The omens for a successful implementation of a HGH test before next summer are not auspicious.

BBC: SPORT | New drug menace stalks sport

Despite the general enthusiasm for vouchers nationwide, the polls in California and Michigan are not auspicious.

ECONOMIST: V-day for vouchers?

Network Rail's origins were not auspicious.

ECONOMIST: Network Rail's deteriorating performance is under attack

The omens are not auspicious.

ECONOMIST: Italy

Not an auspicious context for a quick resolution to the incident.

BBC: Analysis: British yacht crew detained by Iran

This is not an auspicious beginning of the fourth quarter.

FORBES: The Income Side of GDP

The perennial idea of a transatlantic free-trade area sounds better but may well run into the obstacle of American domestic politics: with free-trade-sceptical Democrats taking over Congress, it is not an auspicious time for clinching trade deals.

ECONOMIST: Germany's role in Europe is changing

But not all the positive signs are as auspicious as they seem.

CNN: LEADING INDICATORS