Getting a document delivered by courier, sending a fax, or simply gathering colleagues for a business meeting can all take far longer than seems reasonable.

ECONOMIST: Business travel

The criminals used details of established companies to label packages full of drugs and had over 100 consignments delivered by legitimate courier services, police said.

BBC: Philip Baron

Each print must be delivered in its metal canister by courier to the cinema, where the reels are spliced together, spooled on a platter and fed through the sprockets of a film projector.

ECONOMIST: Face value