On another matter, Jones said the United States is nearly certain that an American missile strike in Pakistan last week killed the top-ranked Taliban leader in the country, and that a leadership struggle has since emerged within the militant group.

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Meaning that group one, the best ranked companies, did better than group two.

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The researchers were able to control where in a group an individual ranked by the order in which it was introduced into its group (newly introduced monkeys almost always adopt a role subordinate to existing group members).

ECONOMIST: Social status and health

Banco Macro and Bancolombia hail from the Banks-Foreign industry group, ranked No. 2 among the 197 groups IBD tracks.

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