Road repairs, and river cleaning operations are all scheduled for next year.

BBC: Heading back across the border

Urooj Khan, who owned several dry cleaning operations and some real estate, died suddenly on July 20, just days before he was to collect his winnings from the Illinois Lottery.

NPR: Documents Show Battle Over Lottery Winner's Estate

Up in Flint, Michigan, the thinking is that shutting down the operations up there, cleaning them up essentially, might create 2, 000 jobs, which is more jobs that General Motors has created in Flint in a long time.

NPR: More Bumps In The Road For GM, Chrysler And Ford

Though sport is the focus of such ventures, experience in security or transport requirements, press operations, accommodation and catering, cleaning and waste management are valuable in different settings too.

ECONOMIST: The Olympic legacy

The German airline, Lufthansa, received its award for being the first carrier to test biofuel in normal flight operations and greening everything from its engine-cleaning routine to cabin equipment, resulting in a full 23 percent emissions reduction.

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