* Fire sale: BoA in talks to sell Merrill’s property investments to Blackstone
* Reversal of feedback: Entrepreneurial advice for VCs and angels
* Aftab Jamil: The biotech dilemma of innovation vs. cash conservation
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* Morning Call: U.S. futures point lower ahead of inflation data, London falls early, European shares slide and the Nikkei loses ground.
* Edward Harrison: Why the Fed’s permanent zero is toxic
* Michael Mandel: The consumer economy is dying. Let it finish.
* James Altucher: The day I pent a billionaire too much money
* Joshua Brown: The dangers of dilettante hedge fund managers
* Fighting the golden shield: Cisco sued over jailing and torture of Chinese dissidents
* Win-win: Abercrombie & Fitch offers to pay Jersey Shore’s “The Situation” not to wear its clothes
* John Carney says you can’t really raise taxes on hedge fund managers (I think he’s wrong, but link is in spirit of balance)
* Tweet of the Day @pegobry Anyone else remember when Google’s About Us page included the phrase “We do search. We don’t do anything else. We do search.”