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.

Gene Ahern's The Squirrel Cage ( January 3, 1937 ), an example of a topper ( comic strip ) | topper strip which is better remembered than the strip it accompanied, Ahern's Room and Board ( comic strip ) | Room and Board.

In January 1951, the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners instituted proceedings against the Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation in Elizabeth for teaching medicine without a licence.

In January 1996, the Britannica was purchased from the Benton Foundation by billionaire Swiss financier Jacqui Safra, who serves as its current Chair of the Board.

However, in the European Teams Championship in Batumi, Georgia, also in January, she won the gold medal playing Board 2, scoring 6½ – 2½.

The London Transport Board was the transport authority from 1 January 1963 to 31 December 1969 It reported directly to the Minister of Transport, ending its direct association with the management of British Railways.

Salò was rejected by the British Board of Film Censors ( BBFC ) in January 1976.

The Commissioner of Transport for London ( Peter Hendy since 17 January 2006 ) reports to the Board and leads a management team with individual functional responsibilities.

In 1856, the first Board of Trustees meeting was held ; articles of Incorporation were adopted ; and classes began January 7, 1857.

* January 1 – British Board of Film Censors receives the authority to classify and censor films.

" However, in January 1973, former Illinois Racing Board Chairman William S. Miller testified that Daley had " induced " him to bribe Illinois Governor Otto Kerner.

Dr. Dieter Zetsche has been the Chairman of Daimler and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars since January 1, 2006 as well as member of Board of Management since 1998.

* Steven B. Kamin, Mario Marazzi & John W. Schindler, Is China " Exporting Deflation "?, International Finance Discussion Papers No. 791, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington D. C. January 2004.

On January 25, 1918, the Manola was sold to the U. S. Shipping Board.

On 22 January 1996, the Board of Directors of Daimler-Benz decided to focus on its core automobile business and cut ties with Fokker.

In 1918, Hopper was awarded the U. S. Shipping Board Prize for his war poster, “ Smash the Hun ,” and he was able to exhibit on three occasions: in 1917 with the Society of Independent Artists, in January 1920 ( a one-man exhibition at the Whitney Studio Club, which was the precursor to the Whitney Museum ), and in 1922 ( again with the Whitney Studio Club ).

In January 1950, the Service Academy Board, headed by Dwight D. Eisenhower, then president of Columbia University, concluded that the needs of the Air Force could not be met by the two existing U. S. service academies and that an air force academy should be established.

On January 20, 2010 the NSIC Board of Directors voted to expand the conference again, this time to 16 members.

In May 1961, Kennedy appointed Clifford to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, which he chaired beginning in April 1963 and ending in January 1968.

* International Accounting Standards Board ( 2007 ): International Financial Reporting Standards 2007 ( including International Accounting Standards ( IAS ( tm )) and Interpretations as at 1 January 2007 ), LexisNexis, ISBN 1-4224-1813-8

On January 13, Mick McGuire, a former partner at Pershing Square, became Chairman of the Board of Directors.

No Democrat has chaired the Board of County Supervisors since Kathleen Seefeldt left office in January 2000.

The Board of Commissioners meets at the Houston County Courthouse the third Monday of odd months ( January, March, May, July, September, November ).

Since the number of lost ballots exceeded the lead held ( by Steve Troxler over Britt Cobb ) in the statewide race for agriculture commissioner, the State Board of Elections decided to hold a special election on January 11, 2005, open only to the 18, 500 voters in the county who either failed to vote or whose votes were lost.

2011 General Election: As a result of the 2011 general election, which was held on November 8, Republicans will take control of county government in January 2012 with a 4-3 majority of the Board of Chosen Freeholders.