In the midst of tax time for most of us the bottom line dictates our fate.

FORBES: There Is Nothing Gross About Profit

The bottom line is, the fate of the auto industry, especially in the U.S. and Europe, is increasingly in the hands of the state.

FORBES: Opel's Bumpy Ride

Mr Qarase aims to steer a delicate line between the outside powers with an interest in Fiji's fate and domestic Fijian support for Mr Speight.

ECONOMIST: Fiji

Fate played a part in placing Rachelle Chung For Yuen on the same Piccadilly Line train as the bomber on 7 July 2005, as it did with many others killed in the blasts.

BBC: Obituary: Rachelle Chung For Yuen

And less than a year after the announcement that sealed the fate of the Keynsham factory, the last chocolate bar has rolled off the production line.

BBC: Broken chocolate factory pledge devastates Keynsham