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* The Son of Gutenberg: How WordPress changed the way we publish * Rajiv Sethi: The flash crash was an extreme version of a routine event * Stacey Higgenbotham: Will Silicon Valley remain the center of the tech universe * First Read: U.S. futures point to mixed open, London keeps rising, European shares climb and the Nikkei slips. * Up close with James Dolan * An end to free checking accounts? * On BP, it's Simmons vs. Simmons * Vinod Kohlsa: What really matters in thin-film solar startups * Your daily carried interest: John Backus of New Atlantic Ventures makes his case * Maybe the vuvuzelas aren't all bad. Seems that they've created an entrepreneurial opportunity for some poor South African villagers.

* Robert Sutton: Hey boss, enough with the big hairy goals * Martha White: Are Chinese wage hikes a net gain or loss for the U.S. * David Brooks: The struggle between democratic capitalism and state capitalism * Morning Call: U.S. futures point lower, London rises early, European shares continue rally and the Nikkei gans 1.8%. * TARP Scorecard: Who has paid it back? * Covestor says it has helped move around $100 million of "replicated trades" * Bob Baltera: The biotech balance between finding a partner and owning it all. * Tom Philpott: There are big questions about those chemical dispersants BP is dumping into the Gulf

* Julia Hu: How biz plan competitions almost killed, and then saved, my startup * Andrew Ross Sorkin: Everyone hates Goldman Sachs. Well, everyone except its clients. * For private equity, Saudi Arabia has been considered a source of fund capital. Now it may also become a place to do deals. * Morning Call: U.S. futures point higher, London falls early, European shares resume rally and the Nikkei gains 0.1%. * Rolfe Winkler: There's been no M&A boom in 2010, and that's okay * WInnie Hu: School districts are beginning to introduce engineering in kindergarten * European regulators meet tomorrow on a noxious directive that could prevent non-EU private equity firms from raising fund capital from European institutions. * As we look forward to Game 6 tonight, a reminder that former Celtic Rodney Rogers is still hoping to regain use of his legs. * Jamie Keiles is an 18-year-old high school senior attempting to spend one month living according to the gospel of Seventeen Magazine. * Q&A with Fred Wilson, including this item on Chatroulette: "I haven’t seen or spoken to Andrey [the founder] since the day he showed up in the country. We met with him; he didn’t really know what he wanted to do with Chatroulette. I was eager to meet him, but after meeting him I didn’t get the impression that he knew what to do with it."

* Fred Wilson: Parting ways with a founding team member * Zac Bissonnette: The hidden lifestyle costs of going to an elite private college * Matthew Wurtzel: "Apple's new terms for publishing ads on its mobile devices aren't just a blow to Google Inc. and its newly acquired AdMob unit. They could also pose a problem for venture capitalists invested in other, still-independent mobile ad companies." * Morning Call: U.S. futures point higher, London rises early, European shares hit 4-week high and the Nikkei climbs on exporters. * Alex Benik: The VMotion myth * We are one step closer to having lightsabers * Combatting the complexities of carbon fraud * Karate Kid netted $56 million, even though the kid didn't learn karate. * Lehman lesson: If you think your firm might end up as the subject of a massive fraud probe, be sure to avoid using certain key terms in emails.

* Jason Freedman: Business school curriculums teach us how to suck at startups * Barney Frank: There is "conceptual agreement" on passing a tougher Volcker Rule * Vin Crosby: The greatest change in the history of media isn't from analog to digital. It's from relative scarcity to surfeit. * Morning Call: U.S. futures point higher, London rises early, European shares climb and the Nikkei gains 1.7%. * Jeff Clavier chimes in on the "panel pile-up" issue * China continues to lift restrictions on private investment * Super Whales: Top social game spenders pay more than $10k each for virtual goods. * Celtic fans walked away happy last night, but hedge fund manager (and minority owner) Jim Pallotta might get into trouble for his actions after Game 3. * IBD sounds the PE overhang alarm. It's right about the capital surplus (we discussed it last week), but I think it's more about poor timing (tons of money raised just before the crash) than about a current/future inability to find big leverage (remember Fidelity National?).

* John Sculley explains why he fired Steve Jobs * Wanted: A buyer for Blackwater and its baggage * Golnaz Esfandiari: "Far from being a tool of revolution in Iran over the last year, the Internet, in many ways, just complicated the picture." * Morning Call: U.S. futures point higher, London rises early, European shares climb and the Nikkei gains 1percent. * Bain & Co: Six ways to make healthcare M&A work * Knowledge @Wharton: Can we ever regulate the financial unknown? * Camille Ricketts: The defeat of California's Prop 16 is a win for grid innovation * Photo of the Day: Engaged couple discovers pic of their paths crossing as kids at Disney World. * Harry Reid says that the tax extenders bill (which is where the carried interest changes are housed) will pass the Senate next week.

* Liz Gannes: How Zynga survived FarmVille * Andrew Curry: Germany's Jim Cramer (with a criminal twist) * Michael Lewis: I pledge to write funnier columns on Goldman Sachs * Morning Call: U.S. futures mixed, London rises early, European shares retreat and the Nikkei closes at 6-month low. * Chicago Fed on current economic conditions * Mary Meeker's latest Internet Trends presentation * Survey says improved outlook for Eastern European private equity * BigDoor CEO Keith Smith writes a love letter to his venture capitalists * BP is buying Google and Yahoo search phrases like "oil spill" and "oil spill claims".

* Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu: Why we haven't taken venture capital * Andrew Ross Sorkin: "The idea that BP might one day file for bankruptcy, particularly as part of a merger that would enable it to cordon off its liabilities from the spill, is starting to percolate on Wall Street." * The Senate takes up carried interest taxation (via the jobs bill), and is expected to soften the House's 75/25 split (75% ordinary income, 25% cap gains). Politico reports the deliberative ones may use a 65/35 split, and 55/45 for assets held for at least seven years (olive branch to VC firms). This new formula wouldn't go into effect until 2013. * Morning Call: U.S. futures point to mixed open, London falls early, European shares keep dropping and the Nikkei climbs. * Peak Wood? John Perlin thinks so. * Kevin Kelleher: How much innovation remains in the iPhone? * Engadget: Sizing up iPhone 4 vs. other smartphones * Seed-stage deals account for 26% of early-stage Web investments * David Hornick: "The first decade in venture is all about pattern acquisition so that the second decade might be about successful pattern matching."

* Will ZipCar eventually turn a profit? * Lawmakers move (again) to toughen the Volcker Rule * Therese Poletti: Mark Zuckerberg has a Richard Nixon moment * Morning Call: U.S. futures point higher, London rises early, European shares climb and the Nikkei has its best day in six months. * Today in Ponzi Scheme news... * Brad Feld: Suggestions for angel investors * League Table: The top infrastructure investors * Don Dodge: The angel investor/convertible note conundrum * Can Groupon's momentum help tranform Chicago into a venture capital hotspot? * Pru yesterday pulled out of its bid for AIA, which means the value of withdrawn M&A activity for 2010 has reached $135 billion, or almost double withdrawn M&A volume seen over the same period in 2009. Here's the data (.pdf)

* The next chapter for Tom Hicks * Jack Neff: Is the digital revolution driving a decline in U.S. car culture? * The SEC is seeking to bar Steve Rattner from the securities industry for 3 years. Not surprisingly, Rattner is resisting. * Morning Call: U.S. futures signal rebound, London dragged down by oil, European shares stumble, the Nikkei falls and Hong Kong shares weaken. * The brave new world of sovereign wealth funds * Anya Kamenetz: 10 new education companies to know * Who has a deeper sense of fairness: Mortgage brokers or chimpanzees? * Steve Rubel: What Twitter must learn from TechCrunch in order to thrive * Andrew Revkin: Can we do better at managing rare, big risks like oil spills?