The best performer from last year: Korea-based energy giant SK , which rose 357%.
The best performer was the rapidly growing Enterprise, Servers, Storage, and Networking (ESSN) unit.
In fact, in terms of percentage, it was still the best performer for the Paris-based luxury conglomerate.
ODesk's Ms. Bisharat suggests hiring several candidates to complete the same small project, then selecting the best performer.
The exception has been BofA, the best performer in the group in 2012 but down 1% in January.
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Signet Jewelers, the best performer in the group during 2010, is down 26 percent over the past 3 years.
For comparison, Activision, the best performer among the videogame makers listed above during the same period, is up a little more than 200%.
In 2012, Turkey was the best performer among the emerging markets we track on our Periodic Table showing a decade of returns.
This plan was big on reforms to boost competitiveness with the best performer to be used as a benchmark for others to emulate.
All three major equity indexes rebounded shortly after, and by 12:30 PM the Nasdaq was the best performer, up 0.6% to 3, 009 points.
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By contrast, the German market was the best performer in Europe in 2010, so it marks a dramatic change in fortunes for the European 'powerhouse'.
As Bloomberg points out, BofA is the best performer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average for 2012, doubling since the start of the year.
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Of all the railroads in our coverage universe, Union Pacific was the best performer in the third quarter due to strong pricing gains and an improvement in margins.
The Dreyfus Brazil mutual fund has been the best performer, avoiding mostly large cap materials and commodities overweights like Petrobras and Vale, which plague the MSCI Brazil index.
In fact, IBM has gained 29% this year making it the best performer of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, while most its major competitors, including Oracle, Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft, have negative returns year-to-date.
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Of all country specific indices, Russia was the best performer for 2010 and is up over 12% for the past 3 months, evidence that some plucky investors are wagering on huge Russian energy stocks like Lukoil that sell at a discount to the major internationals.
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Special Offer: With an 11.5% year-to-date gain, OTC Insight's model portfolio is the second best performer for the period tracked by Hulbert Interactive.
Chris Hamelin, whose bike chain snapped, was the best island performer when he accumulated a sixth and two seventh places in the Rookie 600 class.
These include Swiss private banking concern Julius Baer which is the third best performer in Europe with a return of more than 3% over the past week.
Andrew Swann, 52, was the third-best performer among the buy-and-hold contestants, with a 2006 return of 67%.
Lloyds, for instance, has risen nearly 6% over the past week, making it the second best performer in Europe.
Over the past 10 years, all but two sectors (utilities and industrials) have been either the best or worst performer at least once.
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That beat out Treasurys, the second-best performer, with a 9.3% return.
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The tech heavy Nasdaq was the day's best performer, up 0.5% to 2, 630.6.
An investment that is temporarily down, may be your best performer in the long run.
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The riveting film "Precious" yielded a best supporting actress win for African-American performer Mo'Nique, and the first ever statuette for an African-American screenwriter in the best adapted screenplay category went to Geoffrey Fletcher.
To date Cowell the performer has been the best asset of Cowell the impresario.
Wall Street Meat's author, Andy Kessler, once ran a hedge fund, Velocity Capital, named the country's third-best performer in 1999 by Barron's.
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