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* Richard Nieva: What CEOs could learn from comedians

* Ben White: Rising economy shifts 2014 political landscape

* Joe Weisenthal: The Fed crushes emerging markets currencies

* Morning Call: U.S. futures way down, Europe falls and Japan rises.

* Tax lien: More trouble for Buddy Fletcher

* Down the stretch: Dell meeting set for July 18

* Jason Zweig: Investors shouldn’t trust the markets

* Goldman Sachs: Big rises in M&A and IPO volume ahead

* Alex Payne: A letter to young programmers considering a startup

* If you can’t beam em, eat em: How to catch and cook cicadas

* Have they heard of LinkedIn? Wall St. Journal plans social network

* Tone-deaf: Dane Cook isn’t just a lousy comic, he’s a lousy person

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* Stewart Lyman: Assigning credit and blame to pharma R&D chiefs

* Matt Flegenheimer: New York City’s “innovative” bike-share program

* Video of the Day: Nikola Tesla pitching to Silicon Valley VCs (Part II):

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