Pre-Marketing: Bankruptcy bonuses

* Ridiculous: The CEO bankruptcy bonus

* Rotten Apple reply: Tim Cook's letter to employees

* Better things to do: A who's who of Davos absentees

* Dan Shapiro: Your "company culture" is a meaningless platitude

* Morning Call: U.S. futures point higher, London falls early, European shares climb and the Nikkei slips.

* Brad Stone: Amazon's hit man

* Rodolfo Rosini: The age of AngelList

* New site alert: StartupDataTrends.com

* H.R. 4286: Newt's laws for governing a space colony

* Disappointing: Twitter caves to foreign gov't censorship

* Just a matter of time: Gillibrand enters Volcker Rule fray

* Survey says: U.S. investors want Romney, global investors want Obama

* Oops: Romney's tax returns show funds not listed in financial disclosure forms

* Chrystia Freeland: 'Kumbaya' capitalism collides with self-interest

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* Headline of the Day: Girl, 7, saves unconscious mother by slapping her with slice of pizza