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Pre-Marketing: John Paulson protection

* 1 in 1%: Who really won that Powerball jackpot?

* Major milestone: U.S. close to becoming net exporter of fuel

* Paulson protection: The 92nd Street Y has a cushion against Wall St. worries

* George Packer: What billionaire Peter Thiel and homeless Ray Kachel have in common

* Morning Call: U.S. futures point lower, European shares slump on banks and the Nikkei falls 0.5%. [Update: Things have turned around globally after China cut banks’ reserve requirements]

* Fred Wilson rails against reception-desk NDAs

* Anti-competitive? FCC report on AT&T/T-Mobile merger

* New Coke syndrome: When good companies have bad ideas

* From 6 weeks ago: Why American Airlines should consider bankruptcy

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* Year-end lists begin: Most-shared articles via Facebook in 2011

* Wells Fargo: Consumer confidence rebounds in November

* Bruce Bartlett: Gingrich and the destruction of Congressional expertise

* Felix Salmon: Jed Rakoff’s fraught decision on Citi

* Of course: There is now a Facebook page for people against the Facebook IPO

* Richard Gayle: 5 lessons Immunex taught me

* HRJ saga continues: SEC looking into failed PE fund-of-funds run by ex-San Francisco 49ers