* Eric Paley: The limits of pattern recognition
* All talk, no walk: Corporations get cold feet on tax reform
* William Alden: Chipping away at private equity’s glass ceiling
* Ashlee Vance: Apple’s mysterious case of the missing moonshot
* Morning Call: U.S. futures up ahead of ADP, Europe sags and the Nikkei climbs.
* Silent partner: Silicon Valley’s Wizard of Oz
* Hedge fund managers: Our competitors are cheating
* Buh-buy: Wyoming pension fires CIO for insider trading
* Conundrum: Why abundant oil hasn’t cut gasoline prices
* Matthew Garrahan: Seinfeld turns ‘nothing’ into rerun gold
* Big bet: Zynga rolls out first real-money games this week in UK
* Michael Carney: Apple should buy Dropbox, no matter the cost
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* Illinois pol: Private equity exec raises $1.3m in one month for gov race
* Tweet of the day: @hblodget: Elon Musk really is a genius. The man just got the entire world to tune in to hear about a new loan offer.
