* Jeremy Gantham: Night of the living Fed
* Google exec: Android was “best deal ever”
* Forget American Idol. Try Softbank CEO School.
* Morning Call: U.S. futures point higher, London rises early, European shares rebound and the Nikkei hits a 6-week closing low.
* Is ISS about to be re-LBOed?
* Paul Tudor Jones’ latest investor letter
* Study: Silicon Valley VC confidence is slowly rising
* PayPal’s Max Levchin on the rise of angels… and the fall of innovation
* Foundry Group (temporarily) drops Mad Men motif for something more seasonal
* The SEC nails former San Diego officials for intentionally underfunding pension obligations
* Phenomix’s failure is a big loss for VCs, and perhaps an even bigger loss for diabetes research
* Ross Levinsohn joins Yahoo. Sounds like the final nail in the ComVentures/Velocity/Fuse Capital coffin.
* Justin Fox: What Gretchen Morgenson is (and isn’t) good for
* Be sure to sign up for the Term Sheet emails, a daily dose of news and views on deals and deal-makers
* Christine Heron on joining Intel Capital: “Back in July, the seriously kick-ass Lucy McQuilken reached out to me to see if I would consider working with her and the rest of Mike Buckley’s investment team. I don’t know that Lucy expected me to take her up on the breakfast invitation – I was at First Round Capital, after all – but it is an incredible rarity for a female investment professional to get recruited by another female investment professional. Don’t worry if you don’t get this…just take my word that it’s very cool, and gets your attention.”
* Vinod Khosla speaks earlier this week at Caltech:
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