To measure each job CareerCast.com used four core criteria: pay, outlook, work environment, and stress.

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CareerCast used data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Census Bureau and trade associations, and measured five criteria: pay, outlook, work environment, stress and physical demands.

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Results were based on five criteria for home-buyers - crime, environment, lifestyle, education and employment.

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Within those categories, there are more than 100 sub-criteria, like degree of confinement in the work environment and income growth potential. (My colleague Jacquelyn Smith covered the last best and worst lists here.) The data come from the BLS, the Census Bureau, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and an array of private compensation surveys, trade association studies and state statistics.

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The study examined 580 listed companies across 11 Asian nations and ranked the markets based on five criteria: rules, enforcement, accounting, political and regulatory environment and governance culture.

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During the 11-day duration of the 37th International Traditional Crafts Show, held from 22 October to 7 November at the Parque Bicentenario in Santiago de Chile, exhibits included the eight works that have been awarded the Seal of Excellence, a national distinction that seeks to highlight quality in handicrafts, based on the criteria of excellence, authenticity, innovation, respect for the environment, and market potential.

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Since the attempted attack, the intelligence community has scrubbed the entire Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment (TIDE) database of more than 500, 000 suspects with the new criteria, adding additional individuals to the U.S. watch lists and no-fly lists as a result.

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