11.   In January, public sector strikes threatened to spill over into the private sector, and investors punished Venezuelan stocks.

12.   Investors on Monday punished the stocks of the companies that manage those funds.

13.   Investors have punished Latin American stocks this year, but many market analysts say the downturn is strictly a case of guilt by association with Asia.

14.   Its stock was punished in March and April as part of the general disfavor with small-capitalization stocks.

15.   Predictably, all three stocks were punished, and weighed on the broader markets.

16.   Segments of the stock market weathered the rise in rates, but technology and Internet stocks were punished.

17.   Shareholders have punished its stock.

18.   Yet some analysts expected more, so stock is punished.

19.   Worries about the money Enron owes the banks punished their stocks as well on Wednesday.

20.   And investors have punished stocks of companies that even hint at disappointing results when third-quarter results are announced next month.