peHUB First Read

* KKR sees infrastructure ahead.

* The credit crisis is just beginning?!?

* Wall Street firms near deal with regulators over auction-rate securities. Well, except for Merrill. And now that it’s ending, what lessons did we learn?

* Liquidation is not the answer for United Airlines. I agree, because they’d probably screw that up too.

* Is Google the new Berkshire Hathaway? If so, shouldn’t it still be worth more than Apple?

* Anyone want to buy The Austin-American Statesman? Yeah, didn’t think so.

* Look ma! I was on TV today.