winter olympics

Ross Rebagliati won the gold medal in the men's giant slalom snowboarding event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. However, following a positive test for cannabis, his medal was stripped from him days after his victory. At the time, his system contained 17.8 nanograms in his urine...

While there have been several headlines reporting viewership for the 2022 Winter Olympics is dramatically down on NBC in the U.S., the numbers may be misleading and not counting streaming growth. Despite the potential ratings miss for NBC and parent company Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA),...

Super Bowl LVI aired Sunday on NBC, a unit of Comcast Corp (NASDAQ: CMCSA). The Los Angeles Rams were the winners of the game and ended the NFL season as champions. Other winners for Super Bowl LVI could be the companies that shelled out an average of $6.5 million per 30-second ad to get their...

By Franca Quarneti, Via El Planteo.  Construction with hemp derivatives is becoming mainstream around the world, and these tracks made with hemp fibers for the 2022 Winter Olympics in China are proof of that. As reported by Green State, last year China ordered large quantities of NForce-Fiber...

The 2022 Winter Olympics kick off just six months after the 2020 Summer Olympics, which were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are the details on the key events and how you can watch and stream the Olympic Games. How To Watch: The 2022 Olympic Winter Games run from Feb. 4 through Feb. 20...

The World Cup final match takes place Sunday. With it comes the conclusion of the most talked about event ever on Facebook (NASDAQ: FB). So, what’s next? Will there be another ‘most talked about event’ ever on the social media site soon, or will this record stand until the...

The top performing countries thus far in the 2014 Winter Olympics are a mixed group that covers three continents. The question is whether their success grabbing medals at the Olympics will result in strong results for their country’s stock market? The small Northern European country of...

Every four years, the Winter Olympics takes the world by storm. Though not quite as popular as its warmer climate cousin – the Summer Olympics – the winter version of the games commands a respect all its own. Though the Olympics are about sportsmanship and athleticism, but capitalists...

While the world watches which countries take home medals from the current Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, one group of analysts has been looking at medal counts as an indicator of a nation's economic health. In a note to investors last week, market strategists at ConvergEx Group, a New York-...

After all the news – positive and negative – and the media hype -- good and bad – the 22nd Winter Olympics are finally here and underway in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia. There's been a lot already written about the cost of these Winter Games – estimated at close to $60 billion, or...