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To: James Hutton who wrote (12106)	3/16/2011 2:37:12 PM
From: Smiling Bob	Respond to of 119360

until the "look at the rebuilding opportunity" (but that may be decades away near the reactors). --- No McD's in Chernobyl? easy come easy go U.S. stocks lose yearly gains on evacuation report SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The major U.S. stock indexes turned negative for the year Wednesday after the U.S. government said citizens within 50 miles of Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plants evacuate or remain indoors, according to media reports. The advisory was the latest news report to spook investors worried about the mounting human and economic toll from last week's earthquake, which damanged some nuclear reactors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DOW:DJIA) was down 282 points, or 2.4%, at 11,574, led by 4% losses in IBM (NYSE:IBM) and General Electric (NYSE:GE) shares. It briefly turned lower for the year. The S&P 500 (CME:INDEX:SPX) was off 2.3% at 1,252, down 0.4% for the year. The Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQ:COMP) was down 2.1% at 2,610, off 1.6% for the year.