Challenges In The News 04/25/08

Local students compete in a big business challenge, but they're not after profits. They're after scholarship money.

eBay ponders challenges. In its annual shareholder filing, the auction site admits it faces plenty of customer challengers. We face challenges in the US, UK and Germany, which are our three largest markets, as growth of listings, active users and GMV on the eBay.com platform in those countries has slowed.

The BOA would "vigorously defend" Dwain Chambers' challenge to compete at an Olympics.

CLARINGTON -- Whitby is so far ahead of Clarington in terms of waste diversion that accepting a challenge from the Town would be like "the Toronto Maple Leafs challenging one of our peewee teams...

One reason has to do with public taste. In the United States and, increasingly, in parts of Western Europe, the only unchallenged moral authority has become that of victims.

Another investor concern: Google faces the prospect of a more formidable challenger for Web-ad dollars if Microsoft Corp. consummates its unsolicited takeover bid for Yahoo.

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He hopes the economy and banking system will navigate through these challenges, but he and other analysts see the possibility of darker outcomes as well.

Afghanistan: Maternal health biggest challenge facing women, says UN agency (AKI) . Some 24,000 Afghan women die every year while giving birth, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), which is working with the Afghan government and other partners to reduce maternal mortality and improve the overall health of women and girls in the war-torn nation.“

Galway International Rally to host first ever Challenge event outside of UK.

A challenge to changes made to Britain's visa rules, mounted by 49,000 mostly Indian migrants, reached the British courts on Wednesday with the government accused of breaching race relations and human rights acts.