Keith McCullough – CEO
VIX (Fear) Spiking Higher (via Yahoo Finance)
U.S. Default Seen as Catastrophe Dwarfing Lehman’s Fall (ridiculous Bloomberg headlines continue > via Bloomberg)
U.S. Adults Fare Poorly in a Study of Skills (via NY Times)
Brazil Rio and Sao Paulo teacher protests turn violent (via BBC)
New Zealand Business Confidence Surges to 14-Year High (via Bloomberg)
Flyers Coach Peter Laviolette fired after 0-3 start (via ESPN)
Kevin Kaiser - Energy
Jim Chanos: The Fraud Detective (via Yale Alumni Magazine)
What ponds are you fishing in? (via Oddball Stocks)
Tom Tobin - Healthcare
Family Pleads for Baby's Heart Surgery After Insurance Denial Four-Days Before (via Dixon Patch)
Docs Skeptical of ACA Exchanges, Survey Shows (via MedPage Today)
ACA changing everyone's open enrollment (via KSDK)
Brian McGough – Retail
Wolverine World Wide Q3 Profit Rises, Tops Estimate; Lifts FY Adj. EPS View (via Nasdaq)
Josh Steiner – Financials
Little Fear on Wall St. of Default, at Moment (via DealB%k)
September 2013 Mortgage Performance Observations (via LPS Mortgage Monitor)
Jonathan Casteleyn – Financials
Morgan Stanley Seen Leading Profit Gains at U.S. Banks (via Bloomberg)