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Today: #27 in Business on our combined chart.

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Position on the Business combined chart over the last 7 days. Toggle platforms to compare their positions. Lower rank numbers are better.

#11#18#24#31#37Chart rankOct 15Oct 17Oct 19Oct 21#27
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Oct 21#27#44#25#40#41
Oct 20#25#38#26#40#41
Oct 19#25#37#27#37#38
Oct 18#21#34#27#38#40
Oct 17#27#41#27#37#41
Oct 16#23#37#26#43#44
Oct 15#27#44#26#43#43

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Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway explore the most interesting topics in finance, markets and economics. Join the conversation every Monday, Thursday, and Friday