Macy's, in partnership with the Make-A-Wish Foundation, launched its first Believe campaign in 2008, based on " Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus ".

The 2008 Believe campaign results included Macy's collecting 1. 1 million letters from Santa Mail Red Letter boxes located in Macy's stores, that were then mailed to him through the United States Post Office " Operation Santa ", and Macy's making a matching $ 1 million US contribution to the Make-A-Wish Foundation for the letters collected by Macy's.

The 2008 Macy's Believe holiday commercial featured Jessica Simpson, Donald Trump, Martha Stewart and others quoting various popular lines from " Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.

The Otis facility supplies helium to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, sending nearly in 2008 alone.

The band plays at every home football game and has been featured in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City ( 1988, 1996, 2001 ), the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena ( 1995 and 2008 ), and the Orange Bowl Parade in Miami ( 1988 ).

In 2008, Macy's celebrated its 150th birthday.

On February 6, 2008, Macy's Inc. announced consolidation of its Macy's store locations into four primary geographic divisions.

The work was debuted in the Grand Court of Macy's Philadelphia Store on September 27, 2008 in a concert that drew reviews from most of the major East Coast newspapers.

The Macy's downtown, the headquarter of Macy's North from 2006 to 2008 before it was integrated into Macy's East headquartered in New York City, is arguably the most upscale Macy's in the Twin Cities, carrying brands comparable to Bloomingdales in Mall of America with some distinctions, and an in-store Louis Vuitton boutique, selling full lines of Louis Vuitton handbags and luggage.

On November 27, 2008, she performed " I Stand " on the M & M Candies float as part of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

On February 14, 2008, parent company, Macy's, Inc., announced plans to enter the Phoenix market with a 180, 000-square-foot store by 2009.

A September 22, 2008, press release from Macy's, Inc. told of plans for two Bloomingdale's locations ( a three-level.

On January 29, 2008, Nordstrom announced that it had signed a letter of intent to open a store in 2010 in the former Macy's Women's Store location.

In 2008 Macy's celebrated its 150th birthday in the Philadelphia flagship store with a concert featuring the Wanamaker Organ and the Philadelphia Orchestra that attracted a capacity audience.

Macy's closed this restaurant in 2008.

Former Marshall Field's in Lake Forest, IL that closed in 2008 due to Macy's decision not to renew the lease.

* Animal, 2008 album by Far East Movement

Since then McLean has performed tours of the UK ( 2007, 2008 ( one appearance ), 2010, 2011 ), Ireland ( 2007, 2010, 2011 ), mainland Europe ( 2008, 2010 ), Australia and New Zealand ( 2008, 2011 ) and South East Asia ( 2011 ).

* 2008 – Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta.

Air Greenland and Continental Airlines formerly ran direct flights from the US East Coast from 2007 to 2008, but these were discontinued.

However, despite these laws, East Timor has many problems with illegally armed militias, including widespread violence in 2006 which resulted in over 100, 000 people being forced from their homes, as well as two separate assassination attempts on the Prime Minister and President in early 2008.

* Lönnqvist, Minna ( 2008 ) " Kathleen M. Kenyon 1906-1978, A hundred years after her birth, The formative years of a female archaeologist: From socio-politics to the stratigraphical method and the radiocarbon revolution in archaeology ," in Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Madrid, April 3 – 8, 2006, ed.

* Jimmy Bonthrone, footballer and manager: born Kinglassie, Fife 16 June 1929 ; played for East Fife 1947-58, Dundee 1958-60 ; manager, East Fife 1963-69, Aberdeen 1971-75 ; general manager, East Fife 1980-94 ; married ( two sons ); died Kirkcaldy, Fife 7 June 2008.

In 2007, the economy of Malaysia was the 3rd largest economy in South East Asia and 28th largest economy in the world by purchasing power parity with gross domestic product for 2008 of $ 222 billion with a growth rate of 5 % to 7 % since 2007 Malaysia also accounts for two thirds of global $ 82. 2 billion sukuk market in 2007.

As of September 2008, approximately 600 NZDF personnel served overseas in the South Pacific, Asia and Middle East areas.

In 2008, the Giants won the NFC East with a record of 12 – 4 ( and also were the number one seed in the NFC after beating the Carolina Panthers for home field advantage ), but lost 23 – 11 to the Philadelphia Eagles in the divisional round of the playoffs.

In 2006, the team earned its fifth NFC East title under Coach Reid and in 2008, the team won their 500th game.

On January 11, 2009 the team defeated the defending Super Bowl Champions and the 2008 NFC East champion New York Giants 23 – 11 en route to their 5th NFC Championship Game in 8 years and 5th in the 10 years the Eagles have been coached by Andy Reid.

In a 2008 interview Lipponen said that he had been a " target of East German manipulation ".

* 23 East 22nd Street, ( New York City, 2008 – 2010 )

On April 30, 2008, Indiana University East revealed the Red Wolves to be the new mascot for the campus.

In 2008, Sealand hosted a skateboarding event with Church and East Ltd sponsored by Red Bull.

Theodore Roosevelt impersonator Joe Wiegand performs October 27, 2008 in the East Room of the White House, during a celebration of Roosevelt's 150th birthday.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin allegedly declared at a NATO-Russia summit in 2008 that if Ukraine would join NATO his country can contend to annex the Ukrainian East and Crimea.

From 2001 through 2008, the East Front of the Capitol ( site of most presidential inaugurations until Ronald Reagan began a new tradition in 1981 ) was the site of construction for this massive underground complex, designed to facilitate a more orderly entrance for visitors to the Capitol.

* Tromans, Nicholas, and others, The Lure of the East, British Orientalist Painting, 2008, Tate Publishing, ISBN 978-1-85437-733-3

( 2008 ) The people's state: East German society from Hitler to Honecker.

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

After the victory of the PdL in the 2008 general election, AN was merged into the PdL in early 2009.

In South Australia and Western Australia the two parties compete separately, while in the Northern Territory and Queensland the two parties have merged, forming the Country Liberal Party, in 1978, and the Liberal National Party, in 2008, respectively.

It was the major coalition party in Queensland between 1924 and 2008, when it merged with the junior Queensland Division of the Liberal Party of Australia to form the Liberal National Party of Queensland ( LNP ), an organisation dominated by ex-Nationals – seats listed in this article do not include the LNP.

In Queensland the National Party merged with the Liberal Party forming the Liberal National Party in 2008.

Together the two car-based series ( Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series ) drew 8 million spectators in 1997, compared to 4 million for both American open-wheel series ( CART and IRL ), which merged in 2008 under the IRL banner.

The island and municipality of Frei was merged with Kristiansund on 1 January 2008.

The city is home to Memphis International Airport, the world's second busiest cargo airport ( following Hong Kong ), which serves as the primary hub for FedEx Express shipping and was a secondary hub for Delta Air Lines after it merged with Northwest Airlines in 2008.

In 2008, Sierra parent company Vivendi Universal Games, which had since been renamed Vivendi Games in 2006, merged with video game publisher Activision to form the Activision Blizzard holding company.

In November 2008, the Servicio Aéreo Nacional ( National Air Service ) merged with its maritime counterpart, the Servicio Maritimo Nacional ( National Maritime Service ) to become the Servicio Nacional Aeronaval ( National Aeronaval Service ), also the creation of the new Servicio Nacional de Fronteras ( National Borders Service ) as an independent force from the National Police.

On 1 July 2008, it was merged with the Direction centrale des renseignements généraux into the new Direction centrale du renseignement intérieur.

On March 1, 2008, Chita Oblast merged with Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug to form Zabaykalsky Krai.

Kent Regional News and Media previously published the Folkestone Adscene, but this was merged with the paid for Herald in 2008.

The county oversees the Hennepin County Library system ( which merged with the Minneapolis Public Library system in 2008 ), and Hennepin County Medical Center.

The former Earnock High School buildings on Wellhall Road were burnt down in June 2008, but by this time the school had been closed and merged with Blantyre High School in Blantyre as the new Calderside Academy.

Since 2008, the former electorate of Otago has been split and merged into the large rural electorates of Waitaki which also includes some of the neighbouring Canterbury Region, and the Clutha-Southland electorate, which also includes most of the rural part of the neighbouring Southland Region.

A museum of natural history and a museum dedicated to the history of the textiles industry, both closed in January 2007, have merged, and have reopened in April 2008 in new premises on a new location under the name TwentseWelle ( Source / Well of Twente ).

* Wapehani District ( Miami District and Valley Trails District merged in 2008 ) serving Brown, Monroe, Morgan & Owen Counties

The following merged in 2008 to form the current council:

Sierra Entertainment, headquartered in Los Angeles, CA continued to publish games for the personal computer and popular gaming consoles until 2008 when their parent company Vivendi Universal merged with games publisher Activision.

North Highlands ' original school district was called the Grant Joint Union High School District but in 2008 merged with another school district, the Rio Linda Union School District, creating the Twin Rivers Unified School District.

The Millbrae Fire Department has administratively merged with the San Bruno Fire Department as of 2008.

Since January 1, 2008 the Aalsmeer flower auction has merged with the united auctions of Naaldwijk and Rijnsburg under the name FloraHolland.

In 2008, the two Catholic parishes were merged to create Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church.

Rounded realizations of the merged vowel around are also common in Canada and Northern New England ( Labov, Ash, and Boberg 2005 ; Johnstone, Andrus and Danielson 2006, Evanini 2008 ).