Challenges In The News 04/06/08

A group of locals is taking part in a challenge to eat only local foods during the month of September.

NATIONAL bantamweight boxing champion Peter Pambeni might not be able to challenge for a regional title after it emerged yesterday that his fighting record has not been updated.

MORRISTOWN, N.J. ( Map ) - Actavis Group, the international generic pharmaceuticals company, today confirmed that Actavis Elizabeth L.L.C. has initiated a challenge of the patent listed in connection with King Pharmaceuticals ' Avinza(R) (morphine sulfate extended-release capsules).

In a challenge to Microsoft, business presentation tool will be included in search engine giant's free software bundle.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A San Francisco-based startup is hoping to be able to challenge Google with its own search engine that uses a so-called "natural-language" technology.

VALLETTA, Malta (di-ve news) -- September 17, 2007 -- 1410CEST -- The challenge of recruitment in the ICT industry was discussed during a business breakfast organized by the European Employment Service (EURES) on Monday morning.
The decision to pull the license was likely to face a challenge as it would be a major blow to a company that was at the forefront of one of the main turning points in the war.

Cancer – (June 22 – July 22) – 091707 – You’re ready to accept a raise or promotion because you want to take on new responsibilities and challenges. It’s only right that your initiative be compensated.

McDonald’s China strategy. It’s a plan to challenge KFC’s head start in that country is to offer drive-throughs and restaurants open 24 hours. Now Yum Brands Inc. – which owns KFC and Pizza Hut as well as Taco Bell in the U.S. – has competition for the cravings of Chinese diners. Rather than playing catch-up by developing more restaurants faster, McDonald’s can do well by implementing the strategy that fueled its success in the U.S.: Focus on being better, not on being bigger.

U.S. companies hear the Caribbean calling. The region is becoming competitive as the site of communications service centers. The industry owes much of its success to a telecommunications liberalization that began sweeping former British colonies in the Caribbean about six years ago. As suppliers have challenged the monopoly of Britain-based Cable & Wireless, lower prices have allowed the region to cmpete.

Leighton Baines cannot wait for the challenge of Europe after helping to subdue Cristiano Ronaldo.