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    Dec 16, 2011

    Marketplace Index for Friday, December 16, 2011

    For financial markets, the news the government won’t shutdown this weekend over extending the payroll tax cut seems a bit like someone promising not to poke you in the eye after all. As part of the deal, the Obama administration backed off its push for a surtax on millionaires to pay for more of the payroll tax discount.

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    For financial markets, the news the government won’t shutdown this weekend over extending the payroll tax cut seems a bit like someone promising not to poke you in the eye after all. As part of the deal, the Obama administration backed off its push for a surtax on millionaires to pay for more of the payroll tax discount.