peHUB Second Opinion 11.12

Can PE shop JC Flowers escape becoming a one-hit wonder? Carl Icahn has more than one interest in the Dynegy dispute. Expect Facebook's "Gmail Killer" to enter your life on Monday. Sequoia Capital lands Tumblr, in the second aggressive West Coast bid for an East Coast startup this week. No wonder Union Square Ventures' Fred Wilson is feeling troubled. Wait, a startup scores $5 million to deliver pet food to your door. Now I'm feeling troubled, too. Clearly, Y Combinator means business. Apparently too impatient to wait until December, Time compiles its "Top 50 Best Inventions of 2010." It began with real estate, but now, the economy is impacting swinging parties and clubs in New York, too. (Sad.)