peHUB First Read

* RIP BCE: The mega-buyout binge of '06-'07 is finally over. * BreakingViews: "Apollo and Cerberus may need help from the god of hopeless causes." * Spam returns to American dinner tables. * Morning Call: U.S. futures point lower, Europe down on finance and mining, Nikkei keeps rising and Hong Kong up slightly. * Banks keep trying to game the system, and the system keeps giving them ways to do it. * Heidi catches up with the AIG and Lehman asset sales. * Ritholtz vs. Chris Cox.

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