Write-Offs: 10.10.13

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$$$Shutdown Raises Global Recession Risk as Lagarde Lambastes U.S. [Bloomberg]

$$$BlackBerry Founders Explore Takeover Bid [WSJ]

$$$Private-Jet Buyers Rock Out Thanks to Used-Plane Customizer [Bloomberg]

$$$Two brothers agreed to pay nearly $5 million to settle insider-trading allegations that they were behind a big stock-options trade made the day before the blockbuster $23 billion buyout of H.J. Heinz Co. in February, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday. [WSJ]

$$$Sprite may be the best hangover remedy, scientists find [NYDN]

$$$The debt-ceiling deadlock: where are we now? [Guardian / Heidi Moore]

$$$CEO Marchionne says IPO not best way to invest in Chrysler [Reuters]

$$$Weill Invests in Silicon Valley Finance Start-Up [Dealbook]

$$$The Vatican Misspelled the Word Jesus on Its Commemorative Papal Medals

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