* Farhad Manjoo: The case against the “vaporware parade” known as CES

* Henry Blodget: Now that we know Facebook’s financials, is it worth $50 billion?

* Morning Call: U.S. futures fall ahead of jobs data, London drops early,  European shares retreat and the Nikkei hits 8-month closing high.

* John Byrne: The Daily Show for MBAs

* On the block: CitiFinancial and CapitalSource

* Kelly Eggers: 10 ways to blow a job interview

* Greg Zuckerman: The graying of the barbarians

* Remember to sign up for Term Sheet’s daily email

* Ze Peqeuno: The inevitable fall and destruction of EMI

* Mobile net neutrality? The FCC hopes you’ll make an app for that

* Brenden Mulligan: Pizza and Cup o’ Noodles are hurting your startup

* Thanks, but no thanks: Apple (AAPL) offered its CFO job to Blackstone Group’s Laurence Tosi, but he turned them down

* VC funds appear to have been exempted from Volcker Rule, but Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) wants to make extra sure (note: that would be former venture capitalist Sen. Mark Warner)

* Tweet of the Day: @ReformedBroker I don’t care how high they raise the Debt Ceiling as long as Lionel Richie can still dance on it.

* Barney Frank on attempts to repeal Dodd-Frank: “They yearn to return to the thrilling days of yesteryear, so the loan arrangers can ride again – untrammeled by any rules restraining irresponsibility, excess, deception, and most of all, infinite leverage.”