Carrefour has also opened a franchise owned branch in the Bahrain City Centre in 2008.

* Jack & Jones and sister chain Vero Moda both opened their first stores in North America at Carrefour Laval during the fall of 2008.

* Terminus Le Carrefour ( across the street from Carrefour Laval ) ( corner of Le Carrefour Blvd and Terry-Fox Ave )-11 routes ( including former AMT, now STL since January 1, 2008, express 902, and a new express 903 ).

He is the author of four books of poetry-The Door to the River ( Bateleur, 1984 ), The Fires of the Dead ( Carrefour, 1989 ), Rain Across a Paper Field ( Gecko Poetry, 1999 ) and All the Days ( Deep South, 2008 )-and his work has appeared in several South African anthologies.

Combined Insurance was sold to ACE Limited in April 2008.

In 2008 Anheuser-Busch sold the majority of their stock to Belgian-Brazilian beer giant InBev, to create the largest brewing company in the world.

On 15 July 2008, the Committee that oversees the administration of the convention between meetings of all the Parties granted China and Japan permission to import elephant ivory from four African government stockpiles, the ivory being sold at a single auction in each country.

Just a few weeks later, Le bassin aux nymphéas ( from the water lilies series ) sold at Christie's 24 June 2008 auction in London, lot 19, for £ 36, 500, 000 ($ 71, 892, 376. 34 ) ( hammer price ) or £ 40, 921, 250 ($ 80, 451, 178 ) with fees, nearly doubling the record for the artist and representing one of the top 20 highest prices paid for a painting at the time.

In 2008 16: 10 became the most common sold aspect ratio for LCD monitors and the same year 16: 10 was the mainstream standard for laptops and notebooks.

She released her second live DVD and album, Live From London in October 2009, which was filmed during her sold out 2008 concerts at London's O2 Arena.

These were found also, in its long-term allies Chile, which sold since 2008 Leopard 1 tanks, Leander class frigates.

On 3 November 2008, the painting Vampire set a new record for his paintings when it was sold for 38. 162 million US $ at Sotheby's New York.

Coro performed in WKTU's well-received " Beatstock " concert in 2006, and the 2008 " Freestyle Extravaganza " concert sold out Madison Square Garden.

The Red Sox have sold out every home game since May 15, 2003 ; in 2008, the park sold out its 456th consecutive Red Sox game, breaking a Major League Baseball record.

In July 16, 2008, after Zucker's death, the company was sold to NRDC Equity Partners, a private equity firm of Purchase, New York which already owned Lord & Taylor, the oldest department store chain in the United States.

On February 28, 2008, Cryptic Studios purchased the Champions intellectual property, and sold the rights back to Hero Games to publish the 6th edition books.

On June 3, 2008, one day prior to GM's annual shareholder meeting, Rick Wagoner, GM's CEO at that time, said the brand was being reviewed, and had the possibility of either being sold, having the production line completely redesigned, or being discontinued.

* In the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in China, IKEA Beijing sold an alligator toy for 40 yuan ( US $ 5. 83, € 3. 70 ) with all income going to the children in the earthquake struck area

By 2007 the " Bjäre julmust " was only sold at McDonald's restaurants and it had completely disappeared from Coca-Colas range of products by Christmas 2008, only to return for Christmas 2011.

Another historical subject, The Abdication of Mary, Queen of Scots, sold for ₤ 115, 250 at Sotheby's Gleneagles sale on 26 August 2008.

Described as the first guitar Hendrix set fire to, another of his Stratocasters was sold at an auction for a record price in London two years later in 2008.

Through 2008, Krugerrand coins containing 46 million ounces of gold have been sold.

On 3 November 2008 a work by Malevich entitled Suprematist Composition from 1916 set the world record for any Russian work of art and any work sold at auction for that year, selling at Sotheby ’ s in New York City for just over $ 60 million U. S. ( far surpassing his previous record of $ 17 million set in 2000 ).

* V-LIB 1. 2 ( 2008 Vartavan Library Classification for over 700 fields of knowledge, currently sold under license in the UK by Rosecastle Ltd. ( see http :// rosecastle. atspace. com / index_files / Page382. html ).

In June 2008 Ford sold both Land Rover and Jaguar Cars to Tata Motors.

The first DVD box set sold over 100, 000 copies in the first month of release, from December 21, 2007 to January 21, 2008.

However, in 2007 the original series was released on DVD in Japan, which sold over 100, 000 copies within a month's time from December 21, 2007 to January 21, 2008.

In November 2008, Pieter van Geel, the leader of the CDA ( Christian Democrats ) in the Dutch parliament, called for a ban on the cafes where marijuana is sold.

A Country on its Way to One-Party-Democracy, KAS Auslandsinformationen 10 / 2008.

On October 7, 2008, Armenia withdrew its contingent of 46 peacekeepers.

In the 2008 book The Star-Spangled Banner: The Making of an American Icon, Smithsonian experts point out that accounts of the event appealed to Americans eager for stories about the revolution and its heroes and heroines.

On October 11, 2008, Infogrames completed its acquisition of Atari Inc., making it a wholly owned subsidiary.

On 26 September 2008, the university announced its intention to return swimming to a varsity status in September 2009.

The Institute of Medical Psychology at the University Hospital in Heidelberg, Germany has set up a Research Department Ayahuasca / Santo Daime, which in May 2008 held a 3-day conference under the title The globalization of Ayahuasca-An Amazonian psychoactive and its users.

In December 2008, Aston Martin announced that it would cut its 1, 850 workforce by 600.

The ANC and its members were officially removed from the United States terrorism watch list in 2008.

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.

Gianfranco Fini was the leader of the party since its foundation in 1995, however he stepped down in 2008 after being elected to the nominally non-partisan post of President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and was succeeded by Ignazio La Russa, who managed to merge the party into The People of Freedom ( PdL ).

Hydropower exports to India have boosted Bhutan's overall growth, even though GDP fell in 2008 as a result of a slowdown in India, its predominant export market.

In May 2008, the Navy announced new plans to reposition its forces throughout Brazil.

As its member, Bulgaria sent a total of 485 soldiers to Iraq ( 2003 – 2008 ) as a participant in the Iraq War, and currently maintains a 608-strong force in Afghanistan as part of ISAF.

The system was formally launched on 1 September 2005, and in 2008 the Bundestag moved to a new system based on its evaluation.

From 2008, the BBC gradually began to drop the BBCi name from its digital interactive TV services also, replacing it with the name BBC Red Button.

In 2008, the university estimated the number of its graduates at 35, 000.

On 30 October 2008 a spokesman for the team announced that the team would complete its last three performances of the year with five jets instead of six.

As of 2008, Baphuon is under restoration and cannot currently be appreciated in its full magnificence.

On Jan. 1 2008 Costa Rica started its third year term on the Security council.

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.

In an interview with the magazine N ' Digo published in late June 2008, he spoke of today's mainstream urban music seemingly relishing the addictive euphoria of materialism and sexism, perhaps being the primary cause of many people harboring resentment towards the genre and its future.

* 2008 Ottawa radio licences: On November 21, 2008, federal Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages James Moore issued a statement calling on the CRTC to review its approval of two new radio stations, Frank Torres ' CIDG-FM and Astral Media's CJOT-FM, which it had licensed in August 2008 to serve the Ottawa-Gatineau radio market.

The loss marked a major turning point in Northern Territory politics, a result which was exacerbated when, at the 2005 NT election, the ALP won a second landslide victory, reducing the once-dominant party to a total of just four members in the Legislative Assembly. The 2008 saw the CLP reverse its earlier election losses, increasing its representation from four to 11 members.