SmarterSpend.com » world http://smarterspend.com More Green For You. Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:25:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Money and the Olympics: The Adjusted Medal Count per GDPhttp://smarterspend.com/2010/02/gdp-olympic-medals/ http://smarterspend.com/2010/02/gdp-olympic-medals/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:11:57 +0000 Kevin http://smarterspend.com/?p=555 The Winter Olympics is another event where athletes around the world can showcase their abilities and nations can flaunt their strong programs in every field. The Canadian team spent $100 million on a federal program to train athletes for the Winter Olympics they were hosting, hoping to win their first gold medal in a Winter [...]

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