21.   Property stocks have been battered by concern that high interest rates, brought on by efforts to protect the peso, would mean expensive mortgages and slow sales.

22.   Semiconductor stocks have been battered this year.

23.   Stocks were battered during the last two sessions by concern that robust economic growth would lead the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates soon to keep inflation in check.

24.   Stocks were battered during the last two sessions by concern that robust economic growth would lead the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates soon to check inflation.

25.   The announcement surprised investors and battered ABB stock.

26.   There is anecdotal evidence that the economy is stabilizing, and everyone knows that technology stocks were battered last year.

27.   This market correction battered the stocks of many smaller companies, as equity investors reacted to rapidly rising interest rates.

28.   Van Wagoner also said the fact that so many technology stocks got battered last week might have drawn bargain hunters today.

29.   U.S. oil company stocks have been battered this year because of overproduction by world oil producers and falling demand from Southeast Asian countries.

30.   Within a few months, Copley was tarred in a quality-control scandal that battered its stock.