$$$ JC Flowers Fund Is Said to Have $47.8 Million Loss on Its MF Global Stake [Bloomberg]
$$$ MF Bankruptcy Sends Clients Fleeing [Bloomberg]
$$$ Pennies From Heaven [PIMCO]
$$$ “Donning a black hat and cape to compliment a tacked-on tail and ears, Meredith Whitney came to her annual office Halloween costume competition on Monday dressed as Puss in Boots.” [Dealbook]
$$$ Topless protest against DSK in Paris [EuroNews]
$$$ “Kim Kardashian Is A Smart Investor” [Daily Intel]
$$$ Interview: Ruth Madoff [NYT]
$$$ “A Bridgeport man, angered by a woman driving and talking on her cell phone was arrested in Norwalk when the woman he allegedly tried to pull over with a fake gold “police-type” badge turned out to be senior prosecutor at the Norwalk courthouse…She said earlier that afternoon she was driving on Main Avenue in Norwalk when a man began honking “frantically” at her and telling her to pull over, Botwick’s two-page arrest warrant said.” [Stamford Advocate]
"Federal regulators have discovered that hundreds of millions of dollars in customer money may have gone missing from MF Global in recent days…"
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/10/31/regulators...
"Pennies From Heaven"
I could use a few of them. Let's just say my prospects for a Christmas bonus at my current place of employment are between slim and none.