peHUB First Read

* Steve Rattner speaks (or, more specifically, writes) about his time as car czar. No mention of why he left, or when he'll enable Quadrangle Group to settle with Andrew Cuomo. * VC playoffs: Boston vs. New York (hey, we've gotta win something) * California AG Jerry Brown takes aim at State Street for defrauding CalPERS, and CNBC takes aim at Jerry Brown. * Morning Call: U.S. futures point lower, London opens flat, European shares fall on financials, not much Nikkei movement and drops for both Hong Kong and Shanghai. * Mary Meeker's Internet deck from the Web 2.0 conference. * Daniel Yergen: A financial crisis in search of a narrative. * Fred Wilpon, Madoff victim winner? * Q&A with Twitter's Ev Williams and Federated Media's John Battelle.