Pre-Marketing: China’s VC slowdown

* Floyd Norris: The myth of fixing LIBOR

* Charles Pierce: Life under Romneycare

* Mark Boslet: China’s venture capital slowdown

* $100 million lesson: Why I got fired from Facebook

* Nitsuh Abebe: What being an indie rock star buys in 2012

* Morning Call: U.S. futures point higherEuropean shares climb and the Nikkei slides.

* Found: Jeff Gundlach’s stolen art

* Big deal: KKR buying Acteon from First Reserve

* The Pigeon Movement: France’s last hope for startups?

* If Obama wins… Expect a quick Treasury Sec nomination

* David Veksler: Some lesser-known truths about programming

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* Tim Staermose: Private companies trying to borrow way out of debt

* Line of the day: “There’s a strange contradiction in the Valley where investors say they crave the experience of a serial entrepreneur but also want the fresh eyes of a young entrepreneur in touch with the users of today.”

* Tweet/image of the day: @ditzkoff The Simpsons slipped this “McBain Capital” billboard into tonight’s opening credits.