Dow falls 97 points in worst showing of year

Stocks » Dow Jones industrial average drops 97.33, for its worst showing this year.

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Among the biggest movers in the U.S. market:

— Comcast, the cable provider, climbed 5 percent after beating Wall Street expectations for profit and revenue. It managed to slow the loss of customers as it added channels and better customer service.

— Kellogg rose 5 percent after announcing it would buy Pringles from Procter & Gamble. Diamond Foods had a deal to buy Pringles but got caught up in an accounting scandal. P&G was flat, and Diamond was up 5 percent.

— Zynga, the maker of popular Facebook games like FarmVille, plummeted 18 percent after reporting it lost money in the fourth quarter. Zynga went public in December.

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