peHUB First Read

* Which 20 companies lost the most money in 2009? * Janine de Nysschen: Why men get VC funding and women don't * Peter Fuhrman: Citic Capital and the challenges of the Chinese buyouts business * Morning Call: U.S. futures look flat, London falls early, European shares retreat, the Nikkei rebounds and China shares climb. * Dan Woods: The end of the Blackberry elite * Steve Rattner is still managing Mike Bloomberg's fortune * Even in Blackstone’s worst-case scenario, LPs get back a buck-fifty