* Andy Kessler: What world economies can learn from Google

* Of Davos and Egypt: Felix Salmon staples his tongue to his cheek

* Morning Call: U.S. futures flatten on Egyptian unrest, crude oil futures rise, London falls early, European shares retreat and the Nikkei hits a 1-month closing low.

* Yves Smith: How banks influence people in high places

* Thomas Lee: Why does Uncle Sam heart drugs but not med devices?

* Is Tyler Cowen the next Tom Friedman? A review of The Great Stagnation

* Borders (BGP) to vendors and landlords: We’ll pay you. Just not yet. Again.

* Capitulation? Genzyme gives Sanofi access to confidential information

* Ex-Deutsche trader launches a “black swan” hedge fund. Does Nassim Taleb get a commission? How about Natalie Portman?

* Robert Scoble says he was wrong about Quora being the next great blogging service. Dan Kaplan tells Scoble that Quora isn’t his playground.

* The White House is launching its “Startup America” initiative today, which is designed to promote a “high-growth entrepreneurship across the country with new initiatives to help encourage private sector investment in job-creating startups, accelerate research, and address barriers to success for entrepreneurs and small businesses.” No word yet on which “top entrepreneurs” will be in attendance. You can watch it live here at 11am ET.

* When The Social Network was released last October, I suggested that Mark Zuckerberg should go on SNL (via an un-spellchecked tweet). Seems like he finally took my advice…

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