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Shout: An essential Australian custom. Generally means a “round” of alcoholic beverages that is paid for by a single member of the drinking party. If you ever find yourself in an Australian pub, you must offer to “shout” all your new-found mates a drink—it’s considered very bad form to buy a drink just for yourself. Of course, such a system of communal purchasing tends to encourage heavy drinking, but who’s complaining...
...forum, problem set, pub,” Bezhuashvili said. “Life is very intense here.” Of course, the Georgian official and ambassador is still first and foremost a student...
...First Boston, wants to encourage "openness and connection, that we're all in this together"--the kind of culture he remembers from his 25 years at investment firm Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Blackstone is a powerhouse, with $14 billion raised for private-equity investment, including a recent move into the pub division of British beermaker Scottish & Newcastle. It has also raised $4 billion for real estate investment and claims a top-tier restructuring advisory group that counts Enron and Xerox among its clients. As Blackstone tries to achieve its next goals--expanding in Europe, beefing up its mergers-and-acquisitions practice...
...Scottish pub recently turned away a respectable patron for sporting Burberry accessories. (The situation recalls other brand hijackings, such as Mitsubishi-tagged ecstasy tablets and gangster-rappers praising Lexus.) A Burberry spokeswoman pointed out that it does not need the attention - half-year profits rose 21% this year. Dubbed "Suburberry" for spreading beyond its niche, the brand may be getting too familiar. Burberry - majority-owned by retailer GUS - needs to broaden its look "and reinforce its price and distribution," says Andy Palmer, account director at London-based ad agency St. Luke's. The company is trying to wean itself...
...audience tonight at Graham Norton doesn't look all that gay - although some folks sure do seem happy, having apparently popped into a pub for a pint or two before attending. Still, everybody behaves impeccably, Spears included. She laughs gamely at the male dancers in schoolgirl skirts spoofing her old ... Baby One More Time video and barely blushes when Norton shows her a website of a Spears look-alike who turns out to be a man. On the whole, the appearance goes very well. Spears proves she's a good sport, holds her own bantering with her clever host...