1.   Brazilian shares have been pummeled on concern that a currency crisis in Thailand and the Philippines could lead Brazil to devalue the real.

2.   Investors pummeled retail shares, which reported modest gains for December and the fourth quarter in stores open at least a year.

3.   Investors pummeled shares of International Business Machines Corp. for a second day after it reported disappointing earnings.

4.   Investors pummeled shares of International Business Machines Corp. for a second day.

5.   Investors pummeled shares of Netscape Communications Corp. and Shiva Corp. for reasons unrelated to interest rates.

6.   Investors pummeled the shares of companies with even tangential relations to stem cell research.

7.   Kugel also likes drug companies, whose shares were unfairly pummeled this week by the broad retreat, he said.

8.   Normally, a high-flying computer company that comes up short would see its shares pummeled, as was the case with networking companies in January.

9.   These shares have been pummeled by the bear market in small-company equities.

10.   This is the second time in recent months the shares have been pummeled.