Challenges In The News 10/08/08

Such a request can paralyze a small company (when Microsoft asked the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to re-examine all 29 of Avistar’s patents) like Avistar, as other companies that may have licensed its patents wait to see if the patents are declared valid. Indeed, about a month after it disclosed Microsoft’s challenge, Avistar, a San Mateo, CA, maker of videoconferencing and collaboration software, cited the potential impact on its financial outlook as it announced plans to cut 25% of its work force, or 27 employees. Meanwhild, some large firms increasingly are challenging patents rather than paying to license them.

Chrysler Financial, the financing arm of Chrysler LLC, shook up its management ranks, as the unit struggles to turn itself around in a challenging environment.

Not defined by diabetes. Teens coping with disease face unique challenges, but a normal life is possible. Being a teenager with type 1 diabetes has had its challenges, such as meeting new people and explaining her condition.

The pressure is growing to make some radical moves, after a series of challenges. “It’s wrong to combine exotic risks with private banking, a business where safety and stability are crucial.” The pressures facing the top duo at UBS mirror the challenges dogging newly installed chiefs at many large financial institutions.

America must take the lead in dealing with global energy and climate challenges, and at the same time vastly strengthen its own economy and security.

The Kremlin’s expanding military push into Georgia is fueling concerns within Washington’s national-security establishment of a broader challenge to U.S. power globally during President George W. Bush’s waning months in office.

The battlefield geometry here is a bit challenging.

(McCain) – “In these economically challenged times, we must go back to wisdoms we know to be true.”

How nice it would have been to have had the opportunity to challenge.

Yet working with an Amish builder brings special challenges. Imagine trying to keep in touch with a contractor who doesn’t own a phone – most are forbidden to have one at home.

The issue allowed him to connect Mr. Udall to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s stonewalling of any drilling votes. In one debate Mr. Schaffer challenged the Democrat to vote against a congressional recess unless the House first took up energy legislation.