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Pre-Marketing: Iowa’s campaign economy

* Charles Riley: Iowa’s campaign economy

* Fujifilm: Too early to discuss Olympus investment

* Sarah Schmid: A Detroit mom’s quest to breath innovation into young minds

* Morning Call: U.S. futures flatten, European shares edge higher and the Nikkei slumps.

* Rebecca Smith: The coal age nears its end

* Jonathan Henes: Is NYC the pension reform model to follow?

* Robert Scoble: Why Windows Phone really hasn’t taken off

* Leena Rao: How physical retailers can fight back against Amazon

* Bah-humbug: Sears plans to close up to 120 Sears and Kmart stores

* Infographic: Why Americans pay so much for brand-name drugs

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* Bess Levin: When do-it-yourself bonuses backfire

*A holiday card: From Stanta to climate change skeptics

* Seriously: Company sues ex-employee for value of his Twitter followers

* Edward Tenner: Should Shackleton’s heroism  matter to today’s entrepreneurs?

* Tweet of the Day: @AntDeRosa Now if only people would lobby their congressperson as aggressively as they did GoDaddy.