Beijing :: China
| 24 days ago
European breaststroke champion Kirsty Balfour today announced her retirement from swimming. The Edinburgh 24-year-old, who was part of Great Britain's team at August's Beijing Olympics, feels she is bowing out at the top and now intends to take a new...
Tags: olympic, olympics, swimming, beijing olympics, sports, Great Britain, china, Kirsty Balfour, Beijing
Shanghai :: China
| 29 days ago
No big jump in ad spend during Olympics 3 November 2008 Advertising expenditure in China during the Beijing Olympics was well below forecasts, the Financial Times reported, citing market research group Nielsen. Previous Olympic hosts, such as Athens...
Tags: olympics, olympic, advertising, beijing olympics, beijing olympic, 2008, the games, sports, China, out, ad spend
Shanghai :: China
| about 1 month ago
Hey baby, what's a stock like you doing in a place like this? Baidu's stock may be trading more than 40% off its 52-week highs, but you can't blame the company's fundamentals...Margins widened during the period, helping prop profits 91% higher to $1.47...
Tags: beijing olympics, China, net income, Baidu
Tōkyō :: Japan
| about 1 month ago
The Cal Poly graduate won the individual silver medal in equestrian competition on Aug. 12 in Hong Kong during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. An Olympics slideshow featuring Miles will be shown at 12:30 p.m. followed by a Q and A. Guests will be able to take...
Tags: olympics, beijing olympics
Atlanta :: GA :: USA
| about 1 month ago
Shoot-back order in South Ossetia Police in South Ossetia have been ordered to shoot back if they come under fire -- a directive that increases the threat of new violence between Georgia and the Russian-backed separatist region. South Ossetia's top police...
Tags: south ossetia, beijing olympics, olympics, russia, South Ossetia Police
Beijing :: China
| about 1 month ago
The men were said to be members of a separatist group fighting for an independent homeland for Uighurs. Local dissidents and some human rights groups have said that China has exaggerated the threat from the group. The authorities said more than 30 people...
Tags: terrorist, olympics, beijing olympics, China, grenades, Public Security Bureau, Public Security Ministry, beijing olympic, Beijing
Beijing :: China
| about 1 month ago
China realized a century-old dream by successfully hosting the Beijing Olympic Games. The International community widely believes the Beijing Olympics symbolizes that China has finally become a major, world-class country. It represents a crucial step...
Tags: china, beijing olympics, China Daily, Beijing, beijing olympic
Hong Kong :: China
| about 1 month ago
Puget Sound Business Journal Staff Writer Steve Wilhelm is traveling in China on a fellowship with the Hong Kong Journalism Fellowship from the East-West Center and Better Hong Kong Foundation...The Beijing Olympics may be over, but Chinese people are...
Tags: olympics, olympic, beijing olympics, beijing olympic, paralympics, the games, business, 2008, sports
Qingdao :: China
| 2 months ago
The new rules should take 800,000 vehicles off the roads each day, according to reports quoting Wang Zhaorong of Beijing's Municipal Traffic Committee. There are 3.5 million cars in Beijing, and more than 1,000 vehicles are added each day, according to...
Tags: beijing olympics, Beijing
Beijing :: China
| 2 months ago
RE looking under the balance beam, asking questions around the uneven bars. International gymnastic investigators won't rest until they finally know for sure whether China has been using underage gymnasts to win Olympic medals. Expect a full and thorough...
Tags: olympic, olympics, china, gold medal, medals, sichuan province, beijing olympics, beijing olympic, medal, olympic medals, gold, gymnastics
