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        <Description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"&gt;The &lt;b&gt;U.S. stock market&lt;/b&gt; is surging forward today. Spread betting and contracts for differences should consider that the stock market is shrugging off news that the &lt;a title="U.S. economy, U.S. stock market, spread bets, CFDs, spread bets U.S. stocks, spread betting stock market, contracts for differences, swine flu" target="_blank" href="http://forex.gftforex.com/public/item/231378"&gt;U.S. economy shrunk in Quarter 1, 2009&lt;/a&gt;. Also being shrugged off: Results of the &lt;b&gt;bank stress tests&lt;/b&gt; that claim that six of the nineteen banks (including Citi and Bank of America) &lt;a title="U.S. economy, U.S. stock market, spread bets, CFDs, spread bets U.S. stocks, spread betting stock market, contracts for differences, swine flu" target="_blank" href="http://ml-implode.com/staticnews/2009-04-29_6of19TestedBanksNeedtoRaiseCapital.html"&gt;need better capitalization&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"&gt;Indeed, hope for the future is the main theme on the U.S. stock market today. Carrying over from &lt;a title="U.S. economy, U.S. stock market, spread bets, CFDs, spread bets U.S. stocks, spread betting stock market, contracts for differences, swine flu" target="_blank" href="item/231328"&gt;yesterday's rally based on consumer confidence&lt;/a&gt;, U.S. stocks are moving ahead on future hopes for economic growth. Also helping: Worries about the &lt;b&gt;swine flu&lt;/b&gt; are diminishing. Thanks to the fact that the flu has been relatively contained, and not many deaths have occurred in G10 nations, swine flu is falling off investor radar.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
  &lt;p&gt; &lt;font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"&gt;It remains to be seen how long-lasting today's rally will be; the &lt;b&gt;Fed wraps up another meeting today&lt;/b&gt;, and the FOMC's statement its likely to have an effect.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</Description>
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