Challenges In The News 07/21/08

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“The long-term vision may be worthwhile, but clearly they’re grappling with short term issues as relates to financing,” he said. “The credit markets and the slowdown in housing create a challenge.”
“The challenge is to always be new, to constant reinvent yourself,” she said. “Were going for a living-room environment that also attracts the younger crowd.”

An attorney for Drew said a legal challenge was planned.

Challenging nations such as Saudi Arabia that discriminate against women, Bush urged greater women’s rights as a “matter of morality and of basic math. No nation that cuts half of its population from opportunities will be as productive or as prosperous as it could be. Women are a formidable force, as I have seen in my own family and my own administration.”

Big Brown faces a new hurdle. Casino Drive adds a challenge to the Belmont Stakes field that already has the attention on jockey Desormeaux.

Obama Courts Christian Voters in Kentucky – The initiative represents a direct challenge to Republicans, who successfully wooed conservative evangelical votes that in turn fueled President Bush’s re-election in 2004.

“The California Supreme Court is a famous and respected court, and (same-sex couples) have lost more legal challenges than they have won, so this is big news.”

Nielsen says in a statement that although it believes its ratings “provide a fair picture of what younger viewers are watching,” the audience is challenging to track. We are working closely with the CW and all of our clients to continuously improve our measurement. The network introduced multipart commercials called “content wraps” in its first year; in its second year, it introduced ultra-short commercials it called “cwickies.” Next year, the network is focusing its efforts on TV and Web integrations, says Executive Vice President of Network Sales Bill Morningstar.
The numbers demonstrate the challenges private-equity and hedge funds are having as public companies.

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