1. Corzine’s first sin was to bet on MF Global (Financial Times)

Whenever financial disaster strikes, it is tempting to try to identify the moment when it became inevitable, writes John Gapper.

2. We think surgeons make 600 percent more than they actually do (Washington Post)

That’s according to a new study in the Journal of Arthroplasty, writes Sarah Kliff.

3. Would Don Draper hate today's corporate ad campaigns? (Washington Post)

If an ad man like Don Draper saw the groveling, apologetic PR coming from big corporations today, Fred Smith thinks he’d be appalled, writes Suzy Khimm.

4. Where to find bank stress (Robert Peston)

I have been directed towards a dramatic shift in the Eurepo curve, by Sandy Chen of Cenkos securities, writes Robert Peston.

5. Carlos Slim may drive KPN to poison (Reuters Breaking Views)

The Dutch telecoms group wants to dodge what it sees as a takeover-on-the-cheap from the world’s richest man, writes Quentin Webb.