peHUB First Read

* Ben Horowitz: Four things some VCs do that I don’t like

* Colin Barr: “Kerry Killinger, the forgotten villain of the financial crisis, finally has his appointment to get fitted for goat’s horns.”

* Galen Moore: “Even the world’s biggest social media geeks know there’s a limit to the amount of time you can spend online.”

* Morning Call: U.S. futures point higher on Intel earnings, London rises early, European shares climb, the Nikkei gains 0.4% and China shares hit three-month high.

* Eric Paley: It’s not about the pot of gold

* Big banks draw big profits from microloans to the poor.

* S&P says that the worst of European debt defaults is behind us.

* Tweet of the Day: @pkedrosky Blaming Wall street for underfunded public pensions is like blaming strippers for copier salesmen not having rent money.

* The carried interest tax issue is back on the legislative table, which means heads were talking on CNBC: