There was no action on long anticipated sales tax reform legislation, and many more.

FORBES: Fiscal Cliff, Dairy Cliff, What about the Payroll Tax Cliff?

With threats of more industrial action to come, airlines will struggle financially and many already disgruntled passengers will face chaos.

ECONOMIST: Fasten your seatbelts | The

In Britain, as in many other countries, popular and political support for military action against Iraq will come much more easily if any war is authorised by a new Security Council resolution.

ECONOMIST: Getting tough | The

There were to be many more SAS operations in the war against Hitler and later, the SAS saw action in several counter-insurgency operations, in Oman, Aden, Malaya and Borneo.

BBC: Profile: The SAS

Last week, more than six years and many court battles later, our class-action suit Aguilar v ICE, which included 22 New York men, women and children, was settled in Federal District Court for a million dollars.

CNN: Raided, for sleeping while Latino

The action in the bond market suggests that many are tired of the very low yields, and are now willing to accept more risk in search of better returns.

FORBES: The Week Ahead: Will Bond Buyers Switch to Stocks?