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They announced a 15abili$15 bil loss and got rid of their chairman, their ceo, actually. they are down by 80% since the march 11th earthquake and tsunami, dropping as i said by another 9% today. looking at the broader markets, the nikkei finishing off sharply. the nikkei down by 1.5%. here in hong kong, the index down more than 2%, shanghai almost 3%. we had numbers out on a managers purchasing index showing it's slowing down, that the factories are not asking for as much. there are more indications there may be a bit of a slow down going on there. australia down nearly 2% as well. in the u.s....