Beijing is using the carrot of huge rewards to enlist citizens to report Olympic logo infringement cases in the run-up to the Games. A person who steps forward with information will be rewarded with five percent of what lawbreakers ... ... Beijing is using the carrot of...
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If the price of oil wasn’t high enough already, the Beijing Olympics could push prices even higher according to analysts. “In the lead-up to the Games you are going to see pretty heavy spending in infrastructure — building roads, residential property, hotels — and this is typically energy...
2008-05-13 Beijing Fulfillment of CSR (corporate social responsibility) can best demonstrate the three concepts put forward by Beijing Olympic Games, said an official of Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee at the Olympic social responsibility conference. As Olympics approach, more and more...
BEIJING: Olympic officials yesterday assured foreigners planning to visit the country for the August Games that the country was safe. The capital is expected to welcome more than half a million foreign visitors for the Aug 8-24 Games. Li Zhanjun, director of the Beijing Organising Committee for...
By Steve Ranger, Special to ZDNet Asia With less than 100 days remaining before the start of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, work on the IT systems to support the event is moving into its final phases. Atos Origin is the worldwide IT partner for the Olympic Games, overseeing the infrastructure which...
As female Olympic athletes get older, make more money, become mothers and return to the Olympic Summer Games multiple times, a question lingers: Where do women stand in an Olympic movement that prides itself on promoting level playing fields? It's projected that more than 42 percent of...
New Delhi News.Net Wednesday 14th May, 2008 (ANI) New Delhi, May 14 : Olympic venues, including the unique "Bird's Nest" and "Water Cube", have not been affected by Monday's earthquake in Sichuan Province, said project designers. "The quake was reduced to a magnitude 3.9 when the quake wave...