1.   As they have been for three weeks, Hong Kong stocks were battered by the falling Japanese yen.

2.   A looming oversupply of rooms and falling profits have battered their stocks.

3.   A mountain of bad loans to property developers, an export slump, and the slowest growth in a decade battered Thai stocks, burning many foreign funds.

4.   After getting off to a good start, the stock got battered by the successive downdrafts in dot-com stocks, media stocks and retail stocks.

5.   All bank stocks have been battered lately, but Bankers Trust has fallen more sharply than most over the last year.

6.   Airline stocks have been battered.

7.   But the resulting confusion, which battered Mexican stocks, led the government on Wednesday night to give up and allow the peso to trade freely.

8.   Concern that real-estate loans might sour amid an anticipated property glut has battered banking stocks in recent weeks.

9.   Computer stocks rose as investors snapped up shares of companies whose stocks have been battered in recent months.

10.   Drug stocks were battered again as Washington appeared to move closer to adding prescriptions to Medicare coverage.