The world's largest derivatives exchanges ( by number of transactions ) are the Korea Exchange ( which lists KOSPI Index Futures & Options ), Eurex ( which lists a wide range of European products such as interest rate & index products ), and CME Group ( made up of the 2007 merger of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade and the 2008 acquisition of the New York Mercantile Exchange ).

For example, on September 16, 2008, the Federal Reserve Board authorized an $ 85 billion loan to stave off the bankruptcy of international insurance giant American International Group ( AIG ).

By 2008 there were at least six institutions monitoring lake water health: 1 ) In 2002 the Conservation Law Foundation appointed a " lakekeeper " who criticizes the state's pollution controls, 2 ) Friends of Missisquoi Bay was formed in 2003, 3 ) the Lake Champlain Committee, 4 ) Vermont Water Resources Board

In their annual report, the Board has criticised many governments, including Canada, for permitting the medicinal use of cannabis, Australia for providing injecting rooms and the United Kingdom for proposing to downgrade the classification of cannabis, which it has since done ( although this change was reversed by the Home Secretary on 7 May 2008 against the advice of its own commissioned report )

In 2008, in an apparent effort to reform governance of the organization, the OSI Board invited 50 individuals to join a " Charter Members " group ; by 26 July 2008, 42 of the original invitees had accepted the invitations.

A New York Times investigation in 2008 showed that more than 90 % of Long Island Rail Road employees who had retired since 2000 were receiving disability payments from the federal Railroad Retirement Board, collectively totalling more than $ 250, 000, 000 over 8 years.

As a result, Railroad Retirement Agents from Chicago inspected the Long Island office of the Railroad Retirement Board on September 23, 2008.

According to one report, no operations have been carried out since 2000, although the Victorian Psychosurgery Review Board dealt with 3 applications between 2006 and 2008.

In the 2008 Vancouver municipal election, Stuart Mackinnon, a member of the Vancouver Green Party, was elected to the Vancouver Parks Board.

* American ( U. S. A .)— Hecht, Anthony: " Clair de lune " ( before 1977 ); Nyhart, Nina: " Captive Pierrot " ( 1988 ; after the Paul Klee painting above under # Works on canvas, paper, and board | Works on Canvas, Paper and Board ); Peachum, Jack: " Our Pierrot in Autumn " ( 2008 ).

In 2008 the astronomer Philip Plait became the new President of the JREF and Randi became the Chairman of the JREF Board of Directors.

In June 2012 the Accountancy & Actuarial Discipline Board concluded that no action should be taken against Ernst & Young or any individuals in connection with the auditing of the Wall Street firm before it collapsed in September 2008.

Since 2008, the National Film Board of Canada has produced short films about each of the laureates, which are screened at the awards ceremony and streamed online.

Outside auditors of non-accelerated filers however opine or test internal controls under PCAOB ( Public Company Accounting Oversight Board ) Auditing Standards for years ending after December 15, 2008.

On October 14, 2008, the CIAA Board of Directors admitted Chowan as a full member effective July 1, 2009, the first non-HBCU to play in the conference.

Women's boxing was not featured at the 2008 Olympics ; however, on 14 August 2009, it was announced that the International Olympic Committee ’ s Executive Board ( EB ) had approved the inclusion of women ’ s boxing for the Games in London in the 2012 Olympics, contrary to the expectations of some observers.

The national Historic Sites and Monuments Board designated Bell's crossing of the lake a National Historic Event in 2005, and a federal plaque was erected in 2008 near the site of her landfall.

On September 12, 2008, Murray State's Board of Regents approved exercising an option to purchase of land near WKCTC for the construction of a new Paducah campus.

According to the Dauphin County Board of Elections, in 2008 Barack Obama became the first Democratic presidential candidate to carry Dauphin County since 1964, receiving 9. 0 % more of the vote than John McCain.

Susan Roberts is a former Mayor of Enterprise and was elected onto the Board of Commissioners in 2008.

* Marie-Monique Robin: " The World According to Monsanto, A Film by Marie-Monique Robin " Image & Compagnie – ARTE France – Productions Thalie – National Film Board of Canada – WDR 2008

The current Board of Trustees is composed of five members who were announced ( following an election ) on March 2, 2008.

In March 2008, the County Board increased the sales tax by one percent to 1. 75 percent.

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 February 28, 2008, the CIA added an entry for Kosovo ; before this, Kosovo was excluded in the Factbook.

* Before the 2008 season, the temporary luxury boxes installed for the 1999 All-Star Game were removed and permanent ones were added to the State Street Pavilion level.

Windows Home Server 2011 is built on the Windows Server 2008 R2 code base It follows the release of Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 which added support for Windows 7 to Windows Home Server.

In June 2008, the Kiribati president Anote Tong said that the country has reached " the point of no return "; he added: " To plan for the day when you no longer have a country is indeed painful but I think we have to do that.

The first Moroccan book was published in 1973 is still in print and was added to the James Beard Hall of Fame in 2008.

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary added the word in 2008.

On 27 February 2008, the three hostages and Jorge Eduardo Gechem Turbay ( who was added to the list due to his poor health ) were released by FARC-EP.

In 2008 they added an entry-level certification known as the Certified Software Development Associate ( CSDA ).

: Since 2008, there has been discussion among professional users of SVG that either gradient meshes or preferably diffusion curves could usefully be added to the SVG specification.

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

In December 2007 they started making the latest issue available to download as a PDF and then in early 2008 they announced they had added an archive of the 2007 issues to the service.

In 1989, the resort added Disney-MGM Studios, a theme park inspired by show business, whose name was changed to Disney's Hollywood Studios in 2008.

Under Josep Guardiola's Dream Team, powered by La Masia talents such as Lionel Messi, Xavi, and Andrés Iniesta, Barcelona added three straight Liga titles ( 2008 – 09, 2009 – 10, and 2010 – 11 ).

In 2008, the usage of the AGM-114N variant caused controversy in the United Kingdom when it was reported that these thermobaric munitions were added to the British Army arsenal.

In 2008, a third category, Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program was added.

In early 2008, Tork added " advice columnist " to his extensive resume by authoring an online advice and info column called " Ask Peter Tork " at the webzine The Daily Panic.

In 2008, this recording of " Waltzing Matilda " was added to the " Sounds of Australia Registry " in the National Film and Sound Archive which says that there are more recordings of " Waltzing Matilda " than any other Australian song.

It concluded in 2008 that Taleyarkhan's name should have appeared in the author list because of his deep involvement in many steps of the research, that he added one author that had not really participated in the paper just to overcome the criticism of one reviewer, and that this was part of an attempt of " an effort to falsify the scientific record by assertion of independent confirmation ".

The Kings Contrivance Village Center underwent major construction in 2007 and 2008 when a new Harris Teeter supermarket was added to the center, but maintained the original character of stores around a central corridor and plaza.

In 2008 alone, 6, 433 km expressways were added to the network.

Trillin added that many high West Bengal officials made statements saying that rickshaws would be banned from 1976 to 2008.