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For a company that manages to debut a new product line every few years that seizes the public's attention worldwide, it is rather amazing to see how little Apple spends on research and development as a percentage of its sales compared to its peers.

Most stocks climbed, helping the MSCI All Country World Index gain for a fifth day, while the dollar maintained losses against higher-yielding peers amid speculation the U.S. economy will continue to recover.

Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP, one of the largest civil defense firms in North Carolina, announced today that 17 of its attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2012 edition.

Companies are marketing themselves on college campuses as never before, often employing students themselves to take the messages to their peers.

NO SECRETS: A new site called Unvarnished lets your colleagues at work say what they really think of you.

If you believe that companies that are committed to socially and environmentally sound practices will outperform their peers in the long run, you would expect so-called socially responsible investment funds to deliver superior returns to investors.

The trouble is they don't. But entrepreneur Paul Hawken may have found the formula to make it work.

(American Psychological Association) Students who watch as their peers endure the verbal or physical abuses of another student could become as psychologically distressed, if not more so, by the events than the victims themselves, new research suggests.

(University of Toronto) For years, studies have shown that young people from low-income households across North America are less likely to apply to college or university than peers from higher-income families.

Now, a groundbreaking new study shows the solution may be as simple as helping students with the financial aid process.

German luxury automaker Audi AG said Friday its earnings for the first six months of the year fell 25 percent as sales slipped nearly 10 percent but, unlike most of its peers, it remained profitable.

Just about everyone wants to do great work, look good in the eyes of their boss, and earn the respect of their peers.

In my 15-year career I’ve worked at a large number of different companies and held a wide variety of positions.

I’ve seen how this works from every angle, so I thought I’d share some thoughts on what’s worked for me.