VW is the star performer of the motor industry this year.

大众汽车在本年度汽车行业中出类拔萃。

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The star performer of the travel industry so far this year is the online travel booking segment, which has shown remarkable stability through the otherwise volatile market of the past 12 months.

今年以来，旅游业表现优异的明星是在线旅游预订领域，过去1年里，在不稳定的市场环境下，在线旅游预订仍表现出非凡的稳定性。

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The other star performer among the big airlines has been US Airways, which reported an operating margin of 4.4% over the first nine months of this year, giving it the confidence to go for Delta.

另一家业绩优秀的大型航空公司为全美航空，据报道该公司今年前九个月的营运利润率(operating margin)为4.4%，使全美有信心并购达美。

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the thirty-four year old performer continues to combine the sounds of jazz, folk music and the blues.

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Barrick Gold has been the worst performer out of the gold miners this year, all of which have taken a beating.

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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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The Hollywood hype helped put 23-year-old Bebe, once just another obscure retailer, on the national map--and become a star performer on the FORBES GLOBAL list of the world's 300 best small companies this year.

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