peHUB First Read

Felix Salmon: How Carlos Slim made $150 million off the New York Times. Quirky Banker Fired: Solomon Lederer, a software developer at Morgan Stanley who seeks friends on the subway, gets canned after profile appears. Satellite Talk: LightSquared speeds up Inmarsat implementation plan while Harbinger reportedly plans to sell 10% of satellite firm. Not Like the U.S.: Economists bet that world economy won't get dragged into slowing U.S. economy. Lawsuit: Microsoft claims Motorola's line of android phones infringes their patent. Small Deals: PE firms dream of $10 billion transactions but will likely stick to smaller deals.