"It was a pretty good performance until the last six or seven overs of the game, " said Ponting.

BBC: Australia beat India in thriller

Being even in the last decade was actually pretty good performance.

FORBES: Madoff Investors Receive New Jersey Tax Refunds

Fuel economy is indeed pretty good, if performance-oriented men care about that kind of thing.

FORBES: New York Auto Show: Green Cars Are The New Mainstream

He too pulled off a pretty good local election performance this time four years ago - but still went on to lose the general election.

BBC: Why they all love Hague

The camera is certainly a bit larger and heavier than it looks from a distance, but housed within the slightly oversized shell are some pretty good optics and some snappy performance.

ENGADGET: Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 hands-on, with 720p test footage!

But his is a one-note performance - a pretty good note, it must be said - but one note nonetheless.

BBC: Review: Batman's limelight tussle

Nevertheless, the relatively flat performance last week was pretty good, and certainly better than I expected.

FORBES: The Week Ahead: Don't Give Up on Stocks Just Yet

Thus a device that uses flash memory to accelerate the performance of a HDD seems like a pretty good compromise between the two technologies.

FORBES: New Seagate Solid State Hybrid Drive is Faster and Vaster

It has a lot to do with the recent performance of the stock market, a pretty good measure of sentiment as well as one of the better leading indicators of real economic activity.

FORBES: The Economy Glass Getting Half Full