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...cash--with bottles costing twice the average Indian weekly wage, it's meant to be exclusive. Tonight the guests include local investment bankers, venture capitalists and a group of students from the business school in Fontainebleau, France, on a two-week trip to India to see what all the buzz is about. Over Chenin Blanc and Reserve Shiraz, the patrons swap investment tips and gossip about recent sightings of Richard Gere and Will Smith. "You're so lucky to be here now," says Samant, 39. "This is an incredible time. It's all happening. Right here, right...
...significant general election victory. But from publicity perspective, the campaign got a significant bang for its buck. "Think about it," said a Warner staffer, "If we threw this kind of thing for the DNC [Democratic National Committee], it would be just another party." As it was, the event's buzz reverberated throughout the community and into the mainstream media...
...official convention luncheon. His book is about the future of American democracy. His inspirational earlier book, "Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance," was a bestseller. In a BookExpo crowd of political types (Pat Buchanan, Arianna Huffington, Terry McAuliffe, and the like), Obama enjoyed triple the buzz. The celebrated keynote speaker's fame should take this more policy-oriented book...
...well-attended BookExpo buzz panel, Vikram Chandra's massive debut novel (1,000-plus pages) was championed by HarperCollins' publisher, who promised that the book will "do for Indian literature what 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' did for South American literature." Amazon.co.uk gives a preview of the tome: "This epic novel draws the reader deep into the life of detective Sartaj Singh and into the criminal underworld of Ganesh Gaitonde, the most wanted gangster in India...
That's another reason Cereality is trying to grow as quickly as possible, through franchising, partnerships with hotels and other retail chains, online sales and catering. The Cereality concept has generated so much buzz that Roth and Bacher say they have received more than 6,000 applications from all over the world. In April, Roth and Bacher began meeting with applicants to select the first operators, and they hope to have 30 new partners by 2008, with each running several restaurants. The Cereal Bowl, for its part, says it has collected 250 e-mail inquiries about franchising...