VideoconThe Indian multinational

Crompton GreavesEveryday solutions

PanasonicIdeas for life

LGLife's good (tag-line)

LGInventive thinking

ElectroluxNourishing lives. Nourishing hopes

Mitsubishi ElectricChange for the better

MTNLLifeline of Delhi and Mumbai

CanonDelighting you always

OnidaNothing but the truth

OlympusYour vision. Our future

DaikinComplete silence

AkaiTruly Japanese. Truly Advanced

MicrosoftYour potential. Our passion

HPInvent

Sun MicrosystemsWe are the dot in the s.com

PolarisPower of precision

Cisco SystemThis is the power of the network. now'

HPEverything is possible (catchphrase)

AccentureHigh performance. Delivered

IBMOn demand business

AcerEmpowering people

AT&TYour world. Delivered

Dell ComputersConsider the possibilities (tag-line)

LenovoFirst you pay for it then it pays you back with interest

MicrosoftAre you people ready?

IBMWhat makes you special?

Tata IndicomDo more. Live more

EmiratesKeep discovering

Austrian AirlinesThe most friendly airlines

Cathay PacificThe heart of Asia

LufthansaThere is no better way to fly

Jet AirwaysThe joy of flying

Air SaharaEmotionally yours

Thai AirwaysSmooth as silk

Sri Lankan AirlinesYou are our world

Qatar AirlinesTaking you more personally

Air MauritiusNon-stop caring

Malaysia AirlinesGoing beyond expectations

China AirlinesWe blossom everyday

Austrian AirlinesFly with friends

Spice jetFlying for everyone

BMI BMIThose who know fly

British AirwaysThe world is waiting

Air IndiaFly Well (tag-line)

Gulf AirColour your sky

KLMThe reliable airline

Turkish AirlinesYour magical gateway to the world

Indian Airlines Ltd.New horizons. Enduring values

Qantas AirlinesSpirit of Australia (tag-line)

Skoda OctaviaThe most well built luxury car

Chevy SRVBe a sport

Ford FusionAnything Karega

Honda UnicornBe a wing rider

Bajaj EliminatorDesigned to lead

Skoda AutoObsessed with quality since 1885

CentraFill it-once a month

Toyota InnovaAll you desire

Hyundai AccentSheer pleasure

Land Cruiser PradoAbsolute power. Period

Mercedes-BenzBrace Yourself

CediaTotally responsive. Totally alive

Sonata EmberaUndoubtedly distinguished

AltoLet's go

Maruti 800Change your life

ChevroletFor a special journey called life

State Bank of IndiaWith you - All the way

Punjab National Bank___, the name you can bank upon

ICICI Prudential Life InsuranceWe cover you. At every step of life

LICWe know India better (tag-line)

Royal SundaramBeyond expectations

New India Insurance Company LtdAssurance of the leaders

Union Bank of IndiaGood people to bank with

HDFC Standard LifeRespect yourself

SBI Life InsuranceWith us you are sure

HSBCThe world's local bank

The Vysya Bank LtdExperience relationship banking

Canara BankLifelong Banking

Aviva Life Insurance Co.Kal par control

Iffco-Tokio General InsuranceThe life you deserve

SBIFor your better tomorrow

Oriental Bank of CommerceWhere every individual is committed

IL & FSMore than a fund. A friend

Ernst & YoungQuality in everything we do

DSP Merrill LynchBullish on Life

Syndicate BankReliable Responsive

Induslnd BankWe care ... Dil Se

Allahabad BankA tradition of trust

Allianz Bajaj Life InsuranceHaske Jeeyo Yaar (tag-line)

Bank of BarodaIndia's International Bank

Vijaya BankA friend you can bank upon

Franklin Templeton InvestmentsGain from our perspective

ICICI Lombard General InsuranceWe keep you going

UCO BankHonours your trust

The Federal Bank LtdYour perfect banking partner

Dena BankTrusted family bank

Lord Krishna BankBanking as you like it

National InsuranceInsuring your happiness

Tata Mutual FundWith expertise comes trust

Allianz Bajaj Life InsuranceThe power on your side

Corporation BankOne bank, many solutions

LICTrust-thy name is LIC

Kotak Life InsuranceBulls you win. Bear you win

SBI Mutual FundSoch hamari. Fayda aapka

IDFC IDFCThink infrastructure. Think

BNP ParibasThe banking for a changing world

Tata AIGA new look at life

Bombay Stock Exchange LtdThe edge is efficiency

State Bank of IndiaSurprisingly (catch-phrase)

ICICI Prudential LifeWe cover you at every step in life

Acquisitions (Target and Acquirer)InfocrossingWipro

Yipes EnterprisesReliance Communications

ZavataApollo Health Street

Pegevo BeheerPunjab Chemicals and Crop Protection

MTV Networks IndiaThe television 18 group

Watsol OrganicsArch Pharma Labs

Biomeda GroupElder Pharmaceutical

Unza HoldingsWipro

Biocon's enzyme businessNovozymes

Boston communications GroupMegasoft

Schoeller Litvinov K.S.Spentex Industries

SLS PowerBhoruka power

Sara Lee Household and Body careGodrej Sara Lee

Vector Insurance ServicesMastek

Logistics SolutionsKaashyap Technologies

Logan - Orviss InternationalPatni Computer Systems

Innovative Foodsndian Hotels Co.

LintasIPG

Punjab TractorsM and M

Orion TechnologyRolta India

FCB UlkaIPG

Talent FuseSQL Star

Wipro BioMedRFCL

DE Ruiter StaalkabelUsha Martin

ReckonUpLogix Microsystems

Kausar IndiaGati

Anchor Daewoo IndustriesHaier Appliances India

Brics SecuritiesLehman Brothers

HCCA Business Services3i Infotech

NovelisHindalco

OM&TMoser Baer India

CorusTata Steel

KeaneCaritor, California

Active Pharmaceutical IngredientActavis

RSM Advisory ServicesPricewaterhouseCoppe

Best Manufacturing GroupGHCL

Hutchison EssarVodafone

Global VentedgeEssar Global

FrameFlowSonly Pictures Imageworks

Ad DynamixY Brant Technologies

eSys TechnologiesTeledata Informatics

Gem Tours and TravelsIndian Tourism Infrastructure (ITIL)

Algoma SteelEssar Steel

Sesa GoaVedanta Resources

Anchor ElectricalsMatsushita Electric Works

Air SaharaJet Airways

SyndesisSubex Azure

RSHGolden Ace

HollisterJubilant Organosys

Godrej Beverages and FoodsHershey Co

Minnesota SteelEssar Global

Hotel Campton PlaceIndian Hotels Co

QuickmillBatliboi

Glaceau (Tata Tea's Stake)Coca - Cola Co

Whyte and MackayUnited Spirits

Internet EuropeSakthi Auto Component

Simon Golub and SonsShrenuj and Company

Defiance Testing and Engineering Services (DTE)Ashok Leyland

Detroit Engineered Products (US)Autoline Industries

Argent Independent SteelJSW Steel

Pylania (Switzerland)Kamla Dials and Devices (KKDL)

Empire Rubber (Australia)Motherson Elastomers and Motherson Investment

NetDevicesAlcatel-Lucent

Sarabhai Zydus Animal HealthCadila Healthcare

IceNetYOU Telecom

Globeleq America's power assetsD S Constructions and Israel Corpn.

Mars Restaurants and Sky Gourment CateringIndia Hospitality Corp.

Malvika SteelJaiprakash Group

J L FrenchAmtek Automobiles

Schooeller LitvinovSpentex Industries

Quimica e Farmaceutica NikhoCadila Healthcare

Grandix PharmaceuticalsStrides Arcolab

NaanDan Irrigation SystemsJain Irrigation Systems

Wausaukee CompositesSintex Industries

Dunn Solutions Group, Tilak Auto TechCranes Software International

Sara Lee Corp (India and Sri Lanka)Godrej Sara Lee

Origin of the Company NameOracleThe code name for a CIA project which was designed to use the newly written SQL database language from IBM.

RaytheonLiterally 'Light of the gods'.

IKEAA composite of the first letters in the Swedish founder's name in addition to the first letters of the names of the property and the village in which he grew up.

3MFrom the company's original name, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company.

SanyoThe Japanese translation is disputed, although the Chinese name is three oceans.

AppleThe founder worked at an orchard, and named the company thus to distance itself from the cold, unapproachable, complicated imagery created by other computer companies at the time.

SamsoniteNamed from the Biblical character renowned for his strength.

AccentureThe name X was proposed by a company employee in Norway as part of an internal name finding process (BrandStorming). Prior to January 1, 2001 the company was called Andersen Consulting.

KiaThe name roughly translates as 'Rising from Asia' in Hanja.

CanonOriginally (1933) Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory the new name (1935) derived from the name of the company's product named after the Japanese name of the Buddhist bodhisattva of mercy.

PepsiNamed from the digestive enzyme.

LotusMitch Kapor named his company after this yogic position or 'Padmasana'. Kapor used to be a teacher of Transcendental Meditation technique as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

NovartisAfter the Latin expression which means something like 'new skills'.

WachoviaFrom the Latin version of the German name given to a region in North Carolina by German settlers because it reminded them of a river near their home in Germany.

Alta VistaSpanish for 'high view'.

AkamaiFrom the Hawaiian word meaning smart or clever; the company defines it as 'intelligent, clever and cool'.

Kinko'sFrom the college nickname of founder, Paul Orfalea. He was called X because he had curly red hair.

7-ElevenRenamed from 'U-Tote'm' in 1946 to reflect their newly extended hours.

SamsungMeaning three stars in Korean.

NovellThe name was suggested by founder George Canova's wife who mistakenly thought that X meant new in French.

CadillacNamed after the 18th century French explorer Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de X, founder of Detroit, Michigan.

HyundaiConnotes the sense of 'the present age' or 'modernity' in Korean.

VolvoFrom the Latin word which means 'I roll'.

VirginThe founder says in his autobiography that when they were starting a business to sell records by mail order, 'one of the girls suggested: 'What about X? We're complete x's at business.''

StarbucksNamed after a character in Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick.

ReebokAlternate spelling of Pelea capreolus, an African antelope.

AtariNamed from the board game Go. It is a Japanese word to describe a position where an opponent's stones are in danger of being captured.

HoechstFrom the name of a district in Frankfurt.

NikeNamed for the Greek goddess of victory.

NestleNamed after its founder, Henri X, who was born in Germany under the name that is German (actually, Swabian diminutive) for 'bird's nest'.

AudiLatin translation of the German name 'Horch'. The founder August Horch left the company after five years, but still wanted to manufacture cars. Since the original 'Horch' company was still there, he called his new company thus.

SubaruFrom the Japanese name for the constellation known to Westerners as Pleiades or the Seven Sisters. X was formed from a merger of seven other companies, and the constellation is featured on the company's logo.

ChevroletNamed after company co-founder Louis X, a Swiss-born auto racer. The company was merged into General Motors in 1917 and survives only as a brand name.

DaewooCompany founder Kim Woo Chong called it X which means 'Great House' or 'Great Universe' in Korean.

Yahoo!This word was invented by Jonathan Swift and used in his book Gulliver's Travels. It represents a person who is repulsive in appearance and barely human. The founders liked it.

VolkswagenFrom the German for 'people's car'.

AdobeFrom the creek that ran behind the house of co-founder John Warnock.

HitachiLiterally 'sunrise' in Japanese.

Companies and their FounderCompaniesFounder

Godrej GroupArdeshir Godrej

Canara BankAmmebal Subba Rao Pai

Vedanta Resources (India)Anil Agarwal

HCL TechnologiesArjun Malhotra (Co-founder)

India TodayArun Puri

The International School BangaloreK.P. Gopala Krishna

Dainik BhaskarRamesh Agarwal

Nagarjun Group of CompaniesK.V.K. Raju

Jamia Milla IslamiaKhwaja Abdul Hamad

K.K. Birla FoundationKrishna Kumar Birla

Mind Tree KrishnaKumar Natrajan (Co-founder)

Ahmedabad Spinning & Weaving MillsRanchodlal Chotalal

Birla Engineering College PilaniG.D. Birla

Dabur India Ltd.S.K. Burman

Kirloskar GroupLaxman Rao Kirloskar

Bombay Dry Dock LovjiNusserwanji Wadia

HotmailSabeer Bhatia (Co-founder)

RanbaxyBhai Mohan Singh

Sahara GroupSubroto Roy

Signet Press (Calcutta)D.K. Gupta

Mind TreeSubroto Bagchi (Co-founder)

Jet AirwaysNaresh Goyal

Globals IncSuhas Gopinath

Cirrus LogicSuhas Patil

Bharti GroupSunil Bharti Mittal

AkbarallysFakhrudin T. Khorakiwala

TVS Motors T.V.Sundaram Iyengar

G.Pulla Reddy Engineering CollegeG.Pulla Reddy

Godrej GroupProjshah Godrej (Co-founder)

Reliance GroupDhiruBhai Ambani

Tata GroupJamshetji Tata

Dr. Reddy's group of companiesDr. K. Anji Reddy

Cyber MediaUnni Warrier

Nirma IndsutriesKarsan Bhai Patel

BioconKiran Mazumdar Shaw

Infosys TechnologiesNarayana Murthy

Apollo HospitalsDr. Pratal Reddy

Satyam Computers and ServicesRamalinga Raju

Raunaq Group (Apollo tyres)Raunaq Singh

Oberoi Group of HotelsM.S. Oberoi.

Zee TVSubhash Chandra

Infosys TechnologiesNandan Nilekani (Co-founder)

United BreweriesVittal Mallya

Punjab National BankLala Lajpat Rai

Mahindra & MahindraKeshub Mahindra

Hindustan MotorsB.M. Birla

Larsen & ToubroHenny Hokk Larsen, Soren Kristian Toubro

Arvind MillsKastur Bhai, Narottam Bhai, Chimanbhai

MRFK.M. Memman Mappillar

Quasar XK.M. Memman Mappillar

Aditi TechnologiesPradeep Singh

KRG Rainwater Harvesting FoundaitonK.R. Gopinath

SKS Finance (P) Ltd.Vikram Akula

IIPM Dr.M.K. Chaudhari

Bixel (Indian Job Portal)Ruban Phukan (Co-founder)

Cancer Patients Aid AssociationY.K. Sapru

Thapar Group of IndustriesKaram Chand Thapar

Jain Irrigation SystemsBhavar Lal Jain

Financial TechnologiesJignesh Shah

Shri Gajanan Mills DadaSahab Velankar

Greynium Information TechnologiesB.G. Mahesh

Hero GroupBrij Mohan Lal Munjal

Hind Samachar GroupJagat Narain

CiplaKhwaja Abdul Hamied