According to the Central Bank of Armenia, during the first half of 2008, cash remittances sent back to Armenia by Armenians working abroad rose by 57. 5 percent and totaled $ 668. 6 million USD, equivalent to 15 percent of the country's first-half Gross Domestic Product.

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.

Economic analysts say that the project would cost at least $ 1 billion ( equivalent to about 40 percent of Armenia's 2008 state budget ).

As of April 24, 2008, the average monthly salary is 75, 000 drams ( about $ 242 US dollars ).

According to the ROA National Statistical Service, the average monthly salary during January-June 2008 is 86, 850 drams ( about $ 287 at the time ).

GDP ( pp. ): $ 18. 92 billion ( 2008 )

GDP $: $ 12. 07 billion ( 2008 )

GDP ( per capita ): $ 6, 400 ( 2008 )

Exports: $ 1. 225 billion f. o. b. ( 2008 )

Imports: $ 3. 546 billion f. o. b. ( 2008 )

As of early 2008, the wholesale price for abalone meat was approximately US $ 40. 00 per kilogram.

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 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.

Antipsychotics are among the biggest selling and most profitable of all drugs, generating $ 22 billion in global sales in 2008.

By 2008, sales in the US reached $ 14. 6 billion, the biggest selling drugs in the US by therapeutic class.

By expanding the conditions for which they were indicated, Astrazeneca's Seroquel and Eli Lilly's Zyprexa had become the biggest selling antipsychotics in 2008 with global sales of $ 5. 5 billion and $ 5. 4 billion respectively.

A 2008 Senate investigation found that Biederman also received $ 1. 6 million in speaking and consulting fees between 2000 and 2007 — some of them undisclosed to Harvard — from companies including makers of antipsychotic drugs prescribed for children with bipolar disorder.

Such a tax was in effect for some period of time, raising at least $ AU 290 million after April 2008.

: 7. 25 % ( 2008 )

On September 25, 2008, President George W. Bush signed into law the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 ( ADAAA ).

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* Binary ( album ), the 5th studio album by Kay Tse, released on July 25, 2008

The fabrication methods and device characteristics were described at the 50th Electronic Materials Conference in Santa Barbara on June 25, 2008.

Although mandated by law, compliance data from the EPA for 2008 showed, however, 25 % of Bt corn growers were not in compliance.

* Internet users: 25. 086 million ( 2008 )

Prices of petrol rose steadily in 2007 and 2008, leading to a transport union strike in Douala on 25 February 2008.

At the 9 August 2008 Legislative Assembly general election it gained a significant swing, gaining 11 out of the 25 seats.

On 25 February 2008, he started presenting Brainbox Challenge, a new game show, for BBC Two.

Volume 25 of Current Perspectives in Social Theory ( Emerald / JAI, 2008 ).

The total length of operational track is 2, 667 km, 640 km electrified at 25 kV AC, 946 km double track ( 2008 ).

# 14 Years of Loyal Service in a Fabric-Covered Box — October 13, 2008 to July 25, 2009

In the national elections held in early months of 2008 the DPP won less than 25 % of the seats ( 38. 2 % vote share ) in the new Legislative Yuan while its presidential candidate, former Kaohsiung mayor Frank Hsieh, lost to KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou by a wide margin ( 41. 55 % vs. 58. 45 %).

:* Comments on " The Question of Global Warming ", with a reply by Dyson, September 25, 2008

Communauté financière africaine francs ( CFAF ) per US $ 1 – 507. 71 ( 2010 ), 472. 19 ( 2009 ), 447. 81 ( 2008 ), 481. 83 ( 2007 ), 522. 89 ( 2006 ), 647. 25 ( January 2000 ), 615. 70 ( 1999 ), 589. 95 ( 1998 ), 583. 67 ( 1997 ), 511. 55 ( 1996 ), 499. 15 ( 1995 )

* Legal Opinion on Guatemala's Territorial Claim to Belize and MFA Library and GAR and Other Documents and Summary of Legal Opinion of 25 November 2008

On 27 October 2008, Hungary reached an agreement with the IMF and EU for a rescue package of US $ 25 billion, aiming to restore financial stability and investors ' confidence.

The current list of Emerging Groups after the last meeting of the Executive Committee ( London, 22 – 25 November 2008 ) is as follows:

There are 25, 000 Indians in Japan as of 2008.

On June 25, 2008, MLB installed a new plaque for Robinson at the Baseball Hall of Fame commemorating his off-the-field impact on the game as well as his playing statistics.

The Fells, a local nonprofit organization that has maintained and managed the John Hay Estate on Lake Sunapee for over a decade, acquired the northern half of the property from the US Fish and Wildlife Service on March 25, 2008.