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People said 700 but it depends on the scoring system. another one what actions help a consumer raise a low score or maintain a high one. making loan payments on time using he credit card and keep balance under 25 percent of the limit avoid opening new accounts at the same time all of the above or none of the above. 94 percent of people got that one right but we wanted to make sure eastbound was paying tanks. it is all of the above. here is a trickyer one for you. is marital status used to calcul...

afghans want him tried in their country but the ambassador to the u.s. says his government trusts the american investigation. and the worlds most valuable public corporation now wants to share its wealth. some of it anyway. apple just announced a quarterly dividend of $2.65 a share beginning sometime this summer. it also plans to buy back $10 billion worth of shares over the next three years. together those -- that outlay rather costs 45 billion or as apple might think of it pretty m...

Doesnt mean youre a good guy. just because youre on the blue team doesnt mean youre a bad guy. what is the voting record on things that are big and things that are small and lets have a conversation between members of congress? >> i want to show the scoring system for the democrats. 9%, harry reid, and 20% nancy pelosi. >> the four leaders of congress who have the highest score from you, why is she 20%? >> i think thats nancy police owe a couple of these. >> you score the votes i think i know a ...

Say hey -- >> youll spend millions of dollars making sure theres a conversation in washington, d.c. based on transparency and based on accountability and not this red team, blue team typical politics as usual. >> i know you will endorse candidates? >> youre just going to be doing the scoring system? >> what we need is conversations and theres a safety valve in the democratic system and thats members of congress explaining their voting record to the constituents and we hope everyone will do it. m...

When it comes to opinions on brands, it is like switzerland. i speak of anyone born in the late 70s and the early 2,000s. according to the new research, the gen-yers barely dislike anything. a company that polls these people asked to rate things on love, like, neutral dislike and hate and they rarely chose anything other than like and neutral. meaning they have no strong opinions on anything. they are opinionless. so the official must change their scoring system to accommodate their neutral worl...

22 minutes past the hour now. did you know that team usa, if you havent been watching the world cup, they have not won a game in the world cup yet. but they havent lost one, either. let me explain. they are proving themselves with each game. they rallied back from a 2-0 deficit yesterday. but they ended up with a draw against slovenia. they would have won the game if it wasnt for a controversial call. youre seeing what was thought to be the go-ahead goal, would have made it 3-2. but quite frankl...

Thats current, paid on time without a lot of debt. so if you dont have one because youve had credit problems, get a secured card. you put a deposit in the bank, sort of like a credit card with training wheels. that will establish that reference. the other thing, though, jean, thats important is to remember that fico, especially with fico 08 the recent version of the scoring system, really wants to see a mix of different credit accounts. not just a credit card but an installment loan like a car l...

Sending an e-mail that said "vote for me," which i find ironic -- >> youre not supposed to write it down. you can tell everybody in the world, just dont write it down. >> explain how the scoring system apparently has changed this year, making it even more complicated. >> do you have a half hour? they take the ballots, everybody lists the best picture nominees one through ten. at the end of tallying all those up, they take the film that has the fewer number one votes and they redistribute those v...

Lets talk about the ice skating lastz night. i could not turn off the set and go to sleep. it was just amazing. >> yeah. i have been covering the olympics full time for 12 years. i have to say, without question, it was the most riveting and exciting night you could ever see. the scoring system that was instituted after slaxz in 2002 was used to promote athleticism. when you can bring what kim did and see what the scoring system is supposed to do, shes the only one in the world who can do it. she...

Sport along, others say look how beautiful lysaceks performance was. >> is it perfection or style? >> this is one of the instance where is the debate is bubbling because its both. the new scoring system in theory promotes athleticism over artistry, but what evan lysacek showed indisputably is that artistry still matters in figure skating and thats an important statement also. >> can we look at the city of vancouver as well. theyve had tough issues with the weather and mother nature was not kind ...