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Steve Harmison, the English fast bowler, is nicknamed 'GBH', which stands for 'Grievous Bodily Harm'. This refers to his aggressive bowling style and ability to bowl fast, intimidating deliveries that could cause serious harm to batsmen. The nickname reflects his pace and hostile bowling approach.

In cricket notation, players are often referred to by initials. GBH refers to Steve Harmison, the former English fast bowler. 'G' stands for Graham (his middle name) and 'BH' for his surname Harmison. Mathew Hoggard would be MH, Brad Haddin is B Haddin, and Ben Hilfenhaus is different. These initials are used in scorecards and cricket commentary for brevity. The question asks to identify GBH.

Ramalinga Raju, founder of Satyam Computer Services, reorganized the company into a 'Network of Circles' structure in the early 2000s. This was intended to create autonomous business units with their own profit and loss responsibilities, though the company later faced a major corporate fraud scandal.

Motorola was founded by Paul Galvin and his brother Joseph Galvin in 1928. The company name 'Motorola' was derived from 'motor' (for car radios) and the popular suffix 'ola' from Victrola. Option A correctly identifies Joseph Galvin as one of the founders.

Chef Allyson Ames is the president and co-founder of Wonderland Bakery, which is known for its custom-designed cookies and treats. This is a niche trivia question about a specific business founder in the food industry.

George Bernard Shaw wrote this line in his 1905 play 'Major Barbara.' The character Andrew Undershaft, a wealthy arms manufacturer, delivers this line to express his capitalist worldview. Shaw uses this quote ironically to critique the morality of wealth accumulation.

Thomas M. Nies founded CINCOM (originally Cincom Systems) in 1968 and became the longest-serving actively serving CEO in the computer industry. Computer Associates was founded by Charles Wang and Russell Artzt, BMC by John Bailly, and Unisys was formed from a merger of Burroughs and Sperry.

Bill Gates wrote 'The Road Ahead' in 1995, founded the digital imaging company Corbis in 1989, and joined Berkshire Hathaway's board in 2004. These are all well-documented facts about Gates' career beyond Microsoft. Warren Buffet is the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, not the director described.

Warren Buffett is famously known as the 'Oracle of Omaha' for his legendary investment wisdom and success as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. The nickname references his hometown. Sergey Brin and Larry Page founded Google, while Larry Ellison founded Oracle Corporation.

Mike Lazaridis co-founded Research In Motion (RIM) and created the BlackBerry smartphone. Bill Gates founded Microsoft, Steve Jobs co-founded Apple, and Abraham Berry is a fictional distractor name.

Tony Fadell (misspelled as 'Faddel') led the iPod development team at Apple, though Steve Jobs announced and marketed it. The iPod was developed internally by Apple, not Sony. 'None of these' is incorrect because Tony Fadell is indeed the right answer.

This is an exact duplicate of question 7547. Tony Fadell (misspelled as 'Faddel') led the iPod development team at Apple. The question and options are identical to the previous block.

Adobe Systems was named after Adobe Creek, which ran behind co-founder John Warnock's house in California. This is a well-known piece of tech trivia. eBay, Novell, and Facebook have different origin stories.

GBH likely refers to 'Great Big Harmison' - Steve Harmison's nickname. However, the initials GBH don't perfectly match his name (SJH), suggesting this might be a lesser-known or error-prone nickname.