Write-Offs: 11.23.10

$$$ Private equity firm Wellspring Capital Partners is in talks to buy Hooter's of America Inc., franchiser of more than 400 beer, boobs and wings establishments throughout the world. [Fortune]

$$$ In Insider Case, the Odd Couple Won’t Meet [Dealbook]

$$$ First New York Had Own Review, Amid Insider Probe [Reuters]

$$$Matt Taibbi Fails To Recognize Own Insult [Daily Intel]

$$$Fed Officials Disagreed Over Benefits of $600 Billion Stimulus [Bloomberg]

$$$ Jacob 'Kobi' Alexander, the former Comverse Technology chief who fled the U.S. while facing charges for backdating stock options, has agreed to pay more than $53 million to settle cases brought by federal prosecutors and the SEC. [WSJ]

$$$How Much Your Lawyers Are Getting In Bonuses [ATL]

$$$ John Carney: Is Bloomberg Guilty of Insider Trading too? [NetNet