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Date Added: June 05, 2008 09:28:04 PM
June 4 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks fell, sending bank shares to their lowest level in eight years, as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke 's warning that inflation is too high spurred speculation policy makers will raise interest rates.

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