Speculation over the delay in his appointment has centred on the thorny issue of a director of football.

BBC: Lennon takes Celtic centre stage

Petrobras said it was putting the share issue on hold because of a delay in a government valuation of its offshore reserves.

ECONOMIST: Business this week

Ms. MARION BLAKEY (Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration): In the past we would issue a blanket delay for all of those planes into Newark, even those that theoretically would not have been bothered by the storm.

NPR: FAA Seeks to Cut Air Traffic Congestion

At issue is the Federal Aviation Administration's apparent delay in notifying NORAD the Northwest jet was not in contact with controllers, according to a senior U.S. official directly familiar with the timeline of the incident.

CNN: Report: Stray jet's pilots were on laptops

That set off alarm bells in America, which is worried that Mr Bashir will use the issue to delay deployment.

ECONOMIST: Sudan

Turmoil in the credit markets and uncertainty over the firm's future has forced it to delay repeatedly the issue of new bonds.

ECONOMIST: Finding fault with Heathrow and its owner was the easy part