Challenges in the news - 02/26/2008

The region needs to rise to the challenge of generating more renewal energy if it is to hit its energy targets and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a report has revealed. (21/08/2007 10:52:08)

Mets have a tough challenge ahead of them

Miodrag Kotur keeping the costs down : Straddling the two continents of Europe and Asia, the Turkish GP presents an interesting logistical challenge, in that like all European races, the paddock in Istanbul hosts the team trucks and motorhomes.

Rochester Rattlers goal-scoring star John Grant Jr. always likes a challenge and usually responds favorably.

Attendees seek answers at mortgage exposition. At the Countrywide booth, company representatives handed out tote bags and cajoled at attendees to play “The A-maze-ing Broker Challenge.” The Pacman-inspired video game featured dollar signs and Countrywide logos that players collected for points.

Card clubs count on video poker. In a bid to meet competition from Indian casinos and other challengers for gambling dollars, the South Bay’s two card clubs – the Normandie Casino and Hustler Casino – are upgrading technology in the casinos and on their Web sites, adding video poker tables, plasma flat-screen TVs, automated card-shuffling machines and other upgrades. Keeping up with Indian casinos is a challenge for California’s card clubs. “All this is in an effort to give customers a better experience. If they have a better experience and keep coming back, it’s good for our revenue.”

Radical Comedy because it challenges one of our most preciously held assumptions: that parenthood is enobling, rewarding work ... Even ‘The Sopranos’ didn’t dare do that.

Have you noticed the perfect storm that has engulfed the bottled water industry? As a foot soldier in one "challenged" sector of the economy, I am deriving some guilty pleasure from their suffering.

But on July 9, they received a bill from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service for $34,603 in back taxes. The letter explained that the amount of debt canceled by Wells Fargo upon foreclosure was subject to income taxes, as well as penalties and late fees. The couple had a month to challenge the charges.

Miodrag Kotur keeping the costs down : Straddling the two continents of Europe and Asia, the Turkish GP presents an interesting logistical challenge, in that like all European races, the paddock in Istanbul hosts the team trucks and motorhomes.

Rochester Rattlers goal-scoring star John Grant Jr. always likes a challenge and usually responds favorably.