In 2008 BWG purchased Mangan Bros.

In 2008 the former Mangans site in Collooney was integrated into the existing BWG site at Ballyshannon.

On 3 September 2008, The Irish Times reported that a number of approaches had been made to buy Superquinn, including from BWG Foods Limited, The Musgrave Group plc, J Sainsbury plc, and Asda Stores Limited.

Monet's Le Pont du chemin de fer à Argenteuil, an 1873 painting of a railway bridge spanning the Seine near Paris, was bought by an anonymous telephone bidder for a record $ 41. 4 million at Christie's auction in New York on 6 May 2008.

In January 2008, Sun Microsystems bought MySQL for $ 1 billion.

In 2008, the UAE bought Patriot missiles and related radar, support services for the Patriot systems.

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During the recession of 2008 – 2010, many of these firms went out of business or were bought up at firesale prices by other financial firms.

In 2008, Lehman filed for bankruptcy, Bear Stearns was bought up by JP Morgan Chase with blessing by the U. S. government, and Merrill Lynch was bought up by Bank of America.

Heineken bought Scottish & Newcastle in a joint deal with Carlsberg in 2008.

The rights to the game were initially licensed to Selchow and Righter in 1982, then to Parker Brothers ( now part of Hasbro ) in 1988, after initially being turned down by the Virgin Group ; in 2008, Hasbro bought out the rights in full, for US $ 80 million.

Happiness Is the Road, released in October 2008, again featured a pre-order " deluxe edition " with a list of the fans who bought in advance, and a more straightforward regular release.

NuTech was bought by Netezza in 2008.

The team bought out the remaining years of Bryan Trottier's contract, and as of 2008 – 09 he is still the franchise leader in games played.

* 2008: Japanese NTT DoCoMo bought 30 percent stake in Aktel

The band brought the film to rock festivals across America during the summer of 2008 and screened it in a large circus tent they had bought for that purpose.

Martha Mills, a manufacturer of tire cord fabric, began operation in 1927 and ceased operations in 2006 ( Martha Mills was bought by B. F. Goodrich in 1929, and later WesTek in 2008 ).

However, it was revived in 1902 when Sumter Cogswell built the Pell City Manufacturing Company, which subsequently became Avondale Mills, which was a major landmark of the town until Thunder Enterprises, a Tennessee company, bought the building and began dismantling the factory in 2008.

A ticket bought in Faribault for the multi-state Powerball lottery for the May 3, 2008 drawing won the jackpot, worth approximately $ 180. 1 million ( annuity value.

Around 2008, the school bought a building at 2221 West Park Row Drive to use as a high school campus.

On August 2008, Carlyle Group bought IRIS Unified Ag through FRS Global.

In the spring of 2008 Ailes bought a local newspaper in Cold Spring, New York, the town in which they own a weekend / summer mansion.

Compagnia Aerea Italiana ( CAI ) bought the Alitalia brand and some assets for € 1. 052 billion ($ 1. 33 billion ), paying € 427 million in cash and taking on € 625 million in Alitalia debts on December 12, 2008.

The viable parts of Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane S. p. A. were bought by the private company Alitalia-Compagnia Aerea Italiana on December 12, 2008, which started operations on January 13, 2009.

It published the Talisman Revised 4th Edition and on December 17, 2008, as well as an upgrade pack with updated cards and miniatures for people who bought the original 4th edition.

The highly generous pay packages include $ 172 million for Merril Lynch & Co. CEO Stanley O ' Neal from 2003 to 2007, before it was bought by Bank of America in 2008, and $ 161 million for Bear Stearns Co .' s James Cayne before the bank collapsed and was sold to JPMorgan Chase & Co. in June of 2008.

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The most successful crossover, however, was Super Smash Bros. Brawl, also released in 2008 for the Wii.

On January 4, 2008, Warner Bros. announced that they would drop support of HD DVD in favor of Blu-ray Disc.

Warner Bros. celebrated its 90th anniversary on June 1, 2008 even though the company celebrated for its 85th anniversary for films only.

In 2008, Warner Bros. absorbed New Line Cinema, as a result, Warner added the New Line Cinema film and television library to its collection.

Uematsu created the main theme for the multi-composer game Super Smash Bros. Brawl in 2008.

On August 22, 2008, the game was released for the first time in Europe and Australia, as part of the 3rd Hanabi Festival alongside a release of Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels on the European Virtual Console after being available for a limited period during the first Hanabi Festival.

Wario is a playable character in two platformers for the Nintendo DS, the remake Super Mario 64 DS ( 2004 ) and the sequel Yoshi's Island DS ( 2006 ), as well as the 2001 puzzle game Dr. Mario 64, and the 2008 fighting game Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

On 7 November 2008, former Batman Mayor Hüseyin Kalkan began looking into the possibility of suing Christopher Nolan, director of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, and Warner Bros., distributor of the films, claiming the studios had been using " Batman ", the name of the superhero, without permission from the city, and " placing the blame for a number of unsolved murders and a high female suicide rate on the psychological impact that the films ' success has had on the city's inhabitants.

Super Smash Bros. is the first game in the Super Smash Bros. series, and was followed by Super Smash Bros. Melee for the Nintendo GameCube in 2001 and Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii in 2008.

It was first reported in 2008 that Arthur was to be remade by Warner Bros. with the British actor / comedian Russell Brand in the lead role.

It was re-launched as an online network on April 28, 2008 by Warner Bros.

As of March 30, 2008, they redirected to the Warner Bros. Studios homepage.

Warner Bros. also introduced original serialized web-content produced by such television heavyweight producers as Josh Schwartz and McG for the website when it was launched on August 2008, including original series such as Sorority Forever, Pushed, Rockville, CA, The Lake and Childrens Hospital.

* On October 2, 2007, The CW ( WB and UPN's successor ) announced that it would end the Kids ' WB block starting May 2008, due to the effects of children's advertising limits and cable competition, in a joint decision between Warner Bros. and CBS, parent companies of The CW.

Johnson claimed he was in negotiations for a TV adaptation of his sequel novel, but in October 2008, Warner Bros. Television announced they were producing a complete remake of V instead.

In August 2008, Warner Bros announced a multi-platform release featuring new comedy shorts and music videos that debuted on Cartoon Network starting September 2, 2008.

* Super Smash Bros. Brawl ( 2008 ) (" Vs. Marx ", " World Map ( Pikmin 2 )")

* Super Smash Bros. Brawl ( 2008 ) ( with many other composers )

* Super Smash Bros. Brawl ( 2008 ) – " Tetris: Type A ", " Gritzy Desert ", and " King Dedede's Theme "

Marking the introduction of the character Sonic the Hedgehog to the 2008 Wii game Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Chao and other characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog series appear as collectible trophies and stickers.