Then Larry Johnson signed an eight-year extension for $68 million with Charlotte and suddenly all deals were off.

Giffords also fought for an eight-year extension of the Investment Tax Credit for commercial and residential solar projects.

Most important, Kenin negotiated a $1.725 billion, eight-year extension of the National Collegiate Athletic Association men's basketball tournament, CBS's must-keep centerpiece.

The Los Angeles Dodgers sign Matt Kemp to an eight-year extension worth $160 million.

(The Jets saved $1.44 million against the cap Thursday when they signed running back Curtis Martin to an eight-year extension.)

For New York City residents, partisan bickering in the session's final days produced an eight-year extension of state rent laws.

Solar power in Nebraska is rapidly becoming competitive with grid electricity, due to the decrease in cost and the eight-year extension to the 30% tax credit, which can be used to install any size system.

Solar power in Louisiana is assisted by the eight-year extension to the 30 per cent tax credit, which can be used to install any size system.

Navigant Consulting estimates that the eight-year extension of the Investment Tax Credit in 2008 could create up to 230,000 jobs by 2016 in the solar photovoltaic market.