Pre-Marketing: Sears conspiracy?

* Bethany McLean: A tale of two SEC cases

* Sears collapse: Conspiracy or cluelessness?

* Juha Saarinen: What PR people really think of journalists

* Kara Swisher: 4 more Yahoo directors to follow Yang out the door

* Morning Call: U.S. futures point higher, London opens lowerEuropean shares fall and the Nikkei climbs 1%.

* Michael Brush: The $1 CEO myth

* Joe Nocera: What if Jamie Dimon is right?

* Write-off? Lost snowshoer burned money for warmth

* Gregg Easterbrook: Will voters confuse Bane with Bain?

* Latest Gingrich on private equity: It’s “exploitative”

* Hunter Walk: Reinventing the Chamber of Commerce

* Doc dump: McCain’s entire opposition research file on Romney

* Cyber wars: Israeli hackers bring down Saudi stock exchange

* It’s over: Judge dismisses dotcom suit against Frank Quattrone

* Survey says: Millionaires back Buffett Rule if they’re exempt

* LAPD: Pinkberry co-founder beat up homeless man with a tire iron

* Beyond benefits: Long-term unemployment ripples through Roswell

* Tweet of the Day: @YahooBoard: To protest #sopa we’re stopping all product development on @flickr, effective five years ago. #yahoo4eva

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