Though Marrone brought Syracuse football back to a respectable place and laid a solid foundation he was 25-25 in four seasons at his alma mater with bowl victories over Kansas State and West Virginia Shafer has his work cut out as the school prepares to leave the Big East Conference for the Atlantic Coast Conference July 1.

WSJ: With staff in place, Syracuse, Shafer mold team

After all, ever more of them are choosing to cut out middlemen and buy cover direct from insurers, or even to leave some risks uninsured.

ECONOMIST: Insurance broking

He made a string of lavish promises to cut child-care costs, guarantee kindergarten places, extend maternity and paternity leave and even hand out free fruit to schoolchildren.

ECONOMIST: An oil-rich country tilts leftwards

But despite losing out to their Norwegian rivals, Silk Cut finished just 63 minutes behind BrunelSunergy, to leave it in sixth place overall with two legs remaining.

BBC: Leg Seven: Dutch courage prevails

Making arrangements to cover mortgages or rent, sort out bills, retrain and apply for new jobs all takes time and this cut will leave families facing financial hardship.

BBC: Redundancy talks period to be cut from 90 to 45 days

The location, out on the man-made Palm Island, may leave you feeling a little cut off from the shopping malls, beaches and indoor ski slopes but if and when the stalled development on the Palm is completed you may never need venture onto the mainland again.

BBC: Dubai��s hotel revolution