The IPPR report comes as separate new research underlines the task the UK faces in greening its electricity supply.
Yahoo!'s quarterly earnings underlined the task Ms Mayer faces in turning the struggling company around: net profit was down by 4% compared with the same period a year earlier, to $227m.
The defeat underlined the task facing caretaker boss Keith Millen's successor in the Crystal Palace dug-out.
Underlining the uphill task to winning back confidence, Congressman Peter Welch said: "VW is the Lance Armstrong of the auto industry" - a reference to the US cyclist who was stripped of seven consecutive Tour de France titles after he was caught doping.
Underlining the difficulty of the task, many of these held government posts.
Underlining the scale of the task involved in repairing relations with the government, Alastair Lyons, the Serco chairman, said a new chief executive would be appointed from outside the group.
Underlining the scale of the task ahead, Malaysian officials listed more countries they were contacting for assistance in searching along the two arcs, which they said were of equal importance.
In Brussels, Jean-Claude Trichet, the departing president of the European Central Bank, underlined the urgent task confronting European leaders, who have consistently failed to rise to the challenge.
The continued fighting underlined the difficult task that lies ahead for Mr. Arafat and Shimon Peres, the Israeli foreign minister, who plan to meet soon to discuss how to bring about the first meaningful cease-fire in the long conflict.
Whoever did it, the bomb underlines the grim task facing President Álvaro Uribe, who took office last August.Mr Uribe is pledged to crack down on the violent men of Colombia's two guerrilla armies, right-wing vigilantes and drug traffickers.
