shell-shocked

In a spirit of seasonal goodwill, this column will attempt to cheer shell-shocked investors with a little optimism.

At her party she never meets the shell-shocked veteran Septimus Smith, one of the first Englishmen to enlist in the war.

The owner of the prized comic book said the family was still "a little shell-shocked" after the unexpected find.

Whether the White House could have got more from an already shell-shocked Congress remains an open question.

In the developed markets like Europe and the US, though, you see a more shell-shocked reaction. They are the most pessimistic.

Companies slashed salaries and curtailed benefits, all while asking shell-shocked veterans to pick up the slack for downsized colleagues.

When the patient igored his plea, Patton struck him in the face - and was horrified to learn that he was seriously shell-shocked.

For just minutes after the emotional reunion, the shell-shocked survivors were told that a second tsunami might be on its way.

I was still shell-shocked and told him I needed a day to think about it.

The whole experience came out of no where and left us shell shocked.

Given that, shell-shocked investors are increasingly reluctant to rule anything out, as they stare at such uncharted waters.

BY AUGUST 11th, a shell-shocked London was picking up the pieces, as were Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and many other English cities.

They were hit hard by the near-collapse of global credit markets and the dramatic destocking by shell-shocked firms.

Yields on government bonds in most rich countries are extremely low as shell-shocked investors clamour for the safety of public debt.

More likely, bond investors are so shell-shocked that they need the ratings as justification should their purchases go wrong.

many shell-shocked Tokyo investors feared that the entire economy was heading toward the abyss.

Mr. Obama now leads a party that isn't merely shell-shocked, but probably headed for a period of soul-searching and recrimination.

Rocketing prices for coking coal and iron ore, the two main components of steel, have left steelmakers shell-shocked.

Investors, still shell-shocked from the financial crisis that engulfs the world, have now turned to gold as a safe haven.

Shell-shocked lawmakers cavilled, but Congress and the administration eventually agreed.

Most of the politicians who scurried back from foreign holidays looked as shell-shocked as everyone else.

" They are still shell- shocked about their losses in the public market , " said a fundraiser for one private equity firm .

However, he appeared shell-shocked at the unruly press conference he hosted on Thursday morning.

He was clearly shell-shocked by the escalation he had witnessed.

Having recently visited Northern Uganda, I was shell shocked that such devastation was happening on our planet.

A shell-shocked Everton manager was in no mood to offer any predictions on the tie.

Little wonder, then, that card issuers feel shell-shocked.

Matthew was shell-shocked at the news.

It is a player in risk management, a priority for shell-shocked investors.

You see people who are really shell shocked.

But, instead of sounding ebullient, Mr Leung is shell-shocked.