today was a day that every tv network became a business news network. take a look now, down 407. 407. massive plunge. red across the board. the dow jones industrial average down more than 400 points. the dow jones industrial down more than 450 points. nasdaq down right now 117 points. down nine of 10 days. we have the s&p 500 down more than 4%. our biggest loss since 2009. hearing words like alarming, panic, devastating. rather panic-stricken selloff continues. look at that. 476.54 down, and going further down. now the dow is down more than 500 points. on this session alone. the s&p 500 and the nasdaq down similar percentage points. wow. we re down now more than 500. the market is now down 503. what a day. and you will see the headlines tomorrow. there is no positive way of spinning this.
network. take a look now, down 407. 407. massive plunge. red across the board. the dow jones industrial average down more than 400 points. the dow jones industrial down more than 450 points. nasdaq down right now 117 points. down nine of 10 days. we have the s&p 500 down more than 4%. our biggest loss since 2009. hearing words like alarming, panic, devastating. rather panic-stricken selloff continues. look at that. 476.54 down, and going further down. now the dow is down more than 500 points. on this session alone. the s&p 500 and the nasdaq down similar percentage points. wow. we re down now more than 500. the market is now down 503. what a day. and you will see the headlines tomorrow. there is no positive way of spinning this.
so one of those million-dollar donations was from this company, w. span, l.l.c. listed at 590 madison avenue in new york, which is an office building. turns out that there s no such company listed at 590 madison avenue. i talked to the management company. they say they ve never heard of it. i started looking around for corporate records, traced it to this boston lawyer filing in the state of delaware, but no indication who this was, who s behind it and the company has since dissolved, raising the question, was it created for the sole purpose of making this million-dollar donation to restore our future . remarkable detective work as always. thank you for joining us. now we turn back to the markets where a rather panic-stricken selloff continues. look at that, 476.54 down and going further down. cnbc s chief white house
pay attention to those things. today was a day that every tv network became a business news network. take a look now, down 407. 407. massive plunge. red across the board. the dow jones industrial average down more than 400 points. the dow jones industrial down more than 450 points. nasdaq down right now 117 points. down nine of 10 days. we have the s&p 500 down more than 4%. our biggest loss since 2009. hearing words like alarming, panic, devastating. rather panic-stricken selloff continues. look at that. 476.54 down, and going further down. now the dow is down more than 500 points. on this session alone. the s&p 500 and the nasdaq down similar percentage points. wow. we re down now more than 500. the market is now down 503. what a day. and you will see the headlines
charles? okay. stan grant joining us from tokyo. many thanks to you updating us on the situation there, the operation to bring the things under control at the fukushima daiichi plant. thanks again. poly? charles, the financial fallout continues to follow the nuclear reactor problems. today the japanese yen hit the strongest level against the dollar. that was one dollar to 76.54 yen which surpassed the previous high of 79.75 in 95. it since pulled back and is right now trading at around 79.11 to one u.s. dollar. now a super strong yen is a very big issue. exporters want a weaker yen. you see it there still at 79. it has still surpassed that 80-en ma80 0 yen mark.