Research by the Bank of England also showed that first-time buyers face having to find bigger deposits when getting on the property ladder.

BBC: The property market home truths

Is this not something many of the CEOs face all the time, as they find themselves at the crossroads of change?

FORBES: How do you photocopy someone's head?

Photograph the bride before she gets into the car to take her to the ceremony - if wearing a veil this is the only time you will find her with it in place over her face.

BBC: How to take perfect wedding photos

He also needed to find directors willing to face the steep challenges inherent to opera, chief among them being time constraints.

WSJ: Tony Nominations Highlight Opera Experiments

"It helps to have a clean break with the past, and Perlman was the face of the business - the question is now whether they can find a full-time new visionary leader rather than just someone who was part of the previous team, " Ed Barton, director of digital media at Strategy Analytics, told the BBC.

BBC: OnLive's founder leaves cloud video games service

In theory, therefore, there is plenty of time (the State Department investigation has no deadline) in which to find a face-saving fudge.

ECONOMIST: Down with free trade

Germany responded with a spell of pressure but they were unable to find an equalizer, and Brazil will now face Costa Rica, who also went to extra-time before defeating the United Arab Emirates 2-1.

CNN: Maicon puts Brazil in Under-20 semifinals

The World Series kicks-off tonight in San Francisco and millions will tune in to Fox to watch Cliff Lee face-off against Tim Lincucum (Cablevision subscribers will have to find something else to occupy their time as their battle with Fox rages on).

FORBES: How The Giants And Rangers Stack Up Financially