Vancouver Games said on budget
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - Construction of venues at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver remains on budget, and deals with sponsors in Canada are generating more revenue than expected, organizers said on Tuesday.
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The expense of securing the Olympic Games has become so daunting for host cities and nations that it is now time for Olympic officials to consider international cost-sharing
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Organizers of the 2006 Winter Olympics insist the games are on track despite a &#36;242 million budget shortfall and a police investigation into possible fixing of construction contracts.
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Turin's Olympic Committee needs to raise  another 65 million euros from sponsors to meet targets for the  2006 Winter Games, its chief said on Monday after reports of a  huge budget gap had sparked a national political row. Turin's  mayor ordered an audit of Olympic spending after organizers  said they had a 180 million-euro ($227 million) hole in their  books due to sponsorship shortfalls and lower sales forecasts.
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Organizers for the 2006 Turin Olympics approved a provisional budget Tuesday that includes aid from a public agency to cover a shortfall estimated at more than $245 million.
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Mayor Anthony A. Williams, five members of the D.C.  Council and eight city employees plan to spend nearly $80,000 in taxpayer funds to fly next week to Beijing, the first stop on an 11-day cultural and economic mission to China and Thailand.
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By By Brian Hendrickson, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Jun.
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It was the best Martin Gaucher could do, earning $8.34 an hour ($10.30 Canadian) making pucks and packaging souvenirs for the National Hockey League. His bonus was watching his NHL idols compete with the pucks he helped produce.
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The government is discussing a final cost for the 2012 Olympics that is four times the initial estimate.
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The Olympics minister, Tessa Jowell, has pledged to keep an 'iron grip' on the cost of the London games after MPs warned that the project might run over budget and out of time.
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The Vancouver Canucks have called a news conference for Wednesday morning at GM Place to announce the sale of a percentage of the National Hockey League club.
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Montreal could be forced to pull out of hosting next year&#39;s world championships if help with funding is not forthcoming, according to the chief executive of the organizing committee.
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Greece said the government will spend 7.2 billion euros ($9.3 billion) on the Athens Olympics, 56 percent more than the initial budget, as construction delays and security for the first Summer Games since the Sept.
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The total cost of the Athens Olympics may exceed $14.6 billion, according to Greece&#39;s 2005 budget submitted to parliament Thursday.
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VANCOUVER -- Rob Skish is looking forward to the 2010 Winter Olympics. A "binner" who plumbs garbage containers to fill his shopping cart with food for his stomach and cans for the recycler, Skish figures that when the Olympic crowds come to town, the pickings in the bins will be good.
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Derick Rethans briefly mentions on his blog today that he will be speaking at this year's Vancouver PHP Conference, giving his XDebug and eZ components talks.   The Vancouver PHP Conference is one of my favourites because of it's nice atmosphere and stupidly low entrance fee that lowers the bar for attendees to come and visit. There is a whole bunch of interesting talks and I hope to see you in Vancouver!   The Vancouver PHP Conference is happening February 12th and 13th at the UBC Downtown Campus and the entrance fee is $150 CDN (around $126 USD). Registration is still open so get over and reserve your spot today to hear great speakers like Derick, Andrei Zmievski, and Rasmus Lerdorf.