The top-performing stocks in the Dow were financials.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stocks Rally as Bulls Seize Month] Reference

What are some traits of top-performing or "good" bosses?.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to Deal: To be an effective boss, value employees and don't be a hypocrite] Reference

Many of the top-performing ads on IAG's list are lighthearted.    From Wordnik.com.  [For Olympic Marketers, Emotions Pay] Reference

The top-performing fund from each company over the same period was.    From Wordnik.com.  [Investing in Fund Firms Beats Buying Their Funds] Reference

The institutional class was the top-performing money fund among peers in 2007.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fund That Broke the Buck] Reference

Or consider one of the other top-performing athletic shoes from our latest tests.    From Wordnik.com.  [You’re worth it: 12 holiday gifts to yourself] Reference

Consider John Bogle Jr., manager of Quantitative Numeric, a top-performing mutual fund.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kids And Their Cash] Reference

I can guarantee that top-performing salesman was given tons of training to be a salesman.    From Wordnik.com.  [Simon Sinek: How Did That Idiot Become My Boss?] Reference

People at Lehman said many of the top-performing bankers in Asia have accepted Nomura's offer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nomura Clings to Lehman Staff] Reference

The table below features the 10 top-performing funds based on their returns since their inception.    From Wordnik.com.  [Long-Term Performers] Reference

For this week's screen, we searched for low-cost, top-performing multicaps that didn't charged a load.    From Wordnik.com.  [Multicaps] Reference

Riding a Wave Not every top-performing analyst this year was faced with navigating through a minefield.    From Wordnik.com.  [Finding the Way in Rough Seas] Reference

One by Ecover was excellent overall and costs less than the top-performing conventional dishwashing product.    From Wordnik.com.  [Best “green” cleaners, paper products for your family] Reference

WINNERS 'CIRCLE Despite March's rally, top-performing stock funds still saddle investors with negative returns.    From Wordnik.com.  [Winning=Losing] Reference

It's not glamorous, but knowing that your funds will do as promised is essential to a top-performing portfolio.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Light Went On] Reference

In fact, many of the top-performing Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) rigidly follow proprietary trading systems.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kucinich Office Has No Comment On UFO Story] Reference

Click here for Gurus 'Best Ideas: Dividend Darlings, a free special report from top-performing newsletter editors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vanguard's Three Worst Mutual Funds] Reference

Even if you're among your company's top-performing employees, that won't matter much if you're a pain in the neck.    From Wordnik.com.  [Holding On to Your Job] Reference

Analysts note that some of the top-performing REITs during the second quarter still have the weakest balance sheets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Battered Real-Estate Trusts Book a Blockbuster Quarter] Reference

In this area of Colorado, parents can shop for schools, and most try to get their kids into the top-performing ones.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New First Grade: Too Much Too Soon] Reference

Click here to download a free report on 50 stocks, ETFs and funds that top-performing Forbes gurus are buying for 2008.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trade In Your Social Security Check] Reference

A few of our top-performing toasters have countdown displays or digital bars that indicate how long until the food is ready.    From Wordnik.com.  [Holiday Gift Guide: 5 things to know when buying a toaster or toaster oven] Reference

BMW, the top-performing European auto stock this year even as rivals received a substantial boost from scrapping incentives.    From Wordnik.com.  [BMW Steps Up a Gear] Reference

Thanks to a growing array of sleek, top-performing appliances, you can achieve a pro-style look at the fraction of the price.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dos and don'ts: Avoid remodeling mistakes in your kitchen or bath] Reference

CANDIOTTI: Another requirement to make the list, top-performing head restraints in rear end crashes, by far, the most common.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 21, 2006] Reference

CANDIOTTI: Another requirement to make the list, top-performing head restraints and rear end crashes, by far, the most common.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 21, 2006] Reference

Morningstar says top-performing muni funds like this one benefited from focusing on high-quality bonds with shorter maturities.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Search of Bond Bargains] Reference

Whenever a top-performing fund rakes in a substantial amount of new money, investors worry whether its size will hurt future returns.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pimco: Too Big to Do Battle?] Reference

Mr. Elmasry's global strategy, which focuses on companies with established brands, was one of the top-performing in its class last year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Morgan Stanley Picks Head for EMEA Funds] Reference

A 20 percent performance bonus to the top-performing 10 percent of teachers would produce the same 11 percent gain in top-third students.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to make teacher salaries look better] Reference

To help you make smart purchases for the home, here are our suggestions of top-performing home-related products you might consider buying.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tip of the Day: How to spend your federal economic stimulus payment] Reference

The firm notes that its Primary Fund Class Institutional was the top-performing money fund through 2007 among peers, returning a net 5.37%.    From Wordnik.com.  [Money Fund, Hurt by Debt Tied to Lehman, Breaks the Buck] Reference