Write-Offs: 11.19.12
$$$Moody's downgrades France's government bond rating to Aa1 from Aaa, maintains negative outlook [Moody's]
$$$Hostess, Bakers Union Agree to Mediation [WSJ]
$$$SEC Rocked By Lurid Sex-and-Corruption Lawsuit [Matt Taibbi]
$$$SEC Charges Ring of High School Buddies with Insider Trading in Health Care Stocks [SEC]
$$$ "If I am captured, this blog will continue. I have pre-written enough material to keep this blog alive for at least a year. In addition, the administrator, Chad, will continue to monitor comments." [WhoIsMcAfee]
$$$ A financial firm is looking to add MD/SVP/VP-level leveraged finance professionals in New York [DBCC]
$$$Sun Capital wants to buy Hostess [Term Sheet]
$$$Much ado about liquidity? Lockup expirations and stock prices [Aswath Damodaran]
$$$Goldman refuses to scrap city’s swap deal [FT]
$$$ "If it wasn't for [our grandchildren], Mum and I would not be too concerned, as each of you consciously, and with eyes wide open, crashes from one cock-up to the next. It makes us weak that so many of these events are copulation-driven ... I am bitterly, bitterly disappointed. Dad" [Daily Mail]