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  <title><![CDATA[ June swoon erases stock market gains from prior two months  ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ The optimism that brought buyers back into the markets in April and May quickly dissipated in June as the focus once again returned to the problems at hand. The seemingly unending rise in oil prices, housing market woes, worries of additional write-downs by large financial institutions and consumer confidence lows resulted in substantial selling pressure for stocks and other "risk" assets during the month.  ]]></description> 
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