11.   To be sure, investors pummeled shares of Sonera and Telefonica even more than they did those of Deutsche Telekom.

12.   Venezuelan shares were pummeled all week on concerns about inflation, as well as wide swings in the Venezuelan currency, which led investors to buy dollars.

13.   While the increase helped the pound rise against the dollar and deutsche mark, it pummeled the shares of exporters, whose overseas revenues suffer when sterling is strong.

14.   While blue chips have stayed fairly strong during the protracted economic slump, riskier tech shares have been pummeled.

15.   The resignation is the latest blow to the Bermuda-based industrial conglomerate that has seen its shares pummeled over accounting concerns in the past few months.