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With this morning's First Read find out about KKR's stellar earnings, why Apple won't invest in Twitter and the London PE firms who are proud to be British and getting into the Olympic spirit.

Take a break before work with this morning's First Read to find out whether Twitter would be better if we had to pay for it, why venture firms are diving into Brazil in spite of the risks and DreamWorks and its friendly ghost.

This morning's First Read covers Dell Venture's latest fundraising, a backlog of unsold deals that threaten to choke the industry and five start-ups to watch from 500 Startups demo day.

This morning's First Read highlights the key to tech success, takes a look at the slimline iPhone5 and congratulates Marissa Mayer on her new job and pregnancy news.

Click on this morning's First Read to find out everything you need to know about biotech this summer, Microsoft and NBC's break-up and why Facebook has bought Spool.

This morning's First Read brings you news of NewWorld Capital's maiden fund, how Apple's iCloud data centre got built and DFJ Esprit's latest fashion tip.

This morning First Read brings you the latest on Pitango's new venture fund, the best boring biotech companies you can find and which of the social networking sites is rising, falling or treading water.

Click on this morning's FirstRead to find out more about Frazier Healthcare's $400m fundraising, Google's visual dictionary and where to get a top class take-out.

This morning's First Read takes a look at who's still active in the early stage biotech space, Sony's move into the cloud and five years of iPhone reviews.

Take a break with this morning's First Read to find out how corporate VC did in Q1, iPhone's five year sales figures and the new soap opera called Europe.