Word: expo
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...major portion of the foreign investment. Just over 2,000 Hong Kong families brought more than $689 million with them, mostly to Vancouver. Other Hong Kong investors have poured millions into the city, a surge that was dramatized a year ago, when the choice 204-acre site of Expo 86 was sold for $260 million to Li Ka-shing, patriarch of one of Hong Kong's biggest trading families...
...Olympics, but the World Agriculture Exposition held in Amana, Iowa, last month commanded exhaustive coverage from the country's newest television broadcast service: RFD-TV, a 24- hour satellite channel aimed at farmers. The service, named after the old postal term rural free delivery, broadcast live from the expo for 16 hours...
...feast kicked off the first World Pork Expo trade show, organized by the National Pork Producers Council as part of a campaign to boost pork's popularity. Last year U.S. pork consumption was up only 1.6%, to 7.5 million tons, compared with chicken's 9% rise, to 9.5 million tons. Nonetheless, the producers were encouraged by the BarbeQlossal turnout. They say the feast will make the Guinness Book of World Records. The category: "Largest Single-Day Barbecue Serving...
Montreal (91-71, NL East, third): The Expos have the offense to stay close. Tim Wallach (.298, 26 HR, 123 RBI) and Tim Raines lead the Expo attack. Yet, the double-play combo of rookies Luis Rivera and Johnny Paredes will start for the first time. The return of Floyd Youmans from the Jacksonville minor league club will certainly help the staff. Too bad the Mets are in their division. Best player: Raines...
...auction should bring in somewhere between $15 million and $30 million, which will help pay off the fair's $216 million deficit. Some of that cash will come from Expo 86 officials themselves. Expo Ernie, the stainless-steel and acrylic computerized robot that served as the fair's mascot, was acquired by Expo President Jim Pattison. Price...