peHUB First Read

Where to Get a Tech Job: Seattle is strongest while New York is the biggest market, according to FINS. Scoops: How Bloomberg gets earning releases before everyone else. Tax Cut Deal Goes to Obama: Now, 51 million will take home less. This Morning: U.S. stock futures ease on a multi-notch downgrade of Ireland's debt. LeBron Aftermath: Why we should all hate Miami (just a little spoiled, no?). Deal: PE firms in talks to buy Blackwater, the private security firm. Thawing Debt Markets: Blackstone restructures about $7 bln in debt tied to its mammoth $39 billion buy of Sam Zell's Equities Office Properties Trust from 2007.