Twitter eyes big business in Brazil's World Cup, Olympics May 10th, 2013 - 21:00h (CET +01.00) By Esteban Israel SAO PAULO (Reuters) - While Brazil struggles to finish its stadiums in time for the 2014 World Cup, Twitter is already working to cash in on what the U.S. company's head of revenue, Adam Bain, sees as a potentially huge busines... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : twitter, eyes, business, brazil's, world, olympics, Top Keywords

2014 Oscars show moves to March to avoid Winter Olympics clash Mar 25th, 2013 - 20:30h (CET +01.00) LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Next year's Academy Awards ceremony - the highlight of the annual movie awards season - will be held on March 2, a week later than normal, so as not to clash with the Winter Olympics in Russia in February, organizers said... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : 2014, oscars, show, moves, march, avoid, winter, olympics, clash, Top Keywords

Danny Boyle on "Trance" and keeping sane during London Olympics Mar 20th, 2013 - 04:20h (CET +01.00) By Zorianna Kit LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After Danny Boyle's prominent role at last year's London Summer Olympics, the British filmmaker is back in the spotlight with his first film since 2010's "127 Hours." "Trance,"... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : danny, boyle, "trance", keeping, sane, london, olympics, olympics, clash, Top Keywords

Danny Boyle on 'Trance' and keeping sane during London Olympics Mar 19th, 2013 - 23:30h (CET +01.00) By Zorianna Kit LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After Danny Boyle's prominent role at last year's London Summer Olympics, the British filmmaker is back in the spotlight with his first film since 2010's "127 Hours." "Trance,"... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : danny, boyle, 'trance', keeping, sane, london, olympics, olympics, clash, Top Keywords

Teenaged Olympic athlete Douglas to publish second memoir Mar 12th, 2013 - 20:30h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (Reuters) - Olympic gold medalist Gabrielle Douglas, not yet 18, will publish her second memoir next month, publisher Zondervan said on Tuesday. Douglas, 17, a gold medal winner at the 2012 Summer Olympics in both team and individual all-aro... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : teenaged, olympic, athlete, douglas, publish, second, memoir, olympics, clash, Top Keywords

G4S takes 70 million pounds loss on London Olympics contract Feb 12th, 2013 - 09:10h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - G4S said its loss on the London Olympic security contract would stretch to 70 million pounds after finally agreeing a settlement with Games organisers. The world's biggest security firm's reputation was badly tarnished wh... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : takes, million, pounds, loss, london, olympics, contract, olympics, clash, Top Keywords

London Olympics' emissions 28 percent lower than forecast - organisers Dec 12th, 2012 - 09:30h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - This summer's Olympics games in Britain's capital generated 28 percent less carbon dioxide emissions than was forecast as energy use at venues was cut, the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) said on ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : london, olympics', emissions, percent, lower, forecast, organisers, olympics, clash, Top Keywords

Obama election tweet most repeated but Olympics tops on Twitter Dec 11th, 2012 - 20:50h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - An election victory tweet from President Barack Obama -- "Four more years" with a picture of him hugging his wife -- was the most retweeted ever, but the U.S. election was topped by the Olympics as the most tweeted event this ye... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : obama, election, tweet, most, repeated, olympics, tops, twitter, clash, Top Keywords

Olympic Badminton Star Invites Facebook Fans to His Wedding [VIDEO] Nov 1st, 2012 - 08:10h (CET +01.00) Weddings are generally intimate gatherings of friends and family. But that's not the case for Malaysian badminton player Lee Chong Wei, who is offering his top 10 Facebook fans invitations to his wedding. (Source: Mashable)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : olympic, badminton, star, invites, facebook, fans, wedding, [video], clash, Top Keywords

Olympics helps Britain leap out of recession Oct 25th, 2012 - 11:40h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - Britain rebounded strongly from recession in the third quarter, posting its strongest quarterly GDP growth in five years, boosted at least in part by robust Olympics spending, official data showed on Thursday. The jump in growth wa... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : olympics, helps, britain, leap, recession, fans, wedding, [video], clash, Top Keywords