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Investors take 11th-hour revenue before tax changes

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bloomberg news A natural gas conditioning station stands in a field west of Rifle, Colo. Natural gas futures declined in New York before a weekly government report that may show a seasonal stockpile decline.

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If decade-old tax cuts are allowed to expire at the end of this year, dividends will be taxed like ordinary income, and the top rate for ordinnary income will rise to 39.6 percent from 35 percent.