Write-Offs: 10.19.12
$$$Germany Takes Hard Line on Spanish Banks
$$$Wall Street pay: Headed up or down? [Unstructured Finance]
$$$Bank CEOs Fear the Fiscal Cliff They Apparently Don’t Understand [DI]
$$$Swaps Rule Sends Wall Street Into Clearing Limbo [Bloomberg]
$$$ "One visitor recalls a family ritual: Every night at around 9:30 or 10:00, Mitt and Ann would meet at the foot of their staircase, clasp hands, and escort each other upstairs to the bedroom, in full view of their brood." [TNR]
$$$Tim Tebow Has Officially Trademarked Tebowing [Deadspin]
$$$ A global investment bank is looking for a director for Financial Crime Compliance [DBCC]
$$$Cries of abuse grow with use of complex U.S. stock orders [Reuters]
$$$SocGen to Sell Its Greek Bank [WSJ]
$$$ Happy birthday Fox Business! [TBN]
$$$"Why does the male nude get no respect?" [WSJ]
$$$The Psychic Friends Network Cannot Predict Its Future [Bloomberg View]