peHUB First Read

* Felix Salmon: Truth and rhetoric in job creation * Albert Wegner: Are there limits to Web decentralization? * Topix CEO Chris Tolles speaks from experience: When attorney generals attack * Morning Call: U.S. futures point lower, London falls early, European shares retreat and the Nikkei sheds 2%. * Q&A with Intel exec Renee James on the McAfee acquisition * Andy Zacky: The case for Facebook's $50 billion valuation * Owen Thomas: Why e-commerce IPOs will soon be a smarter buy than digital/social media * The Economist on private equity: "A useful industry that will probably become more useful as it becomes less grandiose."