After waiting three years for rates to rise, Jenny Fleming, a financial planner, is putting client funds into dividend-paying stocks.

WSJ: Itchy Investors Ramp Up the Risk

Angry investors are still waiting, three years on, for stronger moves against the company--fines or even jail time for those who presumably made illegal profits from the scheme.

FORBES: World Markets

Showing the strain of nearly three years of waiting for the cartoonist and journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda, his wife and son have been keeping a vigil outside the UN compound in the commercial capital, Colombo.

BBC: Sri Lankans call for UN help over abductions

According to a recent survey by the Consumer Electronics Association, two-thirds of people who are considering buying a 3-D television in the next three years are waiting for there to be more content available.

FORBES: How 3-D Could Stall DVD Sales

She says it's very expensive for airlines to develop new routes, typically waiting three years before making a profit, and her prospective airline clients see the UK as an unfriendly place to base their development plans while tax is high and rising.

BBC: Stuck on the runway

Gravesham has about 3, 180 households on its waiting list, with an average nine month wait for a three-bedroom flat and two years for a four-bedroom house.

BBC: Gravesham council homes will go to local people