peHUB First Read

* Caroline Baum: "New normal" was the most overused phrase of 2009, followed by "unprecedented," "exit strategy" and "green shoots." * Top 10 Internet startup scalability killers * TriZetto Group offers to buy Canopy Financial's assets for $6.1 million * Chris Nelder: What if the Energy Information Administration Outlook were written by an honest person? * Morning Call: U.S. futures point higher, London rises early, European shares extend rally, the Nikkei hits 3-month closing high and strong closes for both China and Hong Kong shares. * Brad Feld: The downsides of large VC syndicates * SEC sues Heisman Trophy co-sponsor for investment fraud * Michael Karnjanaprakorn: A 50k foot view of the New York startup scene, whose emergence is one of the main entrepreneurial storylines of 2009. * Need a new iPhone game? How about Bailout Wars, where the goal is to defend the White House from Wall Streeters looking for cash (imagine 1600 Penn Ave. as a castle, and the bankers as barbarians at the gate).