1) Suzuki started making motorcycles in 1952, the first models being motorized bicycles.
2) The concept of using a credit card for purchases was invented in 1887 by Edward Bellamy.
3) Rupert Murdoch acquired Star TV from a Hong Kong company in 1993.
4) Dow Jones was founded in 1882 by reporters Charles Dow, Edward Jones, and Bergstresser.
5) Ford was launched in 1903 with $28,000 in cash from twelve investors.
6) Air India was founded as Tata Airlines in 1932, a division of Tata Sons Ltd.
7) Times of India was founded on Nov. 3, 1838 as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce.
8) Pfizer is named after German-American cousins Charles Pfizer and Charles Erhardt.
9) Novartis was created in 1996 from the merger of Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz.
10) Facsimile (fax) transmission was first demonstrated publicly by Bell Labs.
11) The Bombay Stock Exchange, established in 1875, is the oldest stock exchange in Asia.
12) The Britannica is the oldest English-language encyclopedia still in print.
13) Qantas was founded on Nov. 16, 1920 as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd.
14) Tata Steel was established in 1907 to set up the first iron/steel plant in Jamshedpur.
15) The name Vodafone comes from Voice data fone.
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