Meaning that group one, the best ranked companies, did better than group two.
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).
Banco Macro and Bancolombia hail from the Banks-Foreign industry group, ranked No. 2 among the 197 groups IBD tracks.
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The sunny beach resort of Acapulco in Mexico ranked second in the group's list, followed by the Venezuelan capital of Caracas.
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And Slovakia, who had beaten top-ranked Russia in the group stage before knocking out defending champions Sweden in the quarter-finals, came within inches of taking the host nation into overtime.
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The first dates fall in early September and the chances are that Scotland will try to secure games against Lithuania and Liechtenstein within that period - the former at home, the latter (the lowest-ranked team in the group) possibly away.
C. industry group, has ranked the Bayou State as high as No. 5 among all states in per capita beer consumption.
In a study just released by a Harvard research group, the state ranked near the top in voter interest in the presidential election.
The top ten are not ranked, but rather presented as a group.
This completed a hat-trick: on May 25th, a report on bank supervision from the Financial Stability Forum, a group of international regulators, had ranked the islands in the lowest grade.
Ferrer has won an ATP Tour-leading 73 matches this year, one more than Djokovic -- who will seek to clinch his semi spot in his third and final closing Group A match against sixth-ranked Czech Tomas Berdych on Friday.
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The UK - which is considered as a single system, rather than four devolved administrations - is then ranked at the head of an above-average group including the Netherlands, New Zealand, Canada and Ireland.
"We may start the group as favourites, given that we're ranked number one in the world right now, but things can change once you're on the pitch, " he added.
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Mexico, ranked 15th in the world, is fifth in the six-team group with three points.
Singapore was ranked 153rd globally in terms of press freedom by Washington-based advocacy group Freedom House in a recent report.
The company works with over 93 percent of the best hospitals in the country, as ranked by U.S. News and World Report and the Leapfrog Group.
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The results were ranked relative to the average performance on those tests for the participants' age group.
Syria is ranked as the most dangerous country in the world for reporters by the campaign group Committee to Protect Journalists.
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Djokovic is through to the semifinals of the elite eight-man tournament following Friday's 6-2 7-6 (8-6) victory over sixth-ranked Czech Tomas Berdych, which gave him a 100% record in three Group A matches.
Snedeker will be paired in the final group Sunday with the unlikely Argentinean Cabrera, the 2009 Masters champion currently ranked 269th in the world.
The 16-team tournament continues on Monday, as Group C kicks off with outsiders India playing Asia's top-ranked team Australia and then two-time champions South Korea taking on Bahrain.
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The highest-ranked player in the field, world No. 42 Soren Hansen, was in a big group tied for 13th on 67.
Group firm CG Foods' Wai Wai, a popular brand of instant brown noodles, was ranked as Nepal's top consumer brand by research firm acnielsen last year.
The Brazilians, ranked number one in the Fifa rankings, were expected to cruise past the team in 105th place in their Group G encounter.
North Korea and the United Arab Emirates earlier kicked off the Group D schedule with a 0-0 draw at the Qatar Sports Club in match between teams ranked 105th and 108th in the world respectively.
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