* Academia: March Madness and investor mood
* Changing times: Not enough homes to meet demand
* Startup scene: Will Austin ever live up to its promise?
* Ellen Cushing: The Bay Area’s bacon-wrapped economy
* Scott Thurm: ‘Pay for performance’ no longer a punchline
* Morning Call: U.S. futures down, European shares fall and the Nikkei rises.
* Larry Fink: U.S. equities will rise 20%
* Om Malik: Google can Keep it to itself
* Second act: Dylan Ratigan becomes a farmer
* Add to cart: Jeff Bezos recovers Apollo 11 engines
* Will Hsu: Sh*t you should never say to a VC in a pitch
* Gareth Cook: The brilliance of the dog mind
* Cover of the year: Daily News shames Congress on guns
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* Marketing: Under new strategy, Morgan Stanley couldn’t invest in itself
* Matt Levine: Fitch And Kroll are happy to make mortgage securitization fun again