Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Challenges In The News - 03/11/08

14.08.2007 - 09:05 CET | By Honor Mahony The UK has admitted it will be a "challenge" to meet ambitious EU renewable energy goals following revelations of an internal report suggesting there was little chance of them being reached.

In closing a $6 billion buyout of digital marketing company aQuantive on Monday, Microsoft is taking a first step in its quest to leapfrog Yahoo and challenge Google in the online advertising business. Microsoft completed its $6 billion buyout of digital marketing company aQuantive yesterday and now plans to challenge Yahoo and Google in the online advertising business. A challenge to the Nasdaq Stock Market?s bid for the OMX exchange of Sweden appeared to be developing as representatives of the Borse Dubai stock exchange, which bought a stake in the OMX last week, were in Stockholm to meet with OMX officials.

Bush administration's request for a formal case at the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body comes four months after it launched its challenge.

Entries for the Stawell Regional Health Community Walking Challenge close at 5pm this Friday. The challenge is an innovative way for people to get motivated and involved in exercise by walking in teams.

Despite the general improvement in the human development indicators over the years, maternal and child mortality rates remain an uphill challenge for the country, as President John Agyekum Kufour has admitted.

THE prospect of Germany's first all-out rail strike may have faded but the boldness of a rebel union's challenge to the management of the state-owned operator Deutsche Bahn has underlined the rise of the country's militant splinter unions.

This weeks LinuxWorld event saw a number of new product announcements from open source systems management start-ups, as they look to challenge the market dominance of CA, HP, IBM and BMC.

A $6 million "Dragon's Den"-like challenge is offering companies a helping hand to expand into Britain.

MORE than 100 students from a South Wales school took part in a day-long challenge to build a catapult.

A ruling by a federal appeals court Monday appears to clear the way for NASCAR to block AT&T Inc. from featuring its logo on Jeff Burton's No. 31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in its order that San Antonio-based AT&T lacks standing to challenge NASCAR's decision.

Bush administration's request for a formal case at the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body comes four months after it launched its challenge.

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