Challenges In The News 09/18/08

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Rising Challenger Takes On Elder-Care System

Inside Microsoft’s War Against Google. How Steve Balmer will challenge the online ad leader without Yahoo.
Early challenge: Serena Williams brushed off a tight first set.

Even Defensive Names Take Hits: Pfizer and Merck see stocks trading at multiyear lows as Investors focus on Challenges facing drug makers.

McCain Challenges Auto Makers on Fuel Efficiency. Republican presidential contender John McCain challenged auto makers to increase fuel-efficiency and create a zero-emissions vehicle.

Collect Taxes? Not us. Amazon.com doesn’t want to be a taxman, so it’s challenging a New York State law that requires out-of-state e-tailers to collect taxes on purchases made in the Empire State.

Then from June 9-30, you will have a chance to submit essays, comments, and videos to BusinessWeek.com chronicling the biggest challenges you face in any of the six categories – and how you have grappled with them.

Professor John Duffy at George Washington University law school, whose analysis of the 1999 law underlies TransLogic’s challenge, argues they’ll have to be reappointed.

Challenge to the throne

India to test new challenge system on tour of Sri Lanka. Each side will be allowed three challenges in each period or innings, which Richardson said would eliminate “frivolous challenges.” The number of challenges remains intact if a decision is overturned using the system.