Pre-Marketing: Best Buy-out?

* Leak squad: Best Buy founder weighs buyout

* Bill Davidow: Has Facebook ruined Silicon Valley?

* Avi Jorisch: The most secretive bank in the world

* Morning Call: U.S. Futures flat, Europe trims gains and the Nikkei rebounds.

* John Hussman: We’re in a “blindside recession”

* Richard Florida: America’s 20 most creative cities

* Bill Gurley: Local will be bigger than mobile or social

* Lucy Marcus: Facebook’s board needs more than Sheryl Sandberg

* Edge, Mitt: Romney has raised $9.4m from Wall St, compared to $3.4m for Obama

* Because they’re amazing: Hampton Beach sand sculptures

* Stuart Lyman: Clash of the pharma titans looms over biosimilars

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* Blackstone boss Steve Schwarzman defends private equity:

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