Cost of Gold in Olympics: $12.1 Bln
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The Athens Olympics will cost a total of  almost 10 billion euros ($12.1 billion), more than double the  original target, pushing Greece's budget gap well above EU  limits, finance ministry sources said on Wednesday.
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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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ATHENS, Aug. 19 -- Worried about the potential for a terrorist catastrophe, Greece is spending about $1.5 billion on security for the Olympic Games. The biggest threats so far? Foreign journalists and a Canadian guy dressed in a tutu.
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The bill arrived for the Athens Olympics on Friday &#151; about &#36;11.6 billion, and it might climb higher. The tally announced by the government was almost double the original estimate, making the games by far the most expensive in Olympic history. The 2000 Sydney Games cost &#36;1.5 billion and the 1996 Atlanta Games &#36;1.72 billion.
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By Keri Brenner, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Feb.
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By Ingrid Stegemoeller, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Sep.
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The Austrian Olympic Committee was fined $1 million by the IOC on Thursday in connection with the doping scandal at the 2006 Winter Games in Turin.
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The bill for staging London&#39;s 2012 Olympics could still rise as the final cost of venues is factored in, the government&#39;s spending watchdog warned Friday.
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Hosting the 2004 Olympics cost Greece 9bn euros, twice the original estimate, the country's finance minister says.
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Gold medals are rare enough commodities but they become even more precious when won as unexpectedly as those by Britain&#39;s 4x100 metres relay team on Saturday.
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(Corrects price of Comex gold in second last paragraph to $927.1 an ounce, not $827.1, also corrects the ask price for silver in New York in last paragraph)
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The 2012 London Olympics faced fresh financial concerns on Tuesday after reports that a slump in land prices could leave a 1 billion pounds ($2 billion) "black hole" in the budget.
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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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ATHENS -- The bill arrived for the Athens Olympics yesterday -- about $11.6 billion, and it might climb higher.
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ATHENS, Greece - Costs for the Athens Olympics are climbing again, expected to top $8.5 billion because of the massive security and overruns in the last-minute scramble to get venues ready.
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The cost of staging the 2012 Olympics could soar to nine billion pounds - nearly four times the 2.35 billion estimated by London ahead of sealing the bid.
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The Greek government says  this year's Olympic Games in Athens cost 8.8bn euros  -  almost double the original estimate.