peHUB First Read

* Teaching the government to love garbage * Withered Palm: The fall of a (PE-backed) technology giant * An inside view of Wilson Sonsini's fabled investment fund * Steve Rattner plans to write a book about the auto bailout. Wonder if he'll settle with Cuomo -- thus allowing his former partners to get on with their lives -- before publication... * Morning Call: U.S. futures point lower, London falls early, European shares rise on miners, the Nikkei slips on yen worries and both China and Hong Kong shares sink. * Why everyone read Paul Samuelson * Andrew Ross Sorkin: Wall Street honchos show Obama who's boss * RPM Ventures looks to marry high-tech innovation with Midwestern manufacturing