71.   The labor movement has pushed for years for restrictions to punish companies that flout laws protecting workers.

72.   The moves come as analysts and investors submit corporate earnings to greater scrutiny, punishing companies whose reports even suggest unusual accounting.

73.   The ministry is questioning the presidents of Nikko and Daiwa Securities Co., following a recommendation that the two companies be punished for paying off Koike.

74.   The Ministry of Finance punished both companies by ordering them to shutdown some operations for as long as five months.

75.   The market continues to punish companies that fall short of expectations.

76.   The measure seeks to punish companies that do business in Cuba with properties confiscated by the Castro regime from U.S. citizens.

77.   The Ministry of Finance punished both companies by ordering them to shut down some operations for as long as five months.

78.   The Securities and Exchange Commission could adopt rules to punish companies for misinforming investors, he said.

79.   The spring sell-off punished integration companies severely, as technology investors gravitated toward blue-chip names like Sun Microsystems, Oracle and Cisco Systems.

80.   The U.S. also says it will seek to punish foreign companies that do business with Iran and Libya.