* Into the muck: Romney readies Bain counterattack

* CB Insights: VC deal-making his 10-year high in 2011

* Morning Call: U.S. futures point higher, London rises early, European shares climb and the Nikkei dips.

* Kevin Bullis: The art of 3D printing

* Stephen Rosenman: Apple’s foreign cash hoard

* Generation Yikes: Why young savers avoid stocks

*  Farhad Manjoo: How Microsoft can reclaim its throne in 2012

* Domain watch: Blackstone Group says it “sucks”

* Olympus salvation: Samsung to the rescue?

* DC taxi chief: Uber will be “dealt with”

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* Self-promotion alert: Talking Bain and Romney last night on PBS NewsHour

* Danny Sullivan: Examples of how Google’s new search values Google+ over relevance

* Tweet of the Day: @harrisj When will someone found a private equity firm that invests in tarnished pols, revamps their pol careers, reaps legislative spoils?

* Tweet of the Day II: @davidfrum: Democrats will find it tough to deliver an anti Wall St message from Charlotte’s Bank of America stadium