List of Indian Banks and their Taglines

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Allahabad Bank : A Tradition of Trust

Bank of Baroda: India’s International bank

Bank of India: Relationship Beyond Banking

Bank of Maharashtra: One Family One Bank.

Dena Bank : Trusted Family Bank

HDFC Bank: We understand your world

IDBI: Banking for all

Indian Bank: Taking banking technology to the common man.

Indian Overseas Bank: Good people to grow with

Karnataka Bank: Your Family Bank. Across India.

Karur Vysya Bank: Smart Way to bank

Kotak Mahindra Bank : Let’s Make Money Simple

Oriental Bank Of Commerce: Where every individual is committed.

Punjab National Bank : The name you can bank upon

South Indian Bank: Experience next generation banking

State Bank Of India : With You all the way

State Bank of Mysore: Working for a better tomorrow

State Bank of Patiala: Blending modernity with Tradition.

State Bank of Travancore: Since 1945. A long tradition of Trust.

Union Bank of India : Good people to bank with

Vijaya Bank: A friend you can bank upon

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Etymolgy of Company names

Adidas — Name after its founder Adolf (Adi) Dassler.

Apple — named after the favourite fruit of co-founder Steve Jobs and for the time he worked at an apple orchard

Boeing — Named after founder William E. Boeing.

Coca-Cola — derived from the coca leaves and kola nuts used as flavoring. Coca-Cola changed the 'K' of kola to 'C' to make the name look better.

Daewoo — company founder Kim Woo Chong called it Daewoo which means "Great House" or "Great Universe" in Korean.

Dell — named after the founder, Michael Dell.

DHL — named after its founders, Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom, and Robert Lynn.

Ferrari — Named after its founder, Enzo Ferrari.

Ford Motor -named after its founder, Henry Ford,

Google — a deliberate misspelling of the word googol, reflecting the company's mission to organize the immense amount of information available online.

Honda — from the name of its founder, Soichiro Honda

HP — named after its founders Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard

LG — from the combination of two popular Korean brands, Lucky and Goldstar.

McDonald's — from the name of the brothers Dick McDonald and Mac McDonald.

Nestlé — named after its founder, Henri Nestlé

Nike — named for the Greek goddess of victory.

Pepsi — named from the digestive enzyme pepsin.

Porsche — named after Ferry Porsche, son of the founder Ferdinand Porsche.

Sharp — Japanese consumer electronics company named from its first product,an ever-sharp pencil

Starbucks — named after Starbuck, a character in Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick

Suzuki — from the name of its founder, Michio Suzuki.

Toyota — from the name of the founder, Sakichi Toyoda.

Wal-Mart — named after founder Sam Walton Click here for Abbreviations of Companies/Brands

Abbreviations of Companies/Brands:

3M: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

3 Com: Computer, Communication and compatibility

ACC: Associated Cement Companies

ALCOA: Aluminum company of America

AOL: America Online

AT & T: American Telephone and Telegraph

BenQ: Bringing Enjoyment and Quality to life

BMW : Bayerische Motoren Werke

BPL: British Physical Laboratories

CONOCO: Continental Oil Company

DHL : Dalsey, Hillblom and Lynn

DLF: Delhi Land and Finance

FIAT: Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino

FCUK: French Connection United Kingdom.

GE: General Electric

GM: General Motors

HMV:His Masters Voice

IBM: International Business Machine

ICBC: Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

ING: International Netherlands Group

ITC: Imperial Tobacco Company

KFC: Kentucky Fried Chicken

LG: Lucky GoldStar

MRF: Madras Rubber Factory

MTNL: Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited

NTPC: National Thermal Power Corporation

ONGC: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited

QANTAS: Queenland and Northern Territory Aerial Services

SAIL: Steel Authority of India Limited

STAR: Satellite Television Asia Region

UBS: United Bank of Switzerland

UPS: United Parcel Service

Vodafone: Voice, Data, Telefone