81.   The United States has long opposed boycotts by Arab nations to punish American companies that do business with Israel.

82.   They are clearly punishing companies for online and offline alliances and rewarding online-only alliances like Yahoo!, GeoCities and the NBC deal.

83.   These industries charged inflated prices to their domestic consumers, and their cartels punished any company that tried to undercut those prices.

84.   They bid up the prices of Web stocks that specialize in giving away information and punish companies that look for old-fashioned income.

85.   Tobacco companies have never had to pay such damages, which are meant to punish a company for its actions.

86.   Underlying the Shanghai suspension is probably a desire to punish companies by publicizing their losses, some analysts said.

87.   Verdicts for punitive damage or aggravating circumstances are to punish companies and discourage rogue behavior.

88.   Wall Street punishes unprofitable companies.

89.   Wall Street analysts said the energy companies were being punished by investors because of continuing questions about their finances.

90.   While good profits would help stocks advance next week, analysts said investors will continue to punish companies with disappointing earnings.