$$$JPMorgan Mortgage Talks Said to Discuss $11 Billion Deal [Bloomberg]

$$$S&P 500 Falls a 5th Day Amid Threat of Budget Impasse [Bloomberg]

$$$Lew Pressures Congress on Debt Limit With Deadline [Bloomberg]

$$$ At panel at the Clinton Global Initiative meeting Wednesday afternoon, moderator Fareed Zakaria had asked Blankfein to respond to the two-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street protest movement. At first Blankfein took a light-hearted tact, saying that if he had realized it was such an important anniversary he would have sent flowers. But a few moments later the Goldman chief executive and chairman turned more serious. "I would say to Occupy Wall Street, that business has helped lift more people out of poverty than philanthropy," Blankfein said in a Wednesday afternoon panel at the Clinton Global Initiative meeting. [CNBC]

$$$Citigroup to pay $395 million to settle Freddie Mac mortgage claims [Reuters]

$$$Partying with your neighbor named “Whiskey” probably isn’t a good idea, especially if he’s been out of jail for less than two days and is still wearing an ankle monitor. [Sun Sentinel]

$$$The Star of the Hustle Trial [MoneyBeat]

$$$Things Traders Say, ICAP Edition [Dealbook]

$$$You Were Alive on the Day They Set the World Twerking Record [Daily Intel]