Everything else took a beating, thanks to a nasty mix of weak demand and price cuts.
The Lions tradition took a beating during the tour of New Zealand four years ago.
Their troops took a beating at first, yet the British stood aside (their commander was away skiing).
Horizon took a beating at the time in the blogosphere and Twitterverse for filing such a silly lawsuit.
Suddenly less popular than that 8am Poli Sci survey course, for-profit educational institutions took a beating in the Nasdaq Monday.
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And the result was an economy where some made out well, but the middle class too often took a beating.
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Earlier this week, commodities and stocks both took a beating, calling into question the durability of the bullishness in risk assets.
Apple's unofficial slogan, "It Just Works, " took a beating on this one.
Because of the global downturn, U.S. exports took a beating last year.
Commodity investors were also not immune, as precious metals reversed course, and many of the commodity indices also took a beating last week.
Netflix, which is indirectly connected to the industry as it hosts content, took a beating after weak subcriber growth in the third quarter.
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Ford Motor, whose stock had been climbing steadily since last fall, took a beating earlier this week after projecting mounting losses in Europe.
Though holding Russian and Asian bonds in 1998 meant the market value of its portfolio took a beating, not selling gave the fund a chance to avoid long-term harm.
In Q2, almost all railroad companies took a beating from a slump in its coal freight businesses, but that was largely mitigated by improved performances from its other divisions.
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The game, 12 years in the making, is already beginning to receive rave reviews from notable publications, even if Metacritic and Amazon user reviews took a beating after the launch trouble.
Videogame publisher THQ (nasdaq: THQI - news - people ) saw profits rise 43% in its most recent quarter, but the company's shares--like most--took a beating in July.
As a longtime favorite of Christian conservatives, Reed's clean-cut image took a beating when it was revealed that he took millions of dollars from Abramoff to lobby against various gambling initiatives in the South.
Shares in Melco Crown took a beating, though.
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Dubai's reputation took a beating on Thursday when Swedish regulators said its main stock exchange had broken the law by announcing plans to buy more than 25% of OMX, a week before its official bid.
Despite the fact that Williams was one of the only companies to have reported its 2000 energy-trading revenues on the conservative basis used by financial firms (as the chart shows), its shares took a beating.
Equities took a beating yesterday though.
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Austerity took a beating this weekend.
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Dubai's reputation took a beating on Thursday when Swedish regulators said its main stock exchange had broken the law by announcing plans to buy more than 25% of OMX (other-otc: OMGPF - news - people ), a week before its official bid.
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