* Darth Vader: Why I am leaving the Empire
* Heidi Moore: The devil wears pinstripes
* First Trust: The bears’ five stages of grief
* Daniel Loeb: Yahoo proxy fight is imminent
* Morning Call: U.S. futures point higher, European shares flatten and the Nikkei extends rally.
* Milo Yiannopoulos: About that Orange-Publicis VC fund…
* Game change? GOP Rep. proposes millionaire surtax
* Derek Thompson: How the tractor explains the middle class crisis
* Andrew Chen: Why I doubted that Facebook could build a billion dollar business
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* Tweet of the Day: @davidsacks: I’m declaring it: Yammer will never hire another former Yahoo employee who doesn’t leave in the next 60 days. Who will join me? #stopyahoo
* Bloomberg editorial: “Apparently, when Greg Smith arrived at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. almost 12 years ago, the legendary investment firm was something like the Make-A-Wish Foundation — existing only to bring light and peace and happiness to the world.”