peHUB First Read

* Hank Paulson apparently gave Vanity Fair's Todd Purdum regular interviews throughout his term as Treasury Secretary. Here is the six-page result. * MC Hammer was at the Harvard Faculty Club yesterday, extolling the virtues of social media. * William Cohan on Chris Flowers: Checkmate for a Wall Street wizard? * Big Deals: PE/VC firms buying Skype, KKR kicking TCW's tires. * Morning Call: U.S. futures point lower, London deflates, European shares dragged down by banks, the Nikkei edges higher and China and Hong Kong steady after recent slide. * Leo Hindery (and others) on buying American: "The governments of most major developed countries support their own industries and, in these economic times, it only makes sense for Washington to do likewise."