The peacekeepers monitoring the disputed boundary were forced to withdraw in July 2008 having considered their remaining options after experiencing serious difficulties in supporting its troops.

Since 2008 a take-over is in progress: the Schaeffler Group from Herzogenaurach ( Bavaria ) holds the majority of the stock but were required due to the financial crisis to deposit the options as securities at banks.

In summary, hedge funds outperformed many similarly-risky investment options in 2008.

Beginning in February 2008, the Boundary Committee again reviewed local government in the county, with two possible options emerging.

In 2008, as part of Character options first series 4 2008 wave of action figures, they released some Sontaran action figures.

A November 2008 report set out a possible framework of governance options to achieve a more integrated system of case management practices across the family law jurisdiction, with changes in judicial structures and reporting relationships.

However, since 2008, Amtrak and the Kansas Department of Transportation have been studying the feasibility of restoring service via route options between Oklahoma City and Newton or Kansas City.

In 2008 the total cost was revised upwards to £ 180M, and projections for finishing the job to 2012. In a report produced by JE Jacobs, Grant Thornton and Faber Maunsell in 2007 which reviewed the alternative options for a second road crossing, it was stated that the estimated working life of the Forth Bridge was in excess of 100 years.

On December 24, 2008, MAN published to possess further stock options of Scania and to therefore maintain more than 20 percent of the voting rights.

Several new colour options for 2008 were brought to the marketplace.

In congressional testimony given in July 2008, Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody's Economy. com, provided estimates of the one-year multiplier effect for several fiscal policy options.

On July 24, 2008, the acquisition was completed, creating the third-largest options market in the U. S.

The injury was first revealed in February 2008 and the treatment options became a point of contention between Schilling and the Red Sox management.

SEPTA placed an order with delivery starting in 2008 for 400 New Flyer hybrid buses — with options for up to 80 additional buses — to replace the NABI Ikarus buses at the end of their 12-year life span.

In 2008 SNCB ordered 95 Desiro ML trains for the Brussels RER network, with options for up to 300.

In the summer of 2008, United Airlines also offered service to their hub at O ' Hare International Airport in Chicago, offering additional connection options.

Proper inclusion of front end protection complicates index options valuation, see for example Claus M. Pedersen ( 2003 ), or Brigo and Morini ( 2008 ).

On or about 5 June 2008, Bank of America purchased 6 billion H-shares for approximately HK $ 2. 42 per share using call options under a formula in the initial acquisition agreement.

The suits allege that by managing giant positions in silver futures and options, the banks influenced the prices of silver on the New York Stock Exchange's Comex Exchange since early 2008.

From July through November 2008, Bachus traded in options at least forty times, making money from betting against the market as it collapsed that year.

In 2008 the Law Offices established a Law Officers ’ Departments Strategic Board overseeing all LODs with a strategy programme to examine modernisation options, for instance for harmonised corporate services for HR finance IT, accommodation and facilities management across the LODs.

Grimsby Town entered the 2008 / 09 season with unsettled Martin Butler, injured Danny North and the inexperienced youngsters Andy Taylor and Nathan Jarman as their only striking options.

At its 2008 provincial convention, the party overwhelmingly rejected a proposal by the Environment Caucus recommending a party task force be mandated to “ investigate a variety of options for political cooperation with the Alberta Liberals and / or Greens .” and “ to prepare a motion to be considered ” at the next Party Convention.

In 2007, the Options Clearing Corporation proposed a rule change to allow binary options, and the Securities and Exchange Commission approved listing cash-or-nothing binary options in 2008.

There are large gaps in the fossil record but the discovery of a proto-frog from the Early Permian in Texas in 2008 provided a missing link with many of the characteristics of modern frogs.

A bridge was first completed here in 1887, replaced by another structure in 1949, and subsequently replaced with the current bridge which was completed in 2008.

* 2008 – Competition in the 2008 Summer Olympics in China proceeded with the women's association football tournament.

During the first half of 2008, Armenia's widening current-account trade deficit grew by 66 percent to $ 1. 39 billion USD, with a 40 percent rise in imports.

Bilateral trade with Russia stood at more than $ 700 million for the first nine months of 2010 – on track to rebound to $ 1 billion mark first reached in 2008 prior to the global economic crisis.

New in 2008, the abalone card also comes with a set of 24 tags.

* 2008 – The 2008 Summer Olympics officially opened with the opening ceremony at National Stadium, Beijing, China.

The American Stock Exchange merged with the New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE Euronext ) on October 1, 2008.

According to Alexei Nakamura, as of 2012, there are only 205 Ainu living in Russia ( up from just 12 people who self-identified as Ainu in 2008 ) and they along with the Kurile Kamchadals ( Itelmen of Kuril islands ) are fighting for official recognition.

In July 2008 the price of oil peaked and began to decline and Alberta's economy soon followed suit, with unemployment doubling within a year.

For example, an array of 10 integer variables, with indices 0 through 9, may be stored as 10 words at memory addresses 2000, 2004, 2008, … 2036, so that the element with index i has the address 2000 + 4 × i.

The Falcons had the NFL's second best winning percentage at home during the period of 2008 to 2010 with a. 833 percentage.

The Falcons finished the 2008 regular season with a record of 11 – 5, and the # 5 seed in the playoffs.

On August 5, 2008 Dan Haren signed a four-year, $ 44. 75 million deal with the Diamondbacks worth a guaranteed $ 41. 25 million through 2012 and including a $ 15. 5 million club option for 2013 with a $ 3. 5 million buyout.

In October 2008, the United States Department of Justice defined an Alford plea as: " when a the defendant maintains his or her innocence with respect to the charge to which he or she offers to plead guilty ".

In 2008, another female opera star, Diana Damrau, released a CD with seven Salieri coloratura arias.

(€ 19 million as a group ) However, in 2008 – 09 season saw the decrease of gate and TV income, co-currently with finished 6th in Serie A, which saw Roma made a net loss of € 1, 894, 330.

On 4 March 2008, in announcing a partnership with Magna Steyr to outsource manufacture of over 2, 000 cars annually at Graz, Austria, the company stated " The continuing growth and success of the company is based upon Gaydon as the focal point and heart of the business, with the design and engineering of all Aston Martin products continuing to be carried out there.

In 2007 the international rules series was abandoned because of the aggression and the severity of the Australian team in the previous year, but in 2008, under new rules to protect the player with the ball, it resumed in Australia.

In 2008 Atari was honored at the 59th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards for pioneering the development of handheld games with its Lynx game unit.