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Dressed up like a Scottish country gentleman with sideburns, tweed hat and walking stick, Barth sat at a table with 10 empty cups of tea and narrated the story of his sister’s life in full Scottish accent...
Almost every big rap star has a line of clothes, but only Roc-A-Fella lifts its own drink. Tired of seeing liquors like Allied Domecq's Courvoisier profit from mentions in songs, Roc-A-Fella partnered with William Grant & Sons, a Scottish distiller, to release Armadale, a premium vodka, last January. Armadale has already produced a $700,000 profit as well as criticism of Dash for pushing liquor to kids. Dash sees a double standard. "We're not saying kids should drink it," he says. "We're saying, 'Hey, kids, you can start a business.' Is it a negative...
...Harvard’s top players, sophomore intercollegiate No. 6 Will Broadbent and freshman Siddharth Suchde, did not play due to injuries. Broadbent is still sidelined with patella tendonitis and Suchde was resting a sore hamstring in preparation for next month’s Scottish Open...
...Europe's catwalks is cats - or, for that matter, dogs. But cat and dog fur is regularly used as trim or linings for gloves, boots, hats, jackets and other items made from pelts imported mostly from China, the Philippines and Thailand. Struan Stevenson, a Scottish Member of the European Parliament who wants an E.U.-wide ban on such imports, has a coat made of Alsatian skin (bought in Berlin), a rug made from four golden retrievers (from Copenhagen), individual cat pelts (obtained in Barcelona) and kitten-in-a-basket novelties made from dog fur. "I have personally bought these little...
...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 and adding new businesses...