* The FT identifies finalists in the AlpInvest auction
* Today in financial innovation: British green energy company introduces “EcoBonds”
* Tom Perkins goes against the venture grain: All VCs should be generalists, and a company’s idea is more important than its team
* Morning Call: U.S. futures point higher, London rises early, European shares climb and the Nikkei hits 3-week closing low.
* Yet another attempt to buy The Boston Globe
* Facebook game-makers turn to China for development talent
* Barry Ritholtz: Darwin’s law of maladaptive corporate behavior
* Justin Sugar: Customer development lessons from the lawn-care business
* Data: Private equity firms invested a record amount of equity last quarter
* The Harvard Club of NYC has turned down Elliot Spitzer’s application for membership
* Phin Barnes: How dog-walking troubles informed First Round Capital’s latest investment
* EA buys the publisher of Angry Birds for $20m, but it seems that Angry Birds itself wasn’t part of the deal
* John Carney’s memo to Jamie Dimon and Larry Fink: Mike Bloomberg can’t win the presidency (on the other hand, he could split moderate liberals — particularly in NY — which could hand the race to a Republican nominee)
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