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...China's big freeze. "This government has made competence a cornerstone of their administration even more than their predecessors," says Horgan, the APCO consultant. So the state propaganda machine has been working flat out to show how officials are trying to ease the crisis. The main China Central Television channel regularly airs a special program called "Battling the Blizzard." An often repeated news clip shows Premier Wen Jiabao picking up a bullhorn and apologizing to a crowd of disgruntled travelers trapped in the train station in Changsha, the icy capital of Hunan province. (Even the Premier was inconvenienced...
...Given all the attention on Florida and the race for the White House, it's no wonder that pundits and politicos are already wondering if Crist, 51, plans to channel his popularity into his own presidential bid some day. He says no candidate has approached him about a possible vice president spot on a ticket. And after a busy year in which he won reinstatement of ex-convict voter rights, ditched the state's controversial touch-screen voting machines, spearheaded a merit pay plan for Florida teachers and convened a major global warming summit in Miami, he insists...
...meals; flat screens hang ready for televised sports; a bar runs the length of the pub to a small stage that showcases local rock bands. But, the vast pub is empty. Says Herring, "They know we are closing so they won't even renew Sky Sports [the subscription TV channel that carries Premier League soccer...
...cheaply beer is sold at the supermarkets. It's cheaper to buy a can of beer than it is to buy a bottle of water." Herring paints the picture of a new domestic alternative to a pint down the pub: "Now, you've got Sky Plus [satellite TV sports channel] and a nice big plasma screen, a keg on tap; you invite a few friends around and you can smoke. Who needs the pub?" A November report on the pub industry by equity analysts Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Capital Markets confirms the thesis that the decline in pubs' beer sales reflects...
...global soccer elite of Europe's top leagues has raised the quality of intra-African competition to the point that it has now become a major business proposition. According to CAN sponsor Canon, the potential accumulated global TV audience for the tournament is close to 4 billion; international sports channel Eurosport - which is broadcasting all 32 CAN matches live to the 59 countries it serves - expects over 70 million unique viewers in a potential total audience of 240 million. Eurosport's coverage, of course, gives European franchises a second reason for cursing CAN: Not only has it robbed them...