Challenges In The news 08/22/08

Election challenge is dismissed. Election officials in the Los Angeles city clerk’s office have dismissed a challenge brought in the wake of the Greater Echo Park Elysian Neighborhood Council election. The challenge was filed by losing candidates in June, shortly after a largely white slate lost to a largely Latino slate in an election that exposed bitter divisions in Echo Park over gentrification, ethnicity and class. Neighborhood activist Christine Peters, who lost the election to Sigala and was one of the challengers, called the decision “no surprise.”

We, of course, accepted the challenge.
It’s the ultimate marketing challenge: Persuading people to buy something that they don’t seem to want anymore.

“No one would dispute that this is a pretty challenging time for the U.S. auto industry.”

He challenged his artistic integrity.

Shorter proves safer, so far. Drop from quarter-mile to 1,000 feet brings challenges.

Our challenge is to sort through all that.

Saturday’s American Le Mans Series Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course could not come at a better time for Acura.

“Regaining their trust to give you the share back that they have given you is a challenge.”
Responding to the challenging environment, the carrier said it raised more cash and credit, and reaffirmed its commitment to reducing its overall capacity as it retires older aircraft and terminates lower-yielding routes.

“We expect U.S. economic conditions and ongoing consumer concerns to continue to create challenges at least through the end of next year,” said Harley-Davidson Chief Executive Jim Ziemer.