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Tokyo wins race to host 2020 Olympics
2013-09-08 00:11:26| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Tokyo is chosen to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, winning the IOC vote ahead of Istanbul and Madrid.
VIDEO: Does Olympics help boost economy?
2013-09-06 12:01:48| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Hosting the Olympic Games can give a big boost to the economy but the cost can easily spiral out of control. Alice Baxter weighs up the pros and cons of being an Olympic host.
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Vishay Supplies Components for Winning Project in Belgium's Solar Olympics for Secondary Schools
2013-09-04 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
MALVERN, Pa. — Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today announced that the company's LEDs and resistors were used in a winning project in the ninth annual Solar Olympics for Belgium's secondary schools. Organized by the Umicore Solar Team and held at Leuven High School, the competition challenged student teams with designing a gadget or race cart powered by solar energy.<br /> <br /> The goal of the Solar Olympics is to interest Belgian youth in science and technology while ...This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of: Light Emitting Diodes (LED)
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US: Coca-Cola speaks out over Olympics gay protest
2013-08-29 15:42:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
The Coca-Cola Co has responded to a protest by gay rights campaigners in the US over its sponsorship of the Russian Winter Olympics, arguing that the company "celebrates diversity".
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Brazil to get Carbon Trust assistance to improve power grid for 2016 Olympics
2013-08-01 01:00:00| Power Technology
UK's Carbon Trust has agreed to work with the Brazilian national electricity operator, ONS, in order to upgrade the countrys power grid to meet the extra demand expected during the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
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