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$$$ Creditor group to take part in Greek swap [FT]
$$$ Judge to Divided Allen Stanford Jury: Keep Deliberating [WSJ]
$$$ Mets Owners Must Return $83 Million in Madoff Profits [WSJ]
$$$ FX trader runs up 200k bar tab at a club in Liverpool, raising questions like (1) Is trader’s £200k bar splurge the most expensive ever? and (2) who goes clubbing, or trades FX, in Liverpool? [The Sun]
$$$ PIMCO is looking for a Marketing Writer – could that be you? [DBCC]
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$$$ Facebook Adds Citi, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank on IPO [Bloomberg]
$$$ Goldman CEO Blankfein deposed in insider case [Reuters]
$$$ Greek Official Warns Debt Holdouts [DealBook]
$$$ Yelp Stock Price Jumps 60 Percent In Its Debut [CNBC]
$$$ Here is a fashion writer’s detailed critique of Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s lawyer’s claim that it’s hard to recognize a naked prostitute [Slate, earlier]
$$$ You could be a Senior Director covering REITS for Fitch Ratings [DBCC]
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$$$ Eurozone delays Athens rescue funds [FT]
$$$ Loans to Banks Cool Debt Crisis [WSJ]
$$$ European Leaders Challenged by Rise in Joblessness [NYT]
$$$ An explanation of that Barclays tax trade, with cartoons [FTAV]
$$$ Sofa King can no longer advertise prices that are “Sofa King low” in the UK [Language Log]
$$$ Mitt Romney has worn a garbage bag for rain gear [WaPo]
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$$$ Ireland calls vote on European fiscal pact [FT]
$$$ Ray Dalio’s Pure Alpha hedge fund made $13.8 billion for its investors last year, while John Paulson lost clients almost $10 billion after an unsuccessful wager that the U.S. economy would recover, according to a report by LCH Investments NV [Bloomberg]
$$$ Apple joins the $500bn club [FT]
$$$ Too many high frequency traders use the same part of the second [Grumpy Economist]
$$$ No one will sell Becky Quick a minivan [Fortune]
$$$ A global asset manager is looking for a portfolio manager; compensation is “astronomical” [DBCC]
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$$$ Mike Mayo wants JPMorgan to be split up [DealBook]
$$$ S&P downgrades Greece to selective default [Reuters]
$$$ Merkel Hoses Down Talk of Firewall Boost [WSJ]
$$$ Should We Quit Subsidizing Corporate Debt? [John Carney / NetNet]
$$$ Goldman Fights UniCredit for Prized Oktoberfest Conference Slot
$$$ This cold calling guy again [BI, earlier, earlier]
$$$ Chicago-based proprietary trading firm Spot Trading LLC is looking for a quant trader [DBCC]
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$$$ Bonus cuts hide bigger problem for investment banks [FT]
$$$ Newsletter Flagged Possible ‘Japanese Madoff’ in 2009 [WSJ]
$$$ Gray in position to succeed Schwarzman [FT]
$$$ Apple would like to break the law of large numbers, for very loose definitions of “the law of large numbers” (or very strong forms of EMH?) [NYT]
$$$ BREAKING: Jim Chanos eats bread [BI]
$$$ Lenny Dykstra can go to Gary Carter’s funeral [NYP]
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$$$ Commerzbank CEO Slams Greek Bond Deal [WSJ]
$$$ Blueprint for China to open up markets [FT]
$$$ AIG posts huge 4th-quarter profit on tax benefit [Reuters]
$$$ Berkshire Struggles With Being Ignored [WSJ]
$$$ UVA Murder Verdict Will Embolden Victims. Of murder? [Bloomberg]
$$$ You have to go up the escalator or stairs. And across this walkway. And then down another flight of stairs. Then you’re on the ground. Then you keep walking until you come to the door. Then you open the door. Then you cross the lobby. And then to the elevator. You have to go up to your floor in the elevator. Then you have to walk to your desk. Then you sit down in your chair. And then turn on your computer. And then open a web browser. And then navigate to Business Insider. And then you come to the worst part of this route. [BI]
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