Challenges In The News 08/21/08

The thrill of luring Volkswagen to Chattanooga is still strong but today Hamilton County Mayor Claude Ramsey issued a new challenge. Mayor Ramsey said Chattanooga opened the door to opportunity knocking from Germany but asked "what are we as a community going to do next?"

THE seven men accused of plotting to stage a coup last year have asked the High Court to refer their case to the Supreme Court where they intend to challenge the constitutionality of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act.

Manchester City have introduced the Far Eastern tradition of feng shui to the Premier League in a bid to boost their challenge for honors.
Protections reinstated for wolves. A judge sides with environmentalists who had challenged the animals’ de-listing as an endangered species.

Gray wolves in the northern Rockies regained endangered-species protections Friday when a federal judge in Montana granted a preliminary injunction to environmentalists, who had challenged the wolves’ delisting.

In reporting its own quarterly profit Thursday, Microsoft said online ad spending had been weak, and Google Inc. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said his company was facing a “more challenging economic environment.”

Lackey has Boston on a short leash. “It’s obvious these guys have been a challenge,” Scioscia said of Lackey’s troubles with the Red Sox. “They’re a challenge for a lot of guys.” Lackey conquered that challenge Friday, helped by a superb infield defense that was everywhere and turned two double plays behind him to ease him out of jams.

“In many ways, everything I did in my life was leaning toward running a theater. It’s the most challenging and satisfying role I’ve ever taken on.”
A new rights chief for U.N. “The challenge for her will be to use the bully pulpit and be a strong advocate for human rights. As a judge, she has no experience with that. I found her to be a consummate diplomat in fields of law that sometimes challenge diplomacy, but she was always able to deal with grace and strength on very difficult criminal issues in the human rights field.

Hina Jilani of Pakistan, a special U.N. envoy on human rights, did not have the backing of her government, which she often challenged.

Figures released this week show that Debbie Cook, an upstart challenger for the congressional seat held by Republican Dana Rohrabacher, raised more money in campaign contributions in the last three months than the popular 10-term incumbent.

Despite solid earnings, investors pound Google, Microsoft shares. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt acknowledged for the first time that his company faced “a more challenging economic environment” but added that Google hadn’t been hurt by it yet.