Over half of the tax revenues in the January – August 2008 time period were generated from value-added taxes ( VAT ).

In 2008, effective January 1, 2009, the ADAAA broadened the interpretations and added to the ADA examples of " major life activities " including, but not limited to, " caring for oneself, performing manual tasks, seeing, hearing, eating, sleeping, walking, standing, lifting, bending, speaking, breathing, learning, reading, concentrating, thinking, communicating, and working " as well as the operation of several specified " major bodily functions ".

On January 17, 2008, NYSE Euronext announced it would acquire the AMEX for $ 260 million in stock ; on October 1, 2008, NYSE Euronext completed the acquisition.

On January 13, 2008, the Falcons named former Patriots director of college football scouting Thomas Dimitroff General Manager.

On 4 January 2008, Dr. Gail Dinter-Gottlieb decided to step down as President and Vice Chancellor of the University before her term expired.

OnStar transitioned to digital service with the help of data transport technology developed by Airbiquity, but warned customers who could not be upgraded to digital that their service would permanently expire on January 1, 2008.

On January 11, 2008, Talk Is Free Theatre presented the Canadian professional premiere ( in concert ) at the Gryphon Theatre in Barrie, Ontario, with a fundraiser performance on January 13 at the Diesel Playhouse in Toronto, Ontario.

The Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts produced a limited-run revival of the musical from January 11 to 27, 2008.

On January 17, 2008, Selig's contract was extended through 2012, after which he planned to retire, but then decided to stay as commissioner until the end of the 2014 season, a move approved by the owners on January 12, 2012, which would take his leadership past his 80th birthday.

However, in January 2008, Selig agreed to a three-year contract extension, announcing he planned to retire after the 2012 season.

* On 24 January 2008, Peter Hain resigned his two cabinet posts ( Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Secretary of State for Wales ) after the Electoral Commission referred donations to his Deputy Leadership campaign to the police.

In the UK in 2009 it was estimated that up to 12 million shoppers appeared at the sales ( a rise of almost 20 % compared to 2008, although this was also affected by the fact that the VAT would revert to 17. 5 % from 1 January ).

led to the January 2008 bulk-sampling of kimberlite pipes in a remote part of Montana.

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On 1 January 2008, the country entered the eurozone and adopted the euro as its official currency, replacing the Cypriot pound at an irrevocable fixed exchange rate of CYP 0. 585274 per EUR 1. 00.

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122. 9 billion cu m ( 1 January 2008 est.

This eliminated the human reservoir of the disease and reduced hospital admissions to 1 % or less of January 2008 levels.

On 13 November 2008, Cessna announced that a total of 665 jobs would be cut at its Wichita and Bend, Oregon plants starting in January 2009.

In January 2008, shortly before plans to retire to Blackpool, Vera's husband Jack found that she had died in her armchair.

The Australian Government has introduced legislation that requires ISP's to " restrict access to age restricted content ( commercial MA15 + content and R18 + content ) either hosted in Australia or provided from Australia " that was due to commence from 20 January 2008, known as Cleanfeed.

She left the production on December 30, 2007, and later returned from August 26, 2008 until the production closed on January 11, 2009.

Announced on February 19, 2008, North American Airlines planned on discontinuing all scheduled service in May 2008 in favor of concentrating on charter operations.

* March 30, 2008: Announced acquisition of Synplicity, the leader in FPGA synthesis and rapid prototyping technology.

* In 2008, Ed Pavlic published Winners Have Yet to Be Announced ( University of Georgia Press ), poems re-imagining the life of Donny Hathaway.

* 2008: April, Announced ScreenPlay HD Multimedia Drive

* 2008: May, Announced eGo Desktop Hard Drive

* 2008: September, Announced the new eGo Helium Portable Hard Drive

* 2008: October, Announced StorCenter ix2

* 2008: October, Announced ScreenPlay Pro HD Multimedia Drive

Announced officially in 2007 as a " spiritual successor " to Tribes, Fallen Empire: Legions was released to the public in June 2008 on InstantAction, and is currently being developed by the community after InstantAction was shut down in November 2010.

Announced on 17 April 2008, the team is the panel's majority choice for each of the thirteen starting positions and four interchange players.

• Announced in January 2008 in coordination with the Arab League and the High Commissioner for Refugees campaign " by the Arabs but the Iraqis ," which contributed to supporting the education of more than 2, 500 students on the number of Iraqi teachers, and reflects the barrier 300 students during the college years.

* Orkney Announced for 2008, as yet unpublished ( 2011 )

* Yellow Line: Announced in April 2008

Announced in a release on TNAwrestling. com on April 2, 2008, TNA came to terms on a deal that had the show airing in Australia starting April 5.

It was also ported to the PlayStation Portable in February 2006, the Nintendo DS in October 2008 and the Wii in November 2008.

He scored the PlayStation Portable title Anata o Yurusanai in 2007 and the arcade game Lord of Vermillion in 2008.

* BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger — ( 2008 ) ( Taito Type X2 ), ( 2009 ) ( PlayStation 3 ), ( Xbox 360 ), ( 2010 ) ( PC ), ( PlayStation Portable )

In 2007 and 2008, Rondo of Blood saw a first North American, European and Australian release and 2. 5D remake as part of Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles for PlayStation Portable.

The PlayStation version was released as a download on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable in the EU on January 31, 2008 and in North America on August 31, 2010.

An enhanced remake entitled Star Ocean: First Departure was released for the PlayStation Portable on December 27, 2007, in Japan, October 21, 2008, in North America, and October 24, 2008, in Europe.

An enhanced remake entitled Star Ocean: Second Evolution was released for the PlayStation Portable on April 2, 2008, in Japan, January 19, 2009, in North America, February 12, 2009, in Australia and February 13, 2009, in Europe.

However, the game was later remade for the PlayStation Portable under the title Star Ocean: First Departure, and finally released in English speaking regions, twelve years later, in United States on October 21, 2008, and in Europe on October 24, 2008.

The game wouldn't be officially available in English until 12 years later, when the game was remade for the PlayStation Portable as Star Ocean: First Departure in 2008.

A limited edition collection of Dickon's lyrics and other writings entitled The Portable Dickon Edwards was released in March 2008 with Fosca's The Painted Side of the Rocket.

* 30 October 2007: The current version, Chessmaster XI, was released for PC ( titled Chessmaster: Grandmaster Edition ) and Nintendo DS ( titled Chessmaster: The Art of Learning ), and 12 February 2008 for PlayStation Portable ( also titled Chessmaster: The Art of Learning ).

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A second video game,, was developed by Tamsoft for the PlayStation Portable and released on October 2, 2008 by Marvelous Entertainment.

The game was released for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, and PC on April 17, 2008.

Twisted Metal: Head-On is a vehicular combat video game developed by Incognito Entertainment and released by Sony on March 24, 2005 for the PlayStation Portable and February 5, 2008 for the PlayStation 2.

In January 2008 Jet Moto 2 was made available for the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Network.

Portable Childhoods, a collection of her short fiction published by Tachyon Publications, was named a 2008 World Fantasy Award Finalist.

Trilogy is a compilation of songs from three earlier games ( DJMax Online, DJMax Portable and DJMax Portable 2 ) and it was created to replace DJMax Online which was taken offline on March 21, 2008.

In 2008, Marvelous Interactive released Harvest Moon: Back to Nature and Bokujō Monogatari Harvest Moon for Girl for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable via the PlayStation Network.