21.   A MIXED CHRISTMAS FOR RETAILERS Upscale retailers and discount stores appeared to have been the best performers in a Christmas shopping season that produced mixed results.

22.   All that mattered Tuesday night is that Warrick was the best performer in the Nokia Sugar Bowl.

23.   But historically they have been the best performers after a third rate cut by the Fed.

24.   But even the best performers, it wrote, were inconsistent.

25.   But those stocks were the best performers in the last bull market.

26.   But you might want to siphon off profits from the best performers and redeploy them, as well as fresh cash, in undervalued havens.

27.   By offering more detail on the performance of various sectors, GE made it possible to see what businesses were the best performers.

28.   Chip makers were the best performers among technology stocks Monday.

29.   Click on the industry name to see the stocks in the group, sorted with the best performers at the top.

30.   Companies with the highest margins often are the best performers for the long haul.