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Coca-Cola's 3Q profit up 14 percent

AP - 2 hours, 46 minutes ago

The Coca-Cola Co. reported its profit rose by double digits, weathering a volatile third quarter in which consumers felt pressured by economic uncertainty.

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Gehua Cable Delivers 2008 Beijing Olympics Coverage Using BigBand Networks' Digital Video Platform
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Oct 15, 5:30 am EDT
BigBand Networks, Inc., a leading innovator in digital video networking, today announced that Gehua Cable provided coverage of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics Games using BigBand's Broadband Multimedia-Service Router.
Next president faces another crisis _ in nation's infrastructure
McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News - Wed Oct 15, 3:37 pm EDT
WASHINGTON — As if the next president won't have enough on his plate — with the collapse of the financial markets, two foreign wars, persistent security threats and a host of other concerns — America's infrastructure is collapsing.
Popovich honored by USOC
The Montana Standard - Wed Oct 15, 11:34 am EDT
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Butte native Erin Popovich has been honored by the United States Olympic Committee as an athlete of the month for September, for her performance at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing.
Bastianelli banned for one year after positive dope test
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Oct 15, 9:56 am EDT
Italian cyclist Marta Bastianelli, the 2007 women's road race world champion, has been handed a one-year ban by the anti-doping tribunal of the Italian Olympic Committee for failing a drugs test.
Bastianelli banned for a year for dope test
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Wed Oct 15, 8:11 am EDT
Former women's road race world champion Marta Bastianelli has been banned for a year after failing a dope test, the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) said on Wednesday.
Italy's Bastianelli banned 1 year for doping
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Oct 15, 7:26 am EDT
Italian cyclist Marta Bastianelli was banned for one year by the Italian Olympic Committee on Thursday for testing positive for a banned stimulant.
Rio Tinto's Fortunes Tied To China's Deceleration
Forbes - Wed Oct 15, 7:23 am EDT
The mining giant warns about the effects of slowing Chinese demand on its business and ponders postponing the sale of $10 billion in assets that would go toward debt reduction.
UPI NewsTrack Sports
UPI - 2 hours, 11 minutes ago
Ballesteros has surgery for brain tumor … Rays turn to pitcher Kazmir for Game 5 … Cyclist Bastianelli receives doping ban … Browns' Wright leads AFC weekly honorees ... Sports news from United Press International.
Bastianelli suspended
Velo News - Wed Oct 15, 10:35 am EDT
Italian cyclist Marta Bastianelli, the 2007 women's road race world champion, has been handed a one-year ban by the anti-doping tribunal of the Italian Olympic Committee for failing a drugs test. Bastianelli, 21, missed the Beijing Olympics after testing positive for flenfluramine, a stimulant, at the European under-23 championships in Verbania, northeast Italy, in July. The year ban was ...
After popular blue skies during Olympics, Beijing brings back pollution controls
The Christian Science Monitor - 2 hours, 24 minutes ago
New traffic rules coincided with a 'blue sky day,' when the Air Quality Index drops below 100, but the cleaner air may simply be the result of autumn winds.
Disappointing Games prompt revamp for diving, wrestling and boxing
USA Today - Tue Oct 14, 1:03 pm EDT
USA Boxing's CEO Jim Millman recalls the long flight home from the Beijing Olympics after the team won just one bronze medal and suffered its worst performance since the 1948 Olympics.
Coca-Cola Profit Rises 14% on International Sales (Update1)
Bloomberg - 2 hours, 58 minutes ago
Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Coca-Cola Co. , the world's largest soft-drink maker, said third-quarter profit rose more than analysts estimated as sales climbed in China and India.
Stanford's Harrington due for homecoming/birthday treat
The Indianapolis Star - Wed Oct 15, 1:36 pm EDT
Preparation for this cross country season by Stanford runner Katie Harrington was unconventional. The Carmel High School graduate spent part of the summer in Costa Rica, volunteering in a turtle conservation project. She attended the Beijing Olympics, where she watched swimming, not track and field. She traveled for 10 days around New Zealand in a rented camper.
Beijing Reopens Tourist Spot Two Months After Olympic Murder
Bloomberg - Wed Oct 15, 4:26 am EDT
Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Beijing's government has reopened a tourist site at which a relative of a U.S. volleyball coach was murdered during the Olympic Games.
Doping notes: Austrian cyclist Kohl admits doping; Cycling Union plans for 4-year ban; Italian cyclist banned 1 year ...
International Herald Tribune - Wed Oct 15, 12:54 pm EDT
Cyclists caught doping face 4-year ban next season. Italy's Marta Bastianelli banned 1 year for doping. Stuttgart cycling event scrapped over doping worries. Federal prosecutors urged a judge late Tuesday to send track coach Trevor Graham to prison for 10 months. N.Y. State joins 2 other states in steroid ban on horses
Soni nominated for the three "Golden Goggle" awards
The Star-Ledger - Wed Oct 15, 12:52 pm EDT
Chris Faytok/The Star-LedgerFans can vote online to help Rebecca Soni take home a few more honors to go along with her Olympic medals. Plainsboro's Rebecca Soni, who won three swimming medals at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, has been nominated...
U.S. scores against Mexico in landing Jose Francisco Torres
Los Angeles Times - Wed Oct 15, 2:40 pm EDT
Mexican American Torres plays professionally in Mexico but wasn't tapped for its national team. The U.S. grabbed him. He could see action in a World Cup qualifier against Trinidad and Tobago today. In the end, it could have come down to a coin flip.
Coca-Cola Profit Rises on International Sales; Shares Climb
Bloomberg - Wed Oct 15, 12:53 pm EDT
Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Coca-Cola Co. , the world's largest soft-drink maker, said third-quarter profit rose more than analysts estimated as sales climbed in China and India. The shares increased as much as 8.2 percent in New York trading.
Life after Beijing a rush for Shawn Johnson
WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke - 8 minutes ago
ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) - Shawn Johnson has been home a grand total of four days since the Beijing Olympics, she misses her dog and cats terribly, and her schedule is so hectic she needs to look at a calendar just to be sure what day of the week it is.
Terrorism Outlook in Asia Is `Pessimistic,' Risk Report Says
Bloomberg - Wed Oct 15, 12:46 pm EDT
Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- The terrorism outlook for Asia- Pacific in the next 12 to 18 months is ``pessimistic,'' largely because of the worsening situation in South Asia, a risk assessment consultant's report says.

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