Write-Offs: 11.30.12
$$$ Plaintiffs' lawyers somehow turn nonbinding "say on pay" votes into shakedown opportunity [Reuters, related]
$$$How a desperate HP suspended disbelief for Autonomy deal [Reuters]
$$$Virtu, Getco Start Examining Knight Trading’s Books [Deal Journal]
$$$ Carl Icahn and the Oshkosh board are still fighting [WSJ]
$$$ National Bank of Poland Working Paper: "Would it have paid to be in the eurozone?" (Spoiler: no) [NBP]
$$$ John Cochrane and Cliff Asness critique Warren Buffett on taxes [Grumpy Economist]
$$$ Somebody's using bitcoins [BBW]
$$$ A financial institution is looking for a risk manager in Charlotte [DBCC]
$$$Detroit on the Verge of Insolvency, Again [WSJ]
$$$Duke Energy’s Latest C.E.O. Drama [DealBook]
$$$Goldman Pushes Subprime ABX Index as Housing Rebounds [Bloomberg]
$$$BlackRock, Rialto Dump Some of Their ‘Skin’ in CMBS Game [MarketBeat]
$$$Lindsay Lohan Gets Unsolicited Legal Advice from Manhattan Madam Kristin Davis [NYO]