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* Big deal: Kinetic Concepts going private for $6.3 billion

* Platinum-lined cloud: Dropbox raising new funding at a $5 billion+ valuation

* Finally, a reason to buy $1 coins: Frequent flier miles!

* Bruce Bartlett: Are we about to repeat the mistakes of 1937?

* Cozy shadows: Wall Street eases credit terms for hedge funds

* Morning Call: U.S. futures point higher, London rises early, European shares perk up and the Nikkei gains 0.4%.

* Chart of the Day: News Corp’s negative U.S. tax rate

* It’s all connected: The link between peak oil and peak debt

* Steve Klinsky: Defending private equity from a flawed picture

* Lucy Marcus: Are your board members rocket fuel or rocks?

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* U.S. Chamber to Obama & Congress: Stop posturing and get the damn thing done

* Clerical error: BoA gives $30k of Social Security payments to the wrong customer

* William Galston: Both left and right are wrong about the cause of our economic woes