1. Who is Wall Street’s Voldemort, and why is he so feared? (Washington Post)
Voldemort wasn’t charged with reducing risk for Hogwarts. Iksil is, writes Suzy Khimm.
2. Twitter gives peace a chance in patent wars (Reuters)
All we are tweeting is give peace a chance, writes Reynolds Holdings.
3. Bob Diamond's big sacrifice? (Guardian)
The proposal that the Barclays chief ties part of his bonus to return on equity only affects 14% of his £17.5m pay package, writes Philip Inman.
4. Patents into ploughshares (Babbage)
Agreeing to stand down unilaterally, while retaining a defensive capability, is precisely what Twitter seems to have done in the theatre of intellectual-property (IP) conflict, writes Babbage.
5. Venturecrats (Schumpeter)
EUROPEAN governments like venture capital, and venture capitalists have every reason to like European governments, writes Schumpeter.