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Companies today are not effectively executing against strategy and the business leaders know it, with 80 percent recognizing that they are not doing their best to communicate strategy through the organization, let alone execute against it, according to new research commissioned by SuccessFactors, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFSF), and Accenture (NYSE: ACN).

A new study has showed a 3.4 percent rise in the yearly costs to own and operate a sedan in the United States, due to relatively large increases in fuel, tire and depreciation costs.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard arguments today that could decide the future of the biotech industry, in a case over whether genes can be patented.

The house where Kate Middleton used to live for 13 years is on the market for £460,000 ($742k USD).

McDonald's Corp is making its annual preparations for a summer jobs hiring spree, although for the first time it will set 50,000 as its goal.

A slideshow on top upcoming and on road electric vehicles by major automobile manufacturers in U.S.

Tokyo Electric Power Company says it is releasing radioactive water into the ocean so as to leave space in the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant for water that is more contaminated.

Radioactive material has been found in the groundwater near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

A team from Dechert LLP is serving as legal advisor to Golub Capital, including partners Thomas Friedmann, David Harris and Richard Hervey and associates William Tuttle and Jordan McKay

Actor Burt Reynolds’ former Beverly Hills home is on the market for $10.9 million.

Even as Tokyo Electric Power Company acknowledged that it will decommission four of the six nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, there is still the problem of a massive cleanup.

The Osbournes have listed their beach house on the market for $10 million.

The International Atomic Energy Agency says it has measured levels of radiation in a small village northwest of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant high enough that it would recommend evacuation.

General Motors Financial Co. Inc., a unit of automaker General Motors Co. (NYSE:GM), said it agreed to acquire FinanciaLinx Corp. to expand its product offerings in Canada.

In a press release that has the air of a deposition, Warren Buffett explained on Wednesday about a top aide's resignation and a stock purchase. They are facts that he has vowed not to answer more questions about.

NASA's MESSENGER has downloaded 1,500 closeup images of Mercury, the first ever to be produced of the planet closest to the Sun.

Students, scientists come together to figure out the next step for Watson.

Radiation levels in the seawater near the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have spiked. That could mean either the reactor core has breached or the spent fuel is leaking radioactive contaminants.

An apartment complex in Florida, which happens to be owned by New York Yankees star A-Rod, caught the media attention when its residents reportedly filed numerous complaints about safety code violations with the city officials last week.

A lifesize train set - comprising a 120-year-old steam locomotive, antique carriages, almost nine miles of track and a railway station - is being offered for sale on a New Zealand auction website.

The Amazon's terrible 2010 drought could mean the accelerated effect of global warming.

A report from the Office of the Inspector General has found NASA is vulnerable to cyber attacks.

Tokyo Electric Power Corporation reported finding plutonium in the soil around the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, giving further indications that one of the reactor cores has been breached.

Audi has put the latest version of its new diesel race car R18 to test for the first time in the US.

Japanese auto major Nissan Motors is committed to making all efforts to support the restoration of the areas impacted by the earthquake, with sincere hopes that relief and recovery progresses as quickly as possible, the carmaker said in a statement.

The city's ancient fortified medinas (walled cities), proximity with Atlas Mountains, deserts and beaches make it a wonderful holiday spot. To top that is its growing popularity as a value travel destination.

To get an idea of what AT&T may do if it were allowed to acquire T-Mobile, it helps to look at Ma Bell, the predecessor of AT&T.

Yuri Milner, Russian billionaire investor and founder of Moscow-based firm DST, has reportedly paid $70 million for an estate in California.

A free one-hour webcast on Tuesday will spotlight how the marketing industry uses customer purchases and information to boost sales and raise loyalty.