1.   He notes that whenever earnings problems have emerged, investors have severely punished stocks.

2.   And Northeast suffered during the recent market selloff, which punished financial stocks.

3.   As concern over the verdicts against Halliburton spread, Wall Street punished the stocks of big companies with potential asbestos liabilities.

4.   After punishing the stock, investors eased up on Monday after the company announced that it had walked away from negotiations.

5.   But I think the stock has been punished enough.

6.   Concern about economic growth may have unfairly punished the stocks, analysts said.

7.   Elsewhere in the market, however, investors continued to punish the stocks of companies that failed to meet earnings expectations.

8.   Henry Dickson, an analyst at Salomon Smith Barney, says that Bank One profit warnings have punished the stock.

9.   If Company A reports disappointing earnings, Wall Street may punish the stock unmercifully, then have a change of heart and correct its mistake.

10.   If the search business slows, they could be quick to punish the stocks.