He added that the study showed the impact of the combined HIV strategy of promoting condoms, increasing regular HIV testing and encouraging the earlier use of anti-HIV drug therapy.

BBC: Condoms

Sixty-five chief executives of underperforming public U.S. concerns got dismissed after subordinates, board members and rivals repeatedly flattered them about their flawed strategy, according to a study of 451 CEOs published last year.

WSJ: Your Executive Career - What's in Your Blind Spot?

Barnet Alliance for Public Services, which organised the event, said a study by the European Services Strategy Unit found 25% of public outsourcing schemes had failed or gone seriously wrong.

BBC: Protest over Barnet Council privatised services

An initial successful feasibility study into the development of LaserSnake was funded by the Technology Strategy Board, and the new funding will help them to develop the technology to a full-scale demonstration phase.

BBC: OC Robotics' LaserSnake project gets ?6m grant

Since its launch in 2010, Instagram has won more than 50 million users, and nearly half of the world's top brands use it as part of their marketing strategy, according to a recent study.

BBC: Facebook's Instagram bid gets go-ahead from the OFT

One retired General, Jim Dubik, who helped mastermind the surge in Iraq and is now a senior fellow at the Institute for the Study of War, told me that for eight years America adopted the wrong strategy, counter-terrorism, which allowed the Taliban to grow.

BBC: Secretary of Defence Robert Gates's last battle

The bill is the product of a three-month Cabinet-level study to determine a national energy strategy.

CNN: House OKs bill to drill in Arctic reserve

The current US strategy of staying the course was no longer viable, Iraq Study Group leader James Baker said.

BBC: NEWS | Americas | Iraq panel demands urgent change

Nebraska Republican Chuck Hagel tore into the strategy both at the Negroponte hearing and later at a hearing with members of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group.

NPR: Senators Urge Effort to Engage Iran