peHUB First Read
* It's amazing to think that Chrysler is in a position to hand out corporate lifelines, but that may be the net effect of picking A123 Systems to make batteries for its 2010 line of electric vehicles. * Scott Moore's Bailout Art (h/t Ritholtz) * You're a journalist covering the pharma market. He's a pharma exec on the same flight, and you can see every word of a PowerPoint presentation "promising a 'deep dive' into how the company hopes to get insurance companies to pay for the drug." What do you do? * Morning Call: U.S. futures point lower, London down in early trading, European shares poised to drop for third straight day, the Nikkei and Hong Kong break winning streaks. * Japanese venture firms are in trouble, and another global buyout firm abandons the country. * ABC's Brian Ross finds Allen Stanford.
