1.   Pates Grammar school was recently named as the best performing school in Gloucestershire.

2.   Bank shares are among the best performing issues on the stock market this year.

3.   Becky Heath of the Daffodil Mart in Gloucester, Va., recommends Salome as the best performing pink.

4.   Bills were the best performing government securities then.

5.   Bond market participants said the news had the potential to spur another rally in what has been one of the best performing bond markets this year.

6.   Brazilian stocks lost their position in dollar terms as the best performing market in Latin America to Venezuela.

7.   According to the TSE, the best performing stock was Alberta-based small-capitalization Synsorb Biotech Inc. that produces products to treat stomach and kidney problems.

8.   All of them rose, and four were among the best performing shares on U.S. exchanges.

9.   Chile, home to the best performing economy in Latin America, is also home to the worst performing stock market in the region this year.