Private ownership is another factor helping hospitals score more highly.

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When it comes to paying bills on time the biggest factor in a credit score high achievers are darn near perfect.

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After all, payment history is the biggest factor in calculating your credit score.

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"If you took the Fey factor out, Palin's score would not be as high as it seems, " he says.

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But the survey wrongly included "keeping a small balance on a credit card" as a factor that could hurt a credit score.

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After several years of lagging hopelessly behind in the cool factor, Microsoft has a chance to score with enterprise IT groups without permanently alienating employees who love iPads and iPhones, or Samsung phones and tablets running Android.

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Again, researchers found liberal use of swear words to be a key factor in a city's overall happiness score.

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Redfin also tracks the aggregate net promoter score of their customers, and this score ranks alongside revenue and profitability as a core factor in annual compensation from the CEO on down.

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Luckily for the Rays, the umpires did not factor in the outcome of the game as they went on to win by a score of 6-3.

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On this score, London looks much better than Athens, which overspent by a factor of far more than two and the great record-breaker, Montreal, whose citizens were paying for the 1976 games for decades.

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