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                       S&P Finishes Best Week of the Year

   by VOA News

   The threat of terrorism and a possible rise in interest rates did
   little to stop the bulls on Wall Street this week.

   The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 3.3 percent Friday to finish its
   best week of the year. The Dow Jones industrial average and Nasdaq
   Composite index also finished strong.

   Economists pointed to strong gains by several popular discount
   retailers and a rally in tech stocks for the markets' strong week.

   They also said investors expected the Federal Reserve to raise interest
   rates soon and were no longer uneasy about the idea.
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