• The New York City Council on Wednesday passed a resolution urging the state to halt unpaid field tests for third- through eighth-graders scheduled to begin next month.

    WSJ: Test Maker Pays New York State Students to Take a Trial Exam

  • The New York State United Teachers, a statewide teacher labor federation, then sued the state, bringing things to a halt.

    WSJ: Teacher Evaluation Deal Reached

  • The floatation of BBMG and State Construction follows a 10 month halt to public offerings on Chinese bourses imposed last year that was lifted in late June.

    CNN: China stocks slide despite big share debuts

  • After a state Supreme Court judge refused to halt eviction proceedings in August, the tenant, Russell Abrams, the founder of Titan Capital, and his wife, Sandra, reached a settlement in housing court with their landlord, Marisa Chearavanont of Hong Kong, a daughter-in-law of Thai billionaire Dhanin Chearavanont, according to lawyers.

    WSJ: Luxury Home Exits Housing Court

  • The case could also come before the Governor of Texas, Rick Perry, who has refused to halt any of the 11 other executions in the state since he took office last year.

    BBC: Texas teenage killer wins reprieve

  • Also this week, the UAE's state WAM news agency said that the two organizations were ordered to halt operations because of license disputes.

    CNN: Details emerge in UAE closing of pro-democracy groups

  • The toughest obstacle, they say, will be in the state Senate, because a handful of senators can grind to a halt bills they do not like.

    ECONOMIST: Your health! (in small doses only)

  • Washington Attorney General Robert McKenna, cochairman of NAAG's Tobacco Committee, told the audience how an army of lawyers at NAAG and state AG offices keeps tabs on the tobacco industry, from monitoring sales to stepping in to halt taboo marketing tactics such as running cartoon ads in Rolling Stone.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Given the dire state of the Japanese economy at the time, the government's decision to step in to halt this was understandable.

    ECONOMIST: Will Japan never learn?

  • Florida's governor, Jeb Bush, ordered a halt to executions after a convicted killer took 34 minutes to die and a judge in California ruled that the state's method of administering the injections was cruel and therefore unconstitutional.

    ECONOMIST: Politics this week | The

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