After joining the government two years ago, Mr Bertolaso became the prime minister's Mr Fix-it.

ECONOMIST: Political corruption in Italy

At each twist of the ongoing saga, one name repeatedly rings out as an all-purpose Mr Fix-it: Mel Karmazin, chief operating officer of Viacom.

ECONOMIST: A media mogul considers his options

Now this delayed study shows that even pharma's Mr. Fix-It can't run a straightforward operation.

FORBES: Fix It, Fred

Romney has had much success painting the self-portrait as a Mr. Fix-it.

CNN: What's wrong with Romney the candidate

"We have to work out what is going wrong, and then we have to fix it, " says Mr Clegg.

BBC: Nick Clegg targets racial 'ceiling' in banks and sport

Mr Walker and his supporters say it will be impossible to fix all this unless they do away with the need to haggle endlessly with greedy union bosses.

ECONOMIST: Taking on the public-sector unions

Mr. HENDRICKS: If it ain't broke why fix it, and also, like, if you're handicapping this, and you're sort of betting on whose going to end up the winner, I mean my money's still on Fair Isaac right now.

NPR: Credit-Reporting Agencies Create New Scoring Format

Mr. GARCIA: So, instead of demagoguing, we should try to fix it.

NPR: Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Take on Las Vegas

Beyond the pool and the ocean views, there is a bunker, a trauma hospital and something akin to Mad Max's version of an auto body shop, where specialized gear heads will fix "the ballistic glass on your armored vehicle, " as Mr. Stock puts it.

WSJ: A Somali Business Plan Like No Other

The court heard how Mr Thompson had managed to move the broken lift up from the ground to the first floor as he tried to fix it.

BBC: Death fall lift engineer was 'highly experienced'