* As expected: EU blocks NYSE-D.Boerse merger

* Peter Orszag: Fracking boom could cap peak oil myth

* Tomio Geron: The untold story of two early Facebook investors

* Morning Call: U.S. futures point higher, European shares climb and the Nikkei edges higher.

* Tax games: Twitter heads to Ireland

* Michael Hudson: The man who fired Alan Greenspan

* Fraud: Britain fines and bans ex-J.C. Flowers exec

* Lucy Marcus: Directors need to know when to go

* Why he wrote that memo: Q&A with Groupon’s Andrew Mason

* Scott Kirsner: A Russian VC firm grows in Boston

* Deknighted: Former RBS boss loses his silly title

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* Tweet of the Day: @sacca: I am calling it: Sheryl Sandberg will be president of the United States.

* Jon Stewart on Bain Capital (yes, I’m briefly in it):

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