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Pre-Marketing 4.8.11

* John Carney: A government shutdown also could shut down Wall Street

* Table that 2012 Facebook IPO: SEC may relax share rules for private companies

* Matt Wirz: PIK your poison (the return of bubble-era bonds)

* Morning Call: U.S. futures point higher, London rises early on minersEuropean shares climb and the Nikkei jumps 1.9%.

* Back at you: Lynn Tilton responds to Forbes

* Yinka Adegoke: How News Corp got lost in MySpace

* Mohamed El-Erian: European debt crisis morphs into a new phase

* Robert Weisman: A new chapter for ex-Genzyme boss Henri Termeer

* Larry Page: Google (GOOG) employee bonuses now tied to the search giant’s success (or failure) at social

* Does an obscure 1884 law mean that ‘non-essential’ government workers have to turn in their smartphones if there’s a shutdown?