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Gossip Craze (Free subscription) | yesterday
london the bbcs chineselanguage website appears to have been unblocked in china ahead of the olympic gamesaccording to a report by bbc news an international olympic committee spokesperson called it a quotgood signquot after complaints about internet accesssome journalists arriving to cover the games complained when they found a number of websites at olympic media centres were blockedchina has long...
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turenchi (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
* IOC buys 1 mln barrels Escravos & Erha via tender
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Beijing Olympics 2008 Live (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
The four candidate cities bidding to host the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in 2016 - Chicago (USA), Tokyo (Japan), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Madrid (Spain) [1] � were all at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne (Switzerland) today to give a technical briefing to the 93 members of the International Olympi 5 Vote(s)
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
• Chief defers some bonus but is sure of games glory • Key milestones on road to 2012 have been met For the past year, the man charged with delivering the London Olympics venues in 2012 has been juggling numbers as he attempts to keep the £8.1bn project on track in the teeth of the recession. Now the Olympic Delivery Authority chief executive, David Higgins, is trying to avert a potential...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Abuja, the nation's capital will be agog next week, as top personalities in the world of sports storm there for the 13th quadrennial General Assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA), with the President of International Olympic Committee (IOC), Jacques Rogge, and Brazilian soccer legend, Arantes Des Nasmento a.k.a. Pele, leading the pack that includes the 53-member...
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The Sixth Ward (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Sun-Times : It happened when Ald. Howard Brookins (21st), business and community leaders turned up the heat on aldermen to give Wal-Mart the go-ahead to build its second Chicago store -- and first super-center that sells groceries -- at a former Chatham industrial site at 83rd and Stewart. It happened when Ald. Howard Brookins (21st), business and community leaders turned up the heat on aldermen to...
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Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
At the first City Council meeting since Mayor Richard Daley increased the likelihood of Chicago being responsible for any losses from the 2016 Summer Olympics, aldermen countered Tuesday with measures to limit taxpayer liability and raise scrutiny of the city's bid. Of three newly introduced measures, only one appears to have the potential to seriously damage the mayor's Olympic quest, and that proposal...
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Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
1st Ward Alderman Manny Flores is moving forward with his plans to introduce an ordinance in the City Council to limit the city's Olympic liabilities . "While I remain a strong supporter of hosting the Olympic Games here at home and believe that the Games can provide an economic boost to our city," Flores said in a press release. "We must pursue the Olympic bid in a financially responsible...
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Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
State historic preservation officials are withdrawing from the battle to save buildings on the Michael Reese Hospital campus, which is slated for development as an athletes' village if Chicago wins the 2016 Summer Games.The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency this spring had said Illinois law requires it to assess how state agency decisions on projects could affect historic properties. The agency...
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The Sixth Ward (Free subscription) | 06/28/2009
Very interesting : Mayor Daley said Saturday he wants a deal in which private insurance money would be tapped before public money if an Olympic Games in Chicago suffered any losses. Daley previously had said he wanted a provision ensuring that $2.5 billion in public and private insurance and guarantees would be exhausted before taxpayers would be on the hook. But that $2.5 billion already includes...
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Teaching Online Journalism (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
Found via Delicious — David Schlesinger, editor in chief for Reuters News, said this in a speech to the International Olympics Committee Press Commission on June 23, 2009: We in the traditional media … must concentrate our efforts on defining and developing that which really adds value. That means understanding what really can be exclusive and what really is insightful. It means truly...
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Gossip Craze (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
after doing his bit in leading jamaica to victory in 4x100 meters relay bolt stopped off at the 100m startline on his victory lap and performed a forward roll over ithe did this right next to where the australian steve hooker was preparing himself for a crucial jumpoff in the pole vaultwhile hooker took the jamaicans expression of jubilation in good spirits the president of the international olympic...
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The Sixth Ward (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
Clout Street : The mayor, back in Chicago and addressing the issue locally for the first time today, seemed to contradict his own statements in Switzerland, as well as the public remarks of Chicago 2016 chief Pat Ryan and International Olympics Committee President Jacques Rogge. “We agreed to sign a host city agreement with the provisions of the city, state and the insurance policy as added...
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Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
Mayor Daley answers reporters' questions about financial guarantees for the 2016 Olympic games. (Tribune photos/David Pierini) Mayor Richard Daley today attempted to dampen the political firestorm he sparked while overseas last week when he told Olympics officials that Chicago would financially guarantee the 2016 Summer Games. His remarks this afternoon, however, only further confused the issue. The...
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The Sixth Ward (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
Sun-Times : The City Council is mapping plans to hire an independent insurance analyst at taxpayers’ expense to comb through the $1 billion in private insurance policies being lined up by Chicago 2016 to shield taxpayers from any risk beyond the $500 million the City Council has already pledged. Chicago 2016 Chairman Pat Ryan said this week he needs 45 to 60 days before he’ll be ready...
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