* Survey says: M&A activity to increase
* Posner & Weyl: Treat big finance like big pharma
* Steven Davidoff: Why CEOs shouldn’t own mirrors
* Guilty: Allen Stanford convicted on 13 of 14 criminal counts
* Morning Call: U.S. futures point higher, London rises early, European shares rebound and the Nikkei keeps sliding.
* David Merkel: Buy-and-hold can’t die
* Erin Griffith: The problem with Pandora
* Nilay Patel: How Apple’s patents are changing Android
* Morgan Stanley: Something weird going on with econ data
* Monetization alert: Amex launches Twitter coupons
* Paul McNamara: If the Dow had chosen Apple over Cisco
* Newspaper diagnosis: It’s a culture problem, not a revenue problem
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* Tweet of the Day: @chrisfralic Subtle difference between venture capital and private equity: VCs get lucite deal toys when the company is sold, PE guys when it’s funded.