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* Robert Cyran: Gates should follow Ballmer out of Microsoft
* Morning Call: U.S. futures up, Europe steady and Japan climbs.
* Big deal: Lixil buying Grohe
* Dark clouds: Margin debt on the rise
* Sigh of relief: Gov’t shutdown loses steam
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* Apple market share: Facts and psychology
* Breakdown: The typical VC/startup diligence process
* Farhad Manjoo: Dear Twitter, please remain weird
* Thanks public equity: Public pension assets hit record high
* Math marketing: Why Boston has a burgeoning ad-tech cluster
* Henry Blodget: Ayn Rand biz philosophy is ruining the U.S. economy
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* Bad BlackBerry news: Cancels earnings call and T-Mobile stores stop stocking
* Erin Griffith: Attending my first ‘demo day’ in the general solicitation age
* Post-crisis world: Sovereign wealth funds put pressure on private equity
* Not accepted: AIG CEO apologizes for comparing bonus criticism to slavery
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