Write-Offs: 12.05.12
$$$Geithner: Ready to Go Over 'Cliff' If Taxes Don't Rise [CNBC]
$$$Republicans weigh swallowing tax hike on the wealthy [Reuters]
$$$SEC's Top Markets Official to Leave [WSJ]
$$$Wells Fargo Banker Sued by SEC in Probe of Insider Trading [Bloomberg]
$$$Paulson Says Real-Estate Fund Performing Well [WSJ]
$$$John McAfee Seeks Asylum, Thanks God for 'Sanity' [ABC]
$$$ A Chicago-based proprietary trading firm is looking to hire a quantitative futures analyst/trader [DBCC]
$$$Facebook To Join QQQ’s Index Dec. 12 [IndexUniverse]
$$$Nasdaq attorney calls on SEC to review proxy rules [Reuters]
$$$Europe bond market set for holdout reform [FT]
$$$Will Citi's Massive Layoffs Be Enough? [CNBC]
$$$Man Shoots Girlfriend in the Back for Not Taking the Possibility of a Zombie Apocalypse Seriously [Gawker]