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To: Rolla Coasta who wrote (2233)	7/9/2001 4:57:28 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 23908

BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008... or the dawn of the Transpacific Era. JULY 9, 2001 SPORTS BUSINESS Guess Who Wants Beijing to Get the Games For Corporate America, the choice is a no-brainer On July 13 in Moscow, the International Olympic Committee will make one of the most momentous decisions in its 107-year history: It will decide whether to award the 2008 Summer Games to Beijing. China has mounted such an intense drive to be host city that the other principal contenders--Paris and Toronto--often get scant attention. Now Corporate America, Washington, even some human-rights activists seem to be signaling that Beijing should be allowed the defining moment it has long sought. For Big Business, "it's a no-brainer: China is a much bigger, faster-growing market than France or Canada," says an executive at one major sponsor. Top sponsor Coca-Cola Co. (KO ), for example, has made a major investment in China that could get a boost from the Games. "Sponsors would definitely benefit by having the Olympics in China," says Lisa Delpy-Neirotti, professor of sports management at George Washington University in Washington. "In Japan, Fuji really had a lock on the film category, but because Kodak was an Olympic sponsor [at Nagano], they were able to get into the Japanese market." [snip] businessweek.com Hey BILDERBERG!! Where are you when Paris and Toronto need you??? LOL!