Stronger consumer confidence in an economic recovery looks increasingly justified, as unemployment claims fell to their lowest weekly level in nearly four years. That pulled the stock market back from yesterday's sharp declines, and around 1:45 p.m. EST, the Dow Jones Industrials
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