At a time when costs are mounting for charities while returns on investments diminish, this charity finance special looks at how charities are managing rising costs.
The fertilizer merger that is behind the scenes of the political conflict would form a single agricultural supply giant controlling about 42 percent of the global potash market, likely to be a vastly profitable arrangement at a time when concern is mounting about tight global food supplies.
Efforts to negotiate a compromise in the Senate have been faltering, all but ending hopes expressed by both sides of getting a bill signed into law quickly at a time when layoffs are mounting, corporate profits are withering and consumer and investor confidence is fragile.
The Mets and Yankees have traded one-sided victories the last two days, and tonight Cone, with a record of 1-6, will pitch the decisive game of the series against the Mets' Mike Hampton at a time when there are mounting questions about why Cone is not winning.
The messaging solution with built-in parental controls has arrived at a time when there's mounting concern over how use of social media has detrimental impacts on people's well-being, as well as concern over how technology companies have irresponsibly developed products aimed to addict their users without understanding the negative consequences of those actions.
At a time when the European Union faces mounting economic and political challenges, maintaining a strong, vibrant Atlantic alliance is more important than ever.
Analysts questioned Tsvangirai's decision to pull out, suggesting it could give succour to Mugabe at a time when international pressure was mounting.
The influence of the hardline Bennett, whose political base is the rightwing national religious constituency, raises scant prospect of a return to peace negotiations with the Palestinians, even at a time when Israel is under mounting international pressure.
The purpose of this inspection tool, perhaps the most aggressive tactic in a decade of Iraq inspections, is to achieve a breakthrough in gathering fresh evidence about Iraq's weapons program at a time when Baghdad is under mounting criticism from senior American officials for previously concealing its weapons programs and lying about them.
Pressure on capital, at a time when credit costs are mounting and revenues are slowing, will lead to a wave of big cost-cutting initiatives and bank mergers in 2008.
