Write-Offs: 10.14.11

$$$White House Axes Part of Health-Care Overhaul (AP)

$$$S&P Downgrades BNP Paribas (WSJ)

$$$Investor threat to second Greek bail-out (FT)

$$$VIX Tumbles Most in 19 Years (Bloomberg)

$$$Another day, another sex scandal: Now DSK is dragged into underage prostitute racket (Daily Mail)

$$$With Goldman's Foray Into Higher Education, A Predatory Pursuit Of Students And Revenues (HuffPo)

$$$ The Securities and Exchange Commission is warning staffers that their personal brokerage account information may have been compromised (Reuters)

$$$Opposite Sides of the Protest Come Together, Briefly (City Room)

$$$Fed Ridiculed Over Prices People Pay Begets Lip Service to Beef (Bloomberg, Strange Bloomberg Headlines)