Over half of the tax revenues in the January – August 2008 time period were generated from value-added taxes ( VAT ).

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 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 January 13, 2008, the Falcons named former Patriots director of college football scouting Thomas Dimitroff General Manager.

On 4 January 2008, Dr. Gail Dinter-Gottlieb decided to step down as President and Vice Chancellor of the University before her term expired.

OnStar transitioned to digital service with the help of data transport technology developed by Airbiquity, but warned customers who could not be upgraded to digital that their service would permanently expire on January 1, 2008.

On January 11, 2008, Talk Is Free Theatre presented the Canadian professional premiere ( in concert ) at the Gryphon Theatre in Barrie, Ontario, with a fundraiser performance on January 13 at the Diesel Playhouse in Toronto, Ontario.

The Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts produced a limited-run revival of the musical from January 11 to 27, 2008.

On January 17, 2008, Selig's contract was extended through 2012, after which he planned to retire, but then decided to stay as commissioner until the end of the 2014 season, a move approved by the owners on January 12, 2012, which would take his leadership past his 80th birthday.

However, in January 2008, Selig agreed to a three-year contract extension, announcing he planned to retire after the 2012 season.

* On 24 January 2008, Peter Hain resigned his two cabinet posts ( Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Secretary of State for Wales ) after the Electoral Commission referred donations to his Deputy Leadership campaign to the police.

In the UK in 2009 it was estimated that up to 12 million shoppers appeared at the sales ( a rise of almost 20 % compared to 2008, although this was also affected by the fact that the VAT would revert to 17. 5 % from 1 January ).

led to the January 2008 bulk-sampling of kimberlite pipes in a remote part of Montana.

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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.

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This eliminated the human reservoir of the disease and reduced hospital admissions to 1 % or less of January 2008 levels.

On 13 November 2008, Cessna announced that a total of 665 jobs would be cut at its Wichita and Bend, Oregon plants starting in January 2009.

In January 2008, shortly before plans to retire to Blackpool, Vera's husband Jack found that she had died in her armchair.

The Australian Government has introduced legislation that requires ISP's to " restrict access to age restricted content ( commercial MA15 + content and R18 + content ) either hosted in Australia or provided from Australia " that was due to commence from 20 January 2008, known as Cleanfeed.

She left the production on December 30, 2007, and later returned from August 26, 2008 until the production closed on January 11, 2009.

*" Colours " ( January 1991 )

In September the 1st Battalion deployed to Ireland on an emergency tour that lasted until January 1987 The 1st Battalion was presented with new Colours by Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace and the regiment also takes part in the Queen's Birthday Parade.

# " Underneath the Colours "/" Prehistoria " ( January 1982 ) ( New Zealand only )

The loss of the Queen's Colour and Regimental Colour of the 66th ( Berkshire ) Regiment at the Battle of Maiwand, following so soon upon the loss of the Colours of the 1st / 24th ( 2nd Warwickshire ) Regiment at the Battle of Isandlwana ( 22 January 1879 ) during the Anglo-Zulu War, resulted in Colours no longer being taken on active service.

He married Swedish TV presenter Mona Nörklit in November 1981, and had a son, Ludvig ( born January 1982 ).

The Night of the Steel Assassin is a January 1966 episode of The Wild Wild West TV series.

In January 2009, Kane appeared in the TV series Two and a Half Men as the mother of Alan Harper's receptionist.

It was formerly broadcast overnight on free-to-air UHF New Zealand TV channel Prime ( owned by SKY ); this was discontinued in January 2010, reportedly due to an expiring broadcasting license.

Another TV show, Tell It To Groucho, premiered January 11, 1962 on CBS, but only lasted five months.

Since the fixed-line voice communication monopoly ended on January 1, 2003, several companies entered the market for fixed voice communication services: Aeronavigācijas serviss, Baltkom TV, Beta Telecom, Latvenergo Tehniskais Centrs, OPTRON, Rigatta, Telecentrs, Telenets, Telekom Baltija and CSC Telecom.

Over the course of the 1988 – 89 television season, his TV show suffered a decline in viewership, resulting in many markets downgrading its time slot ; even flagship station WWOR moved Downey's program from its original 9: 00 PM slot to 11: 30 PM in January 1989, where it was followed by the then-new Arsenio Hall Show.

* January 8, 2010 PBS TV Interview with the real informant, Mark Whitacre

Počasíčko ( diminutive of " weather ") was Czech TV Nova's past-10PM featurette launched in January 1998 where a nude woman ( or occasionally, a man ) got dressed in clothing appropriate for the next day's weather forecast.

The first daytime soap opera made by a Cyprus channel was LOGOs TV Odos Den Ksehno (' Don't Forget ' Street ) which premiered on January 1996 but was canceled by December the same year.

Other Sigma TV weekday shows include Akti Oniron ( 1999 – 2001 ), Vourate Geitonoi ( 2001 – 2005 ) ( which is the most successful weekday show achieving ratings up to 70 %), Oi Takkoi ( 2002 – 2005 ), S ' Agapo ( 2001 – 2002 ), Vasiliki ( 2005 – 2006 ), Vendetta ( September 2005 – December 2006 ), 30 kai Kati ( 2006 – 2007 ), Mila Mou ( September 2007 – January 2009 ).

Eventually, it was decided to hold an unprecedented TV doubleheader on January 1, with the AFL Championship Game telecast from Buffalo starting at 1 p. m. and the NFL Championship Game telecast from Dallas starting at 4 p. m.

By January 2005, Vestel and its rival Turkish electronics and white goods brand Beko accounted for more than half of all TV sets manufactured in Europe.

The fourth CD soundtrack, The Vision of Escaflowne: Lovers Only, was released in on January 22, 1997 and contained twenty tracks, including the original TV length opening and ending themes and the ending theme used for the final episode of the series.

Vilnius TV Tower, the main site of January Events ( Lithuania ) | January's Events

This culminated in the 13 January attack on the State Radio and Television Building and the Vilnius TV Tower, killing at least fourteen civilians and seriously injuring 700 more.

Tina Lifford portrayed Winnie Mandela in the 1997 TV drama Mandela and De Klerk ; Sophie Okonedo portrayed her in the BBC television drama Mrs Mandela, first broadcast on BBC Four on 25 January 2010.

" Parents Television Council named it the Best TV Show of the Week, and 5 ) Holiday sales for the five-week period ending January 2, 2010, achieved Macy's sales goals: $ 4. 4 billion US in sales, 1 % growth in same-store sales, and 29 % growth of Macys. com.

On January 2, 2012, on a televised interview on Future TV, MP Jarrah denied his nephew's involvement in the 9-11 attacks, alluding to a conspiracy.

* January 31 – Johnny Rotten, British punk musician and TV personality

* January 13 – Ernie Kovacs, American TV comedian ( b. 1919 )

* January 7 – Mark Lamarr, British comedian / TV and radio presenter

* January 4 – The pilot episode of the longest-running TV comedy series in the world Last of the Summer Wine is broadcast in the United Kingdom.

He married TV personality Zoë Ball in 1999 at Babington House in Somerset ; in January 2003, Cook broke up with Ball, but three months later they reconciled.

In other fictional television works, a January 1971 episode " By the Pricking of My Thumbs ..." of the British science fiction TV series Doomwatch featured a 16-year-old XYY boy expelled from school because of his genetic condition, a November 1993 episode " Born Bad " of the American police procedural TV series Law & Order portrayed a 14-year-old XYY sociopathic murderer, and the May 2007 season finale episode " Born To Kill " of the American police procedural TV series CSI: Miami depicted a 34-year-old XYY serial killer.