Challenges In The News 07/04/08

The Challenge – Limon represents the long-term challenge for the Obama campaign – and for Ganz: how to harness and nurture the enthusiasm of the young and the idealistic, whose energy could dissipate if Obama fails to win the White House.

I marvel at the strength people find to handle these challenges.

Money tips for newly married. Couples need to find common ground on such challenging issues as spending and saving.

Home will sell (if priced right) – In this ‘challenging’ market, homeowners and agents alike need to be realistic and list the property for less. But many sellers today are reluctant to trim their asking numbers in a ‘challenging’ market’, clinging unflinchingly to the notion that their homes are worth what they paid for them – and then some.

These changes are part of GSK’s longer-term strategy to ensure that we invest in key areas of future growth and evolve our business to compete effectively in what is a rapidly changing and challenging environment for pharmaceutical companies.

The situation is by no means hopeless. Once black men claim their children and feel the warmth of a hug, they will begin to understand what fatherhood is all about. Many young men have been struggling with the challenges that come with greater father involvement. They simply do no know how to be fathers. Many have never seen a real father in action. Later, they do not realize the importance of fathers in a child’s healthy development, or the fact that unemployed, separated and unwed fathers can still contribute significantly to their children’s well-being.
It has to be challenging for Kevin to be learning his third system in three years.

Customs: 2012 cargo deadline unrealistic. The benefits of screening all cargo bound for the US has long been challenged by the Bush administration. The plan is not a good use of taxpayer money.

Latest Guantanamo ruling reaffirms American values. Twice before, the court has rejected the administration’s attempts to bar foreigners at Guantanamo from challenging their detentions in regular civilian courts. Thursday’s 5-4 decision made it plain that right cannot be suspended, even for those suspected of terrorism. The latest ruling doesn’t mean anyone is about to get out of jail free. Detainees will now get a change to challenge their detentions before federal judges accustomed to presiding over criminal trials, judges who were nominated by presidents and confirmed by the Senate.

Yahoo says Icahn win triggers plan – The Web giant said Tuesday that the severance plan, which applies to some employees in the case of a change in control, is structured to prevent Yahoo from altering or dismantling it, as Mr. Icahn has demanded, while under a proxy challenge.

“We’re ‘follically’ challenged,” Reis says of the corps of recent US keepers.