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The latest quarterly GDP data shows some countries growing strongly, but others are still suffering. It is an interactive graphic map.

Gainers

• iShares MSCI Brazil Index (NYSE: EWZ) up 1.02% to $70.54. After opening lower, Brazilian shares shaking off GDP data in the U.S. and continuing higher today after their central bank said that it would be curbing their cycle of interest rate hikes.
• SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD) up 0.61% to $114.99.
  
  Gaining today from sour GDP data. A sagging U.S, dollar, and attractive prices, is having investors make a push for gold today, after GDP data came in short of views.

The U.S. economy turned in a surprisingly good performance in the fourth quarter, surging by 5.7 percent, according to government data.

Or did it? By John W. Schoen.

Here is a recap of the top news items from this week on Wall Street: 1. Following weeks of battle and debate, Ben Bernanke was reconfirmed as the Fed's Chairman this week.

In a 70-30 vote on Thursday afternoon, the Senate accepted Bernanke in the closest vote for a Fed chairman in nearly 32 years.

The nomination came after a procedural vote in the Senate where supporters of Bernanke warned that not bringing him back would kick the legs out from under the already fragile recovery from the economic recession. 2.

GDP data for the last quarter of '09 showed that the