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2008 Summer Olympics Web Sites Win Gold Medals for Speed and Reliability; Mobile Web Sites Take Silver, Reports Keynote (Red Orbit )

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:00:31 GMT

Keynote Competitive Research, the industry analysis group of Keynote (Nasdaq:KEYN), today announced the results of its analysis surrounding the speed and reliability of Mobile and Internet sites central to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

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WIN: NBC’s 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics by Numbers (Blueprint for Financial Prosperity)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:32:03 GMT

This week, in lieu of a Week in Numbers, I give you NBC’s 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics by Numbers. My favorite numbers of the bunch? $25,000 - The amount each Olympic athlete is given by the USOC for a gold medal. 44 - The number countries with apparel deals with Nike at the Olympics, there are 204 countries [...]

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Cuba - The end of the long Olympics reverie (Caribbean 360)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:23:25 GMT

Cuba has had a rude awakening from a three-decade dream as undisputed Olympic games leader in Latin America and the Caribbean, turning in the worst performance since Mexico City in 1968.

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New Poll: How Did You Watch the Olympics? (CyberNet)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:09:28 GMT

It’s been almost a week since the Summer Olympics in Beijing wrapped-up. This year more than ever, the Internet made a difference in how people kept-up with the games. In two years the Olympics will be back, in Vancouver, and it’ll definitely be interesting to see once again, the role that the Internet will play [...]

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JBL powers Beijing Olympics Fencing Hall (LSI Online News)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

USA - JBL loudspeakers were installed in the Fencing Hall at the National Convention Centre in Beijing where the fencing and modern pentathlon events at the 2008 Olympic Games were held.The ...

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London Olympics: Deng insurance row could stop GB's basketball team from competing in 2012 (The Guardian)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:03:09 GMT

An insurance row with the NBA over Luol Deng could prevent GB's basketball team from playing at the London Olympics

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Europe: Over 18 million watch Olympics over the Internet (E - Editors Weblog)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:21:17 GMT

Over 18 million watched live events of the Olympic Games on TV websites or on Eurovision (the pan-European video portal) according to figures released by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).According to EurActiv.com this increase in viewers will make it necessary...

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Correction: Story on final day of Olympics (The Washington Times)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:04:59 GMT

In an Aug. 24 story about the final day of Olympic competition, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the United States won the silver medal in men's team handball. Iceland won the silver medal. The U.S. did not have a team in the event.

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Olympics Reveal East-West Divide (China Digital Times)

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:51:01 GMT

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld is senior associate dean and Lester Crown professor of management practice at the Yale School of Management. He led the Yale Global Leadership Forum at the Beijing Olympics and studied the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games for several years before publishing a case study on these Games ...

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Beijingers give Olympics almost unanimous "successful" rating (People Daily)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:32:52 GMT

An official survey has found 98.6 percent of the Beijing residents consider the Olympics "successful". The Beijing Bureau of Statistics questioned by telephone 3,032 people from the capital's 18 districts and counties on their views on the Olympic Games from Aug. 8-24. Of the respondents, 82 percent said the Games was "very successful", and 16.6 percent regarded it...

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CA keen on having cricket in Olympic Games (Daily News Analysis)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:07:00 GMT

Joining the chorus of its players to get cricket in the list of Olympic events, Cricket Australia said that both cricket and the Games

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Orchestra Mimed At 2000 Olympics (Sky News )

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:02:20 GMT

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra has revealed its performance during the 2000 Olympic Games opening ceremony was mimed.

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Beckham Brings Olympics From Beijing to London (The News Market)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:54:00 GMT

David Beckham attended the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and the official London 2012 handover.

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Correction: Story on final day of Olympics (Seattle Times)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:05:44 GMT

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Briefs | Olympics: Mike Krzyzewski brings Games lesson back to Duke (Seattle Times)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:13:39 GMT

Olympics Coach K to "live the moment" after success: Mike Krzyzewski always maintained that leading the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team...

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The Arbitrarian: Envisioning the Olympics (Hardwood Paroxysm)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:05:00 GMT

David Sparks is The Arbitrarian. He profiles his stastical work every Thursday here at Hardwood Paroxysm. David is glad to be back at school, especially with his new Trapper Keeper and abacus. This week he takes a look back at Olympic Basketball and the ramifications the numbers supply within. Admittedly, it's a little late for Olympic basketball coverage, given that the competition ended sometime...

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Chinese economy where to go post-Olympics: Carrie Reinheimer: Aug. 28, 2008 : 4:12 pm (Soc 202 - Current Events)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:11:00 GMT

When looking at the Global economy and the down turn in most countries, must people wondered if the Chinese economy would take a downturn after the 2008 Olympic Games. It is said in the past that after hosting the Olympic Games it is possible to take a downturn because of all of the money that has been put into the games. In 1964 Japan saw an economic downturn after the...

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Katherine Jenkins at the Olympic Games handover party at the Buckingham Palace (HOT CELEBRITY PICTURES)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:44:00 GMT

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The real winner of the Olympic Games (CalorieLab Calorie Counter News)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:07:47 GMT

Dr. J notes that the way athletes eat at the Olympics is probably not the way they eat every day, and offers some thoughts about how to judge which nation really "won" the Games.

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The Caribbean and the Olympics: (The Economist)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:35:37 GMT

Why Jamaica outpointed Cuba AN E-MAIL circulating in Jamaica states that international sporting authorities have banned cassava on the grounds that it is a performance-enhancing substance. This was a wry comment on the remarkable success of an island of only 2.7m people at the Beijing Olympic games. Jamaica won 11 medals, of which six were gold. In doing so, it knocked its bigger neighbour,...

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