Saturday, August 23, 2008

Challenges In The News 08/23/08

Coca-Cola Profit Hurt By Big Charge, Rising costs. Challenges are likely to grow for Coke in North America, where it posted flat volume and a 9% decline in operating income in the second quarter. Mr. Kent mentioned that North America will remain “challenging” for the rest of the year. At the beginning of this month, Coke tightened hiring in its North American business unit for the year.

That sounds scary, but the fact that Mr. Dimon was talking frankly about the prime-mortgage challenges could actually be a sign that the bank is on top of its risks – and is adequately reserved.

Squeezing Oil From a Stone. Energy Quest Again Leads to Shale, but Challenges Remain. Next-generation nuclear plants, cellulosic ethanol, solar power and other technologies all face similar challenges. The political and scientific challenges aren’t easily separated. The oil companies argue that they can only justify spending millions on experimental technologies if they know they will get access to the land. “It’s something that we need to start now so it can have a significant impact down the road. It’s not going to happen overnight.”

Bites’ challenges include trying to verbally seduce an unseen potential lover only to find out it’s one of your parents.

Banzuke challenges focus on a specific skill. One, in which competitors walk an obstacle course balancing a pole on two fingers, features a shopkeeper who walks around his store balancing milk crates and wine bottles.

Learning curve: The guys commit an environmental faux pas by flying to San Francisco for the second challenge; one team goes by charter jet. But later they switch to biodiesel buses. “The court will have a challenge in coming up with precedent that matches up to this,” says Michael McCann, a visiting professor at Boston College Law School.

Movie: City of Men – An unforgettable tale of friendship and survival in a city where the greatest challenge is growing up.

ArcMail Technology, a leader in email archiving and management solutions, today announced the Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness has implemented the ArcMail Defender to prevent future email archiving challenges, prepare for the increase of emails during disasters and make it easier to respond to legal discovery orders and requests for information during ...

‘Dry Farming’ (the way agriculture used to be before plastic hoses hooked up to water supply made deserts bloom) starting to take root with state’s winegrowers. “The challenge is understanding how to best utilize water as a management tool.”

Manchester City have introduced the Far Eastern tradition of feng shui to the Premier League in a bid to boost their challenge for honors.

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