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World Service,23 Mar 2017,17 mins

Out to Lunch?

Business Daily

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Desk sandwich or boozy meal? Business Daily's Ed Butler dissects the business lunch, and asks whether the demise of the fancy client meal is a good thing. Elizabeth Hotson reports on the sobering change in Western lunchtime practices over the last generation, while Steve Evans describes how Koreans have had to start keeping their restaurant trips within a tightly regulated budget. Plus, Florida-based etiquette expert Jacqueline Whitmore explains why holding your fork the wrong way could cost you that all-important business deal. (Picture: Waiter serving wine to businessmen in restaurant; Credit: Michael Blann/Getty Images)

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