In fact, Williamson was the nation's sixth fastest-growing county last year, while Hays ranked 10th.
Last year it was top financial adviser on U.K. public takeovers, ranked by number of deals.
Tiger families and easygoing families ranked second, with about the same number in each category.
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We ranked venture capital firms based on the post-offering performance of companies they backed.
It also ranked second-worst, behind Los Angeles, for smog levels, known formally as ozone pollution.
College grads ranked unreasonable workload as the No. 1 stressor (17%), followed by their commute (12%).
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Fox, who ranked as the most trustworthy celeb last year, came in fifth this time around.
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Neil Shen, founding managing partner of Sequoia Capital China, ranked No. 15 on the list.
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In 2005, the last full year before the firm's initial ICBC investment, Goldman ranked fifth.
In fact, just last year the Texas metro, now ranked 33rd, placed 17th on the list.
The survey ranked analysts by the returns generated by their buy, sell and hold calls.
Purdy, ranked No. 4 by the IBF, accepted the bout on four weeks' notice.
For the ninth consecutive year, JetBlue Airways ranked first for satisfaction among all North American airlines.
Emdeon, ranked at 1, 600 and based in New Jersey, owns the well-known WebMD.com health information site.
The highest-ranked newcomer via growth to this year's list is ICAP, the world's largest interdealer broker.
Louisville, Baylor and Indiana all face ranked opponents Wednesday (Georgetown, Mississippi State and Michigan State, respectively).
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The third, fourth and fifth-ranked Heineken Cup group runners-up will play in the Challenge Cup quarter-finals.
Cleverly is ranked 10th by Ring Magazine in its evaluation of the world's best light-heavyweights.
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The Top Advisor list ranked RIAs (registered investment advisors) based on total assets under management.
Why were the fifth-ranked Wolverines, with their glorious football history, playing an NCAA Division IAA team?
The Luxury Institute's recent survey of customer preferences ranked Centurion first and its Platinum card second.
The questions are ranked in order of how effective they are at sorting people.
From law schools to restaurants, from judges to hospitals, everything is ranked, graded, ordered and critiqued.
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Of the 72 firms with winners, Morningstar had the greatest number of ranked analysts, with 13.
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It has been ranked in the bottom two each year in our Best States list.
Reputation Institute recently ranked 100 businesses that have successfully established strong international names for themselves.
Los Angeles ranked first in this category, with a 32.5% increase in the number of transactions.
This year Sears ranked 7th, or last place, in our Customer Loyalty Engagement Index.
Ken Fisher is currently ranked No. 263 on the 2012 Forbes 400 list of richest Americans.
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