1.   Yet the shares have been hammered for little more than sentimental reasons.

2.   Concern Peregrine may flood the market with its red chip holdings when it liquidates its assets hammered shares in companies such as Beijing Enterprises Holdings Ltd.

3.   However, they have also seen their shares get hammered at the very whiff of a seasonal fashion miss.

4.   Investors hammered Hoechst shares last week after Chief Executive Jurgen Dormann reported a big slide in profits and warned that this year will also be difficult.

5.   Investors hammer shares of Camarillo-based Vitesse Semiconductor ahead of its quarterly earnings report, which comes in slightly ahead of forecasts.

6.   Investors hammered Hoechst shares last week after Dormann reported a big slide in profits and warned that this year will also be difficult.

7.   Steel shares were hammered by worries about the building industry.

8.   Tommy Hilfiger, for example, recently announced impressive earnings but hinted about a slowdown in one area of sales, and Wall Street responded by hammering its shares.

9.   Throughout the earlier Asian trading day, shares were getting hammered, pushing some key indexes to levels unseen in more than a decade.

10.   BTR Nylex shares were hammered six months ago after the company declared a disappointing half year net profit.