But with the enormous hand of outside groups, which have pummeled the state with advertisements, Mr. Mandel has managed to inch closer to Mr. Brown in the polls and forced Democrats look more closely at a race they assumed was safe.
The recession, which officially began in December 2007, has pummeled the federal budget by both reducing tax revenue and increasing costs for unemployment benefits, food stamps and the growing number of corporate bailouts.
The turmoil has pummeled Roche shares, which have fallen 16percentthis yearar.
The weak yen has pummeled Northwest's passenger yield, which at a recent 11.45 cents per passenger-mileis second- lowest among the ten major airlines.
In their past four meetings over three seasons, Detroit, which owns a 38-10-6-2 record, besthen the league, has pummeled the Rangers, 23-3.
The global recession has pummeled this place.
Sharp, based in Osaka, Japan, has been hurt by heavy losses in its flat-panel display business, which has been pummeled by intense competition from the likes of Samsung Electronics of South Korea.
But investors and analysts say Mr. Pandit needs to take far bolder steps to turn around the bank, which has been pummeled by the turmoil in the credit markets.
Oshkosh, which has been pummeled by the recession, recently beat out several of the biggest military contractors for $2.8 billion in orders to build 5,200 trucks, and it expects another $600 million contract soon.
The currency crisis could hardly come at a worse time for Iran, which has been pummeled economically by the cumulative effects of four rounds of United Nations Security Council sanctions, as well as sanctions imposed by the United States, Canada and the European Union over the country's suspect nuclear energy program.
