Write-Offs: 10.16.12
$$$ High speed traders have reached the limits of exchange responsiveness [BBW]
$$$Sheila Bair: "I'm sure Vikram still blames me" [Fortune]
$$$ Former Goldman Abacus MBS trader Josh Birnbaum is having a nice year [Bloomberg]
$$$ "A senior banker, who says he was fired for being too successful, is taking his 12.5 million euro-plus lawsuit against France's Societe Generale to the UK's highest court in a case that could re-draft employment law." [Reuters]
$$$French president pushing homework ban as part of ed reforms [WaPo]
$$$UBS Whistle-Blower’s Ex-Lawyers Seek Share of IRS Award [Bloomberg]
$$$Big Investors Spar Over General Growth [WSJ]
$$$ Andrew Ross Sorkin wrote a thing [DealBook, CJR]
$$$ "Jessica Rue’s part-time job working at a haunted house has turned into a year-long nightmare. The 18-year-old student from Pevely, Mo., made headlines last year when she accidentally fell into a noose while working as an actress at a St. Louis-area 'scream park,' nearly strangling to death as visitors passed by, believing she was part of the show." [NYDN]