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Name the Indian businessman who wrote In the Shadow of the Mahatma: A Personal Memoir.
G D Birla

Which financial newspaper/journal/magazine is famous for Big Mac Index, which uses the price of a big hamburger sold by McDonald’s as an informal measure of exchange rates?
The Economist

Which software head honcho is nicknamed ‘Magus’ meaning ‘wizard’ in Persian?
Shiv Nadar(CEO of HCL, CEO of Hindustan Computers Ltd.)

Which Hollywood studio did Coca-Cola own?
Columbia Pictures(Now owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment.)

Which MNC derives its name from a Buddhist goddess of mercy?
Canon