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 ).

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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.

During a January 2006 episode of WWE RAW, a tribute video to then WWE Champion Edge featured the band's song " Right Here ".

In January 2005, Spike TV launched TUF in the timeslot following WWE Raw.

Slaughter, who had been working as a producer for WWE for the past several years, was released from his backstage producer duties with the company on January 13, 2009.

The arena hosted WWE Money in the Bank on July 15, 2012 and is scheduled to host WWE Royal Rumble on January 27, 2013.

On the January 9, 2012 episode of Raw, it was announced the Edge would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame at WrestleMania XXVIII weekend.

Although Raven did win his way back onto the Raw roster, he only had one match ( losing to Jeff Hardy in a Royal Rumble qualifier ) before being released from WWE the following week on January 20, 2003.

Raven debuted in TNA Wrestling on January 22, 2003, two days after his release from WWE, attacking and hitting his finisher on Jeff Jarrett and stealing the NWA World Heavyweight Title from him.

It's also hosted WWE Raw on January 1, 2007, and WWE SmackDown / ECW on April 1, 2008.

SmackDowns first version of the universal WWE high-definition television | HD set used from January 25, 2008 to July 15, 2011.

The show began broadcasting in HD beginning with the January 25, 2008 edition of SmackDown, where a new set ( which was universal for all WWE weekly programming ) debuted.

On November 27, 2006, it was announced on WWE. com that Piper has Hodgkin's lymphoma, and he finished radiation therapy on January 15, 2007.

On March 31, 2007, Lawler was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by William Shatner, whom Lawler had a memorable altercation with on a January 1995 episode of Raw.

On the January 31 episode of Raw, Lawler was placed in a 7-man Raw Rumble match, where the winner would receive a WWE Championship match against The Miz at WWE Elimination Chamber.

On January 11, 2008, Maclin revealed that he filed a lawsuit against WWE, claiming that pressure on Lawler ( and others ) to withdraw from the event violated section two of the Sherman Antitrust Act.

Begnaud, under his Redd Dogg ring name, then made his televised WWE debut on the January 16, 2003 episode of SmackDown !.

The WWE decided not to renew Nash's contract in January 2004.

In January 2011 Nash signed a new contract with TNA, but was granted a release before reappearing on television, after being contacted by WWE.

WWE also has many experience in the center: in addition to hosting WrestleMania 21, which held the venue's attendance record of 20, 193 until it was surpassed in January 2009 by the 20, 820 draw for the Shane Mosley vs Antonio Margarito Welterweight fight, it has also hosted Unforgiven 2002, Judgment Day 2004, No Way Out 2007, and SummerSlam for five consecutive years since 2009, as well as other WWE events.

The Royal Rumble is a professional wrestling pay-per-view event, produced every January by professional wrestling promotion WWE.