Write-Offs: 10.10.12
$$$S&P cuts Spain credit rating to BBB-minus, near junk [Reuters]
$$$E-Mails Appear to Back Lawsuit’s Claim That Equity Firms Colluded on Big Deals [DealBook]
$$$Tarullo Calls for Cap on Bank Size [WSJ]
$$$Political backlash over BAE deal collapse [FT]
$$$ First-week Bain Capital analyst sort of attempts to buy Gawker, Gawker explains birds and bees, analyst concludes "This is awkward." [Gawker]
$$$ A financial services firm is looking for an enterprise risk manager in Philadelphia [DBCC]
$$$Stocks Skid Into Earnings Pothole [WSJ]
$$$Narula Masters Fed, Beats Funds With 500% Gain [Bloomberg]
$$$Citing Deep Data Collections, Senator Opens Inquiry of Information Brokers [NYT]
$$$Pro-Life Congressman Recorded Himself Convincing Mistress to Get an Abortion [DI]