Challenges In The News - 03/26/08

In Virginia, Democrats Find Hope Amid Challenges

In the latest legal challenge, an antitrust suit filed Feb. 1 in federal court in Brooklyn accuses the four firms that dominate title insurance nationwide of illegally fixing prices in New York state.

As the convention nears, with Sen. Clinton trailing slightly in the delegate count, the next step might well be a suit in Florida courts challenging her party’s refusal to seat Florida’s delegation at the convention. Imagine that as the convention approaches, Sen. Clinton is leading in the popular vote, but Sen. Obama has the delegate lead. Surely no one familiar with her history would doubt that her take-no-prisoners campaign team would do whatever it took to capture the nomination, including all manner of challenges to Obama delegates and tidal waves of litigation.

Some nautical types question whether the metaphor is all that apt. For sailors, a headwind isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but merely offers a new set of challenges.

Although finances are sound now, the lopsided structure of China’s tax system could become a challenge if corporate profits weaken, as the stock market has already begun to take off. China’s overall fiscal situation is better than those of many Asian countries. But the transitional state of its economy, which has exited the planned era without building up all the institutions of a market economy, poses no challenges.

It found that the most successful companies targeted specific segments within the market, adapted their marketing and surmounted distribution challenges.

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This is just a bump along the way. All big dreams have challenges, but this is not one we are not prepared to meet.

Yahoo Inc. officially rejected Microsoft Corp.’s unsolicited takeover bid on Monday, leaving investors guessing whether the tense mating dance may hatch a more imposing challenger to Google Inc. or disintegrate into a bruising brawl.

Salvaging this student would be a challenge, but at least his mother is an ally.
Investing: Wins yet worries for Internet stocks. Overvaluation and recession concerns challenge the sector.