Even the adult industry in Japan is cashing out on the on-going Beijing Olympics 2008. Titled Nanalympic 2008, the dedicated AV actress in the Alice Japan show, Nana Nanaumi, is in different sports wear trying different sports (if you know what I mean).

Is she breaking any world record? Is up to the viewers to decide.

GE (General Electric) rakes in $700 million in revenues by getting 400 infrastructure projects in and around Beijing. Its media arm, NBC Universal, will generate a record of more than $1 billion in advertising revenue during the Beijing Olympic Games.

GE, which has been providing technology to support the Olympic Games and other major sporting events for more than 70 years, is managing projects in all 37 official Beijing Games competition venues and 168 commercial buildings in and around Beijing.

Several projects feature technological “firsts鈥� for China, including filtration technology for safe drinking water and rainwater recycling at the National Stadium, also known as Bird’s Nest, 73 electrical substations to provide power at more than 50 Olympic Games venues, and advanced baggage screening at the Beijing Capital International Airport.

Very BIG money indeed.

Via Gulfnews

Some factories or goods producers such as Gushan Environmental Energy Ltd that produce biodiesel fuel has shut down its Beijing plant in the Olympics period before the Chinese government has issued a cease-operations notice in order to improve the air quality during the Beijing Olympics.

Gushan Chairman Jianqiu Yu said the company had not received a shutdown notice from the government but believed the restrictions have made it impractical to run the Beijing plant.

Via CNN Money

As the Beijing Olympic Games is getting nearer by the minute, a new trend (or old business) is also getting hotter in the streets. Gambling seems to be the new Olympic sports. Olympic lottery tickets or Scratch-&-Win cards are selling everywhere. From supermarkets, bookstores, post offices, petrol kiosks to streets outside restuarants and markets, these Olympic cards can be found at a convenient location near you. With just 10 yuan, one can stike a winning sum of 200 000 yuan ($29 314).

Everyone is hoping that Lady Luck is smiling at him or her.

Elasun, China’s condom manufacturer, has Olympic-related ads that are a hit in the local scene. In the advertisements, the condoms are portrayed to be highly elastic and versatile, with links to various Beijing Olympic sports such basketball, swimming and cycling. Slogan of 鈥淪ports make you health鈥� is used although we don’t see the need for it.

Ingenious?

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Samsung, the Korea’s technology behemoth, is spending more than $100 million in this Beijing Olympics but the giant expect $33 billion in revenue from its China operations this year. That’s a lot.

Via WSJ

Business sure is booming in Beijing. At Wangfujing street, one of the nine traditional Chinese streets which have been renovated, drink stalls are made into mini-versions of the Water Cube. In the shopping malls, sales staff are trained to promote stuff in English, Chinese and sign language.

Yap, next month is the month to make a real killing.

Via Xinhua

The sole banking partner of the Beijing Olympics, Bank of China (BOC), is all ready to provide the necessary financial services for the Games. Banking hotline with several languages, financial outlets at 37 sports venues, 2262 ATMs and 111 000 point of sales (POS) are just some of the banking services that Bank of China will provide during the Games.

During the Games, more than 20,000 athletes and sporting officials, 70,000 working staff, 2,200 registered reporters and 7 million spectators will descend on Beijing and other cities. Such a big event will test BOC’s operation capability.

Money talks and rules.

Via Xinhua

This year Beijing Olympic Games has a “Green Olympics, High-tech Olympics, People’s Olympics” mission and Haier (娴峰皵), the world’s fourth largest white goods (major household appliances) manufacturer, has provided more than 60 000 tree-hugging and energy-saving electronic products to BOCOG (Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games).

Haier has designed a complete line of green products for the Beijing Games. 31 categories of Haier products have been installed in all Olympic venues in Beijing and the co-host cities. The Olympic products are also on sale throughout China to meet the consumers’ need.

Haier has supplied all venues with 13,236 refrigerators, all CFC-free, with 5,353 using carbon dioxide as a natural refrigerant.
1,500 green washing machines have been installed in 18 laundries established by Haier in the Olympic Village and the Media Village to provide quick and efficient laundry services for all athletes, officials and journalists.

Mind-numbing numbers, eh.

Via IT news

Japanese tourists are not very enthusiastic in Beijing Olympics tour packages. 3 reasons are cited - Dumplings (Gyoza), Tibet and the Sichuan quake.

“Sales have been adversely affected by bad news — such as when frozen gyoza dumplings (imported from China) caused food poisoning, the Tibet problem and Sichuan quake,” says an official of Nippon Travel Agency Co., a major travel agency.

Via The Mainichi Newspapers