The suggestion that they fund a replacement for the Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA), a grant for teenagers scrapped by the government in England, has gone down badly.

BBC: Education & Family

On the health care front, as a candidate for President, I pledged to make sure we were helping New Orleans recruit doctors and nurses, and rebuild medical facilities -- including a new veterans hospital. (Applause.) Well, we have resolved a long-standing dispute -- one that had tied up hundreds of millions of dollars -- to fund the replacement for Charity Hospital.

WHITEHOUSE: A Commitment to Restoring New Orleans

"The junior Isa account that the government is considering as a replacement for the Child Trust Fund will not help children who do not have a parent to save for their future, " Mr Peace said.

BBC: Child Trust Fund abolition to 'hit children in care'

The Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments (Frame) which wants to moderate some of the uses and methods employed in labs has questioned the merits of the project with the UK's Animal Procedures Committee.

BBC: Mice mutants probe human genome

Neither the current eurozone bailout fund or its permanent replacement have enough funds to save those countries.

BBC: Spain's euro woes: Crisis deepens

In early October, Fidelity launched 11 new Income Replacement Funds, which are essentially fund-of-funds with horizon dates in two-year increments from 2016 to 2036.

FORBES: Nest Egg Tapping

Jeff Viniks replacement at Magellan has got his fund fully invested, but the numbers through October still trail the market by more than 200 basis points and last year by 1, 100 basis points.

FORBES: Why Korea rang my bell

Congress has refused to fund the Department of Energy's Reliable Replacement Warhead program beyond the concept stage and this year it cut funding even for that.

WSJ: Gen. Kevin Chilton: Sounding the Nuclear Alarm

An important issue point is whether the rescue funds will come from the European Financial Stability Facility, the temporary bailout fund that is being wound down, or its permanent replacement, the European Stability Mechanism.

BBC: Messy Spanish rescue