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Portfolio's Felix Salmon has an interesting take on why CBS Corp. would be a great acquisition for Berkshire Hathaway Inc. now that it is acquiring CNet Networks Inc.. He writes: Berkshire doesn't necessarily look for growth in the businesses it buys: it looks for cashflow,

, in the wake of what happened earlier this week with Clear Channel. * VentureBeat has a Q&A with Steve Jurvetson, on a cleantech biz plan competition and playing God. * CBS buys CNet. Now who should buy CBS? Felix suggests Berkshire Hathaway. * The Alliance Boots bankers find buyers for their hung bridge: Apollo, Blackstone and TPG. * A clouded outlook for Evergreen Solar, which still has a lot of VC shareholders. * A $100 cheesesteak

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, in the wake of what happened earlier this week with Clear Channel. * VentureBeat has a Q&A with Steve Jurvetson, on a cleantech biz plan competition and playing God. * CBS buys CNet. Now who should buy CBS? Felix suggests Berkshire Hathaway. * The Alliance Boots bankers find buyers for their hung bridge: Apollo, Blackstone and TPG. * A clouded outlook for Evergreen Solar, which still has a lot of VC shareholders. * A $100 cheesesteak

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, in the wake of what happened earlier this week with Clear Channel. * VentureBeat has a Q&A with Steve Jurvetson, on a cleantech biz plan competition and playing God. * CBS buys CNet. Now who should buy CBS? Felix suggests Berkshire Hathaway. * The Alliance Boots bankers find buyers for their hung bridge: Apollo, Blackstone and TPG. * A clouded outlook for Evergreen Solar, which still has a lot of VC shareholders. * A $100 cheesesteak