All the blogs at the New York Times are "temporarily unavailable" this morning, so we won't be posting a shorter DealBook today. It's no fun if we can't get it up over breakfast.

Crime/Fraud/Legal/Investigations/Inquiries:
Patricia Dunn steps down from Barclays unit [legal]
Symbol shareholders may sue to block acquisition by Motorola [legal]
New Airbus chief may resign [legal]
FDIC may ease rules on big banks [legal]
Kobi could delay extradition for years [legal]

M&A:
Google +
YouTube: This afternoon?
Steelmakers looking to make more deals
Citigroup wants to pick up a foreign bank
Ryan Air + Aer Lingus: Shareholder doubts
Dubai buy stake in Standard chartered
Berkshire Hathaway ups stake in USG

For Sale/ LBOs/ Going Private/ Auctions/ Offerings:
Dolan family offers $19B for Cablevision [Going private]
T-Mobile's $2.7B next-gen network build plans quell sale rumors [For sale]
Six bidders left in Stuytown auction [Auction]
IBC IPO may fill Goldman coffers [Private equity]

People & Moves:
Roger Iger at Disney [CEO]

Crime/Fraud/Legal/Investigations/Inquiries:
Patricia Dunn makes her first appearance in court after surrendering to authorities [legal]
Former Hewlett-Packard chief Carly Fiorina thinks she did a swell job [legal]
BearingPoint decision helps hedge funds holding distressed debt [legal]
Mexico passes anti-monopoly law [legal]
Kobi could delay extradition for years [legal]

M&A:
Oracle will remain acquisitive
Cerebus buying a stake in Delphi

For Sale/ LBOs/ Going Private/ Auctions/ Offerings:
Harrah's still trading below bid price [TradingLBO]
RIM chief HQ]
Goldman's Scott Mead goes to private equity [Going private]

Miscellaneous:
Berkshire trades north of $100K [Trading]
Google giving bonuses of up to $3 million [Bonus]

[Editors note: The blogs at the New York Times are "temporarily unavailable" this morning. So Shorter Dealbook is unavailable as well.]

Crime/Fraud/Legal/Investigations/Inquiries:
ImClone says Carl Icahn blocked sale [legal]
Hollywood's creatives hate media consolidation [legal]
H=P legal adviser tells company to pay attention to ethics [legal]
Publisher of Miami newspaper steps down over role in scandal about reporters getting paid by government [legal]
GM adopts director election reforms [legal]
Dennis Kozlowskiand Mark Swartz file appeals to their convictions last year for looting Tyco [legal]
Saks paying special dividend [legal]
Kodak hires new CFO [legal]

For Sale/ LBOs/ Going Private/ Auctions/ Offerings:
Xstrata raising 2.9 billion pounds in a London rights issue — one of the world's largest - to fund its hard-won, 9 billion pound acquisition of Falconbridge [Offering]Private equity tops 2005 fund raising levels [Money raising]

People & Moves:
Hedge fund shuffle [Doors revolve]

Miscellaneous:
Cendant real estate spinoff in trouble [Real estate]
Credit default traders anticipated Harrah's bid [Gambling]

Crime/Fraud/Legal/Investigations/Inquiries:
Sonsini may have received backdated options [backdating]
NYSE holds off on rule against brokers voting shares [legal]
Former FBI agent sentenced to six-years in insider trading trial [legal]
Chief executive of SEC probe target mall-developer Mills retires [investigation]
Ex-AIG chief wins right to see memos turned over to Spitzer [legal]
Marvell Technology Group says it may have discovered options backdating [legal]
E-Trade Financial and MarketXT Holdings trading fraud charges [legal]
FCC renewing deliberations on media ownership concentration [legal]

M&A: [? = not yet closed, problems with the deal, lingering questions, etc.]
Western banks battle it out for Bank of Overseas Chinese
Wachovia + Golden West
Arcelor Mittal + Laiwu Steel:? (lack of government support)
FCC okays Alltel + Midwest Wireless Holdings
Imagination Technologies Group sells 3% stake to Intel
Canadian trucking company Vitran + Pjax Freight System
Atlas Copco + Ripplewood Holdings
BlackRock + Merrill Lynch's money management arm

For Sale/ LBOs/ Going Private/ Auctions/ Offerings:
Harrah's deal may open up market for other casinos [LBO]
AWG auction underway [Auction]
Marin Terminals hires Goldman to explore sale [For sale]
Metromedia gets a $480 million bid [For sale]
Western Union shares up on first day of trading [Trading]
NASDAQ increasing listing fees [NYSE]
Nomura Real Estate Holdings shares up on first day of trading [Trading]
Chinese solar power company plans NASDAQ offering [Offering]
NASA joins venture capital firm called Red Planet [Venture Capital]

Miscellaneous:
Did Kerkorian wait too long to push for GM-Renault deal? [Autos]
Image Entertainment continues to urge its shareholders to re-elect its board of directors and reject the slate of nominees put forward by Lions Gate Entertainment [Media]
H-P sought advice from Rand intelligence specialist to plug leaks [H-P]
Google offers New York hub [Google]
The Thailand M&A deal that led to a coup [Market forces]
Will public newspaper companies have to go private? [Media]
Mutual fund culture of Boston lives on [Mutual funds]
Google buys its old garage [Google]
What's next for post-IPO, cash rich Shutterfly? [Post-IPO]
Softbank using secured debt to reduce cost of borrowing to fund Vodafund deal [Asset backed]
Investment bankers flock to Columbia Business School guru to learn how to be "vibrantly alive" [Banking culture]
Signal Hill capital loading up for deals in small and mid-cap sector [Investment banking]
High finance in Hollywood [Investment banking]

Crime/Fraud/Legal/Investigations/Inquiries:
Is YouTube a friend or foe of copyright owners [legal]
Fastow cooperating with Enron plaintiff lawyers in suits against banks [legal]
Age discrimination laws may rive rise to flood of lawsuits from UK bankers [legal]
Congress passes legislation against bank's making payments to online casinos [legislation]
Ex-American Tissue chief gets 15 years for fraud [fraud]

M&A: [? = not yet closed, problems with the deal, lingering questions, etc.]
Morgan Stanley + China's Nan Tung Bank
Rusal + Sual Group
EMI + Warner Music: ?
Fosters says new deals unlikely this year
Amgen + Avidia

For Sale/ LBOs/ Going Private/ Auctions/ Offerings:
China Network Systems, Taiwan's largest cable TV operator, has sells itself to MBK Partners [LBO]
Battle for Vision Systems goes on and on [For Sale?]
Tokyo Electric Power says it might sell fiber-optic networks to Japanese mobile phone operation KDDI [For sale]

People & Moves:
Did private equity force Keane to fire Richard S. Garnick? [CEO]
MTV's Judith McGrath staying put [Exec]
Chip Bergh takes top spot at Gillette Razor [Exec]
Three directors leave J. Crew board [Directors]
Pier 1 Imports chief to step down in February [CEO]
A profile of the Warren Buffett of Europe [Investors]

Miscellaneous:
Turning Sears into the next Berkshire-Hathaway [Stategy]
H-P stock still high, computers still selling, despite recent troubles [H-P]
British directors earning 28% more [Directors]
CNBC regaining viewers [Media]
Amaranth closing [Hedge funds]
Will public newspaper companies have to go private? [Media]
Mutual fund culture of Boston lives on [Mutual funds]
Google buys its old garage [Google]

Crime/Fraud/Legal/Investigations/Inquiries:
French national assembly approves cut in the state's stake in Gaz de France, clearing the way for a planned merger with Suez [legal]
Hardball: GM wants billions from Renault-Nissan? Well, maybe they'll just go to Ford instead [legal]
Sears extends bid for Sears Canada [legal]
Bank of America admits Manhattan branch allwed money laundering [legal]
Bernie Ebbers wants to take his appeal to the Supreme Court [legal]
SEC accuses three former executives of RenaissanceRe Holdings, a reinsurance company based in Bermuda, of accounting fraud [legal]
August A. Busch IV president and chief executive of Anheuser-Busch [legal]
H-P general counsel resigns [legal]

M&A: [? = not yet closed, problems with the deal, lingering questions, etc.]
Microsoft + eBay:?
Martinsa + Fadesa Inmobiliaria: ?
News Corp + two weekly paper groups

For Sale/ LBOs/ Going Private/ Auctions/ Offerings:
Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, bowing to pressure from Daniel Loeb's Third Point hedge fund, is putting itself on the block [For sale]
Shareholders okay Univision deal [Sold]
What's Icahn got planned for Federated? [Buying?]
William Ackman buying shares of McDonalds [Proxy fight?]
Vince Sportswear sold [Sold]
STMicroelectronics may be takeover target [LBO]
Royal & Sun Alliance sells US biz to Arrowpoint Capital [Sold]

People & Moves:
Amaranth lets energy trader Mark Hunter go [Fired]

Miscellaneous:
H-P hearing preview [Private equity]
Pension fund says private equity fees are too high [League tables]
Apollo plans European Mez fund [Private JH?equity]

Crime/Fraud/Legal/Investigations/Inquiries:
French national assembly approves cut in the state's stake in Gaz de France, clearing the way for a planned merger with Suez [legal]
Hardball: GM wants billions from Renault-Nissan? Well, maybe they'll just go to Ford instead [legal]
Sears extends bid for Sears Canada [legal]
Bank of America admits Manhattan branch allwed money laundering [legal]
Bernie Ebbers wants to take his appeal to the Supreme Court [legal]
SEC accuses three former executives of RenaissanceRe Holdings, a reinsurance company based in Bermuda, of accounting fraud [legal]
August A. Busch IV president and chief executive of Anheuser-Busch [legal]
H-P general counsel resigns [legal]

M&A: [? = not yet closed, problems with the deal, lingering questions, etc.]
Microsoft + eBay:?
Martinsa + Fadesa Inmobiliaria: ?
News Corp + two weekly paper groups

For Sale/ LBOs/ Going Private/ Auctions/ Offerings:
Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, bowing to pressure from Daniel Loeb's Third Point hedge fund, is putting itself on the block [For sale]
Shareholders okay Univision deal [Sold]
What's Icahn got planned for Federated? [Buying?]
William Ackman buying shares of McDonalds [Proxy fight?]
Vince Sportswear sold [Sold]
STMicroelectronics may be takeover target [LBO]
Royal & Sun Alliance sells US biz to Arrowpoint Capital [Sold]

People & Moves:
Amaranth lets energy trader Mark Hunter go [Fired]

Miscellaneous:
H-P hearing preview [Private equity]
Pension fund says private equity fees are too high [League tables]
Apollo plans European Mez fund [Private equity]

Crime/Fraud/Legal/Investigations/Inquiries:
Kirk Kerkorian resumes back in court on Dailmer-Chrystler merger [legal]
GM wants billions from Renault-Nissan as price of alliance [legal]
Bioval demanded a Bank of America analyst be punished for "sell" rating [legal]
SEC tells lawmakers it is concerned about insider trading at hedge funds [legal]
H-P's investigators made many attempts to get director George Keyworth's cell phone records [legal]
Judge excludes AMD's foreign commerce claims in suit against Intel [legal]
Citigroup trader pleads guilty [legal]
SEC investigating Pirate Capital [legal]
Mutual fund manager sued by AG Spitzer over trades [legal]

M&A: [? = not yet closed, problems with the deal, lingering questions, etc.]
Germans raise bid for Spanish utility following counter-offer
Warner Music + EMI:?
Volkswagon tells MAN to drop its id for Scania
Lions Gate hostile bid for Image Entertainment getting nasty
Vivendi Universal and Deutsche Telekom still fighting for control of Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa, a Polish mobile operator
Barrick still chasing Novagold
Woolworth picks up 10% of Warehouse Group

For Sale/ LBOs/ Going Private/ Auctions/ Offerings:
Danaher may join bidding for Vision Systems [Auction]
Crow Holdings sells$2.2 billion of its properties to G.E. Real Estate. [Sold]
Millenium wins Anormed auction [Sold]
Aer Lingus prices IPO [IPO]

Money Raising:
Intel commits $40M to Chinese startup [$$]
Goldman pours $18M into GridPoint's $21M funding round [$$]

People & Moves:
Australian pols call for ouster of Telestra chief following a dispute between the government and company [CEO]
Shaper Image CEO tossed overboard [CEO]
Third Point calls for oust of Nabi Biopharmaceuticals Chief Executive Thomas McLain [CEO]

Miscellaneous:
Citigroup tops league tables for European deal; Goldman slides to second place [League tables]
Citigroup also tops league tables for capital markets and bond bookrunning [League tables]
KKR set to announce biggest buyout fund ever [Private equity]
LBO flood lifts cost of borrowing in Australia [LBO]
Wall Street bigs plan electronic trading platform for big block trades [Trading]
New York City's Economic Development Corporation hires McKinsey & Company to compare the strengths and weaknesses of NYC and Londong's financial service sectors [IPOs]

Crime/Fraud/Legal/Investigations/Inquiries:
Boards of directors are so over [legal]
NYSE addressing concerns that Euronext deal will expand US regulatory reach, including SOX, into Europe [legal]
Amaranth: Stop me if you've heard this one before [legal]
Cablevision gave stock options to dead employee, backdated to when he was among the living [backdating]
Samsung official accused of price-fixing pleads guilty [legal]

M&A: [? = not yet closed, problems with the deal, lingering questions, etc.]
JP Morgan + Washington Mutual: ?
MTV + Harmonix Music Systems
Merck + Serono
Yahoo + Facebook:?
Hospira + Mayne Pharma
Lehman Brothers buys a minority stake in BATS Trading

For Sale/ LBOs/ Going Private/ Auctions/ Offerings:
Tribune to consider selling media properties [For sale?]
What is YouTube really worth to Yahoo? [For Sale?]
March & McLennan may be considering a breakup deal [Breakup?]
Dutch government sells its remaining 8 percent stake in Royal KPN [Sold]
KKR consortium planning big bond deal [Offering]

People & Moves:
Could Goshn end up with Ford? [Partnerships?]
Andrew Clarke has resigned from law firm Allens Arthur Robinson to become head of Citigroup's Australian M&A group [Upgrade]

Miscellaneous:
For the first time, it takes a minimum of $1B to get on Forbes 400 list [Wealth]

Crime/Fraud/Legal/Investigations/Inquiries:
Former HSBC chairman advising Bill Ford, Jr. [legal]
SEC investigating options at Electronic Arts [backdating]
ImClone set for leadership battle [legal]
Rebellion at the LA Times [legal]
Investigators sought meeting with H-P chiefs [legal]
H-P's Patricia Dunn receives leadership award [surreal]
California sues automakers for warm weather [legal]
Judge proposes 27-month term in front-running case [legal]
Google defies Belgian court [legal]
Skilling gets drunk, gets arrested [legal]

M&A: [? = not yet closed, problems with the deal, lingering questions, etc.]
Lots of speculation about deals for Facebook and YouTube
Citigroup may take control of Amaranth
Merck + Serono
Yahoo + Facebook:?
Hospira + Mayne Pharma
Lehman Brothers buys a minority stake in BATS Trading.

For Sale/ LBOs/ Going Private/ Auctions/ Offerings:
YouTube has $1.5B pricetag [For sale?]
Hilton sells five hotels [Sold]

Money Raising:
SoonR nabs $6M [$]

People & Moves:
Former Citigroup chief named AIG boss [CEO]
Bear Stearns names Bruce Lisman and Steven Meyer as co-heads of global equities [Upgrade]

Miscellaneous:
Grumbling shareholders at sovereign get word from chief [MBAs]

Crime/Fraud/Legal/Investigations/Inquiries:
US regulators visit E&Y's London office for SOX inspection [SOX]
Tribune hit with shareholder lawsuit [legal]
Silicon Grapics gets court approval to exit bankruptcy [legal]
H-P said to have studied spying on newsrooms [legal]
Citigroup operator tapped as AIG chief [legal]
Broadcom CFO resigns over backdating [backdating]
SEC clarifies backdating accounting [legal]
COX on SOX [SOX]

Miscellaneous:
MBAs are cheaters [MBAs]
MySpace going to China [China]

[Note: This is an extremely abridged version of DealBook today. The servers at the Times seem to be having problems this morning. After the jump you can read DealBook's error message. Come on, Andrew! Get the site up!]

[Update: All the New York Times blogs are down. So it looks like it's not just our beloved DealBook that is offline right now.]

Crime/Fraud/Legal/Investigations/Inquiries:
KPMG suing former employees seeking compensation for costs of tax shelter law suit [legal]
CA may recover some money lost to executives in accounting scandal [legal]
The story of how the court approved overseer came to recommend Bristol-Myers Squibb dismiss its CEO [legal]
Ex-Enron executive gets sentenced to two-and-a-half years [legal]
Now Europe is getting in on the anti-online gambling arrest game [legal]
Richard Volpe, former NYSE trader accused of fraud, found not guilty [legal]
HP criminal cases may be very difficult to prove [legal]

M&A: [? = not yet closed, problems with the deal, lingering questions, etc.]
GE and Lonestar target Japanese bank for takeover

For Sale/ LBOs/ Going Private/ Auctions/ Offerings:
Big week for IPOs [Offering]
Guidance files for IPO [Offering]
Dick Parson's readies for cable company IPO[For sale]

Money Raising:
PeakStream raises $17M [$$]

Earnings:
Wall Street's big five still going strong [Earnings]

People & Moves:
Echostar names vice-chairman as president [Upgrade]
Revlon ousts chief executive [Ouster]
Home Depot chief may get a pay cut [Pay cut]

Miscellaneous:
Amaranth losses rattle nerves but not quite a LTC [Hedge funds]
Warren Buffett gets hit with competition from private equity [Private equity]
Three former TL Ventures partners running Guggenheim Partners' new venture capital biz [Venture capital]
Richard Branson opening US Charity [Charity]
Carl Icahn getting more seats on ImClone board [Boards]
Ed Rogers launching Japanese hedge fund [Hedge fund]

Crime/Fraud/Legal/Investigations/Inquiries:
Aeneas Capital Management under investigation by regulators in the U.S. and Malaysia [legal]
Refco creditors will receive about $2.1 billion out of $3.6 billion owed [legal]
Judge allows AIG lawsuit against Hank Greenburg to go forward [legal]

M&A: [? = not yet closed, problems with the deal, lingering questions, etc.]
Ford + GM: ?
Liberty Media's swap for DirecTV.
Telecom Italia buying Time Warner's AOL Germany division
Talk of airline mergers spreads
EMC buying partner

For Sale/ LBOs/ Going Private/ Auctions/ Offerings:
Ventana Medical Systems declines to raise big for Vision Systems [Auction]
Motorola looks like it will win Systems Tech auction [Auction]
Sunlife looks for a partner [For sale]

Miscellaneous:
Warner Music signs deal with YouTube [Video]
Drier acquires boutique bankruptcy firm [Lawfirm]
CA directors under fire before shareholder meeting [directors]
Putin reacts to slaying of central banker [Russia]
HP spying scandal goes even deeper than you think [HP]
Boston not so impressed by Philippe Stark [Building]

Crime/Fraud/Legal/Investigations/Inquiries:
Court denies NovaGold Resources' request for an injunction to block hostile takeover by Barrick Gold [legal]
IRS document may undermine case against KPMG [legal]
Grasso judge won't go [legal]
Ricardo Salinas Pliego settles with SEC in first SOX case against foreign company [legal]
Air America denies bankruptcy looms [legal]
Guidant settles fraud lawsuit [legal]
A former head of BAWAG arrested by French authorities on fraud charges [legal]

M&A: [? = not yet closed, problems with the deal, lingering questions, etc.]
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities kills Exelon + Public Service Enterprise Group
Vornado Realty Trust scooping up 44 previously closed Toys "R" Us stores
CCMP Capital Advisors + Generac Power Systems
MAN + Scania:?
ICE + New York Board of Trade:?

For Sale/ LBOs/ Going Private/ Auctions/ Offerings:
Bidding climbs even higher U.S. for Australia's Vision Systems [Auction]
Premier drops out of United Biscuits auction [Auction]
Ford delaying asset sales [For sale]
Doughty Hanson plans IPO of private equity fund [For sale]

People & Moves:
AOL's Ted Leonsis leaving by year's end [Resigned]

Miscellaneous:
Assassination of central banker prompts examination of Russian business [Russia]
HPs very own spying unit [Pretexting]
Being a super-lawyer in New Jersey may be a problem [Lawyers]
Trouble in radioland [Radio]
Tribune and Chandler family may unwind partnerships [Newspapers]
MBAs everywhere [MBA]
Bank lending crowding out private placements [Banks]

Crime/Fraud/Legal/Investigations/Inquiries:
Small private investigator firm scrutinized for role in HP scandal [legal]
Former Fannie Mae chief may be hit with civil suit [legal]
Former NYSE trader accused of fraud takes the stand in his own defense [legal]
Direct mail merger meltdown to go to trial in December [legal]
NYSE fines Citigroup for rogue trader [legal]

M&A: [? = not yet closed, problems with the deal, lingering questions, etc.]
British private equity group Doughty building television empire that may include Scottish Media Group and UTV
Metrologic Instruments announces a breakup fee of $27.4 million if a buyout deal falls apart

For Sale/ LBOs/ Going Private/ Auctions/ Offerings:
Andarko selling Canadia unit [For sale?]
Premier drops out of United Biscuits auction [Auction]
People & Moves:
Is Carlos Ghosn really all that?[CEO]

Miscellaneous:
Ethics chief at Department of Interior fails to find any [Goverment]
How Australia's Macquarie Bank became an infrastructure fund [infrastructure]
Legislation introduced to assure that the London Stock Exchange won't be subject to US market regs if taken over by NASDAQ [Exchange]
The end of the road for the Town Car [Auto]
The coming bonus bonanza [Bonus]

Crime/Fraud/Legal/Investigations/Inquiries:
Criminal charges could be on the way in the Hewlett-Packard scandal [legal]
Former HealthSouth CFO sentenced for a third time [legal]
Hedge fund manager argues 13F disclosure requirements are unconstitutional takings [legal]
EU court sets limits to taxes [legal]
Europe warns Microsoft over Vista [legal]
Michael Dell defends his CEO [legal]
Panel of academics and executives reviewing market regulation [legal]
Justice department to review guidelines for corporate cases [legal]

M&A: [? = not yet closed, problems with the deal, lingering questions, etc.]
SunGuard Data Systems drops takeover bid for Misys

For Sale/ LBOs/ Going Private/ Auctions/ Offerings:
Is Bristol-Myers for sale? [For sale?]
Aer Lingus prices IPO at range of 2.10 euros and 2.70 [IPO]
Ping An insurance readies for share offering [Offering]
Vonage pressures buyers to pay up for shares [Vonage]
Mixi-the Japanese answer to MySpace-going public [IPO]
Times selling its television business [For sale]

Earnings:
Beneath Goldman's earnings lurk lower compensation ratios and a money losing hedge fund [Earnings]
Lehman's earnings come in [Earnings]

People & Moves:
Athena Capital Partners adds David Stepanek as a director [Director]
Doug Burgum leaves Microsoft [Quitting]
Ford cutting white collar workforce [Layoffs]

Miscellaneous:
Richie riches sending aid to Africa [Charity]
Bay area biotech gets boost from new lab [Biotech]
Hedge fund bets on mortage defaults [Housing bubble]
Warren Buffett auctioning car on EBay [Charity]

Best DealBook headline: Murdoch Hops on Maker of Crazy Frog Ringtone [good pun]
Worst DealBook headline: Tech To Try Out IPO Market Next Week [say what?]

Crime/Fraud/Legal/Investigations/Inquiries:
Congress starts asking questions about H-P investigation [legal]
Court-appointed overseer tells Bristol-Myers Squibb to fire chief [legal]
GlaxoSmithKline Holdings settles suit with IRS [legal]
Cyberonics investor group pressing for election of three board members [election]
Grasso seeks to replace judge [legal]
DOJ probe into Freddie Mac dies [legal]
SEC tells Aguirre to go jump in a lake [legal]
European Commission widening Microsoft antitrust probe [legal]
Tyco tax chief surrenders to authorities [legal]
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International questioned on trading and options [backdating]

M&A: [? = not yet closed, problems with the deal, lingering questions, etc.]
State owned Russian bank buys 5% of Airbus parent
Barr Pharmaceuticals' surprisingly low bid for Pliva
Share of Stanley Leisure higher amidst expectation of a counter bid to takeover attempt by Genting
Intel sells has sold optical network components biz to Cortina Systems
Canada's Crescent Point Energy Trust pays out big for Mission Oil & Gas
Banc of America Securities sells a small part of its prime brokerage to Baypoint Trading
Garda World Security picks up two Midwest cash-handling companies in the Midwest
Vestar Capital + MediMedia USA

For Sale/ LBOs/ Going Private/ Going Public/ Auctions/ Offerings:
Telecom Italia spinning off biz unit it just bought [For sale]
Debt piling up in auction of Freescale Semiconductor [Auction]
Boutique investment banks holding off on going public [IPO]
Spin-off of Western Union looks good [Sping off]
Tree-hugging Climate Change Capital raises nearly $1 billion to start trading in carbon dioxide emissions [Tree huggers]
Hogg Robinson hits the public markets next month [IPO]

Earnings:
Goldman Q3 profits slip 1% [Earnings]

Money Raising:
Linux Networx rakes in another $37 million [$$]

Miscellaneous:
Hedge fund in trouble over political contributions [ Politics]
Big year for early stage VC funding [ Venture capital]

Crime/Fraud/Legal/Investigations/Inquiries:
Would European antitrust regulators permit a Microsoft-Yahoo merger [legal]
Despite increase in deals, fewer run into trouble with regulators [legal]
NASD looking at trading discrepancies [legal]
New Ford chief gets $20 million [legal]
More problems at Broadcom [legal]
HP still debating whether chairwoman should go [legal]
Former Wal-Mart vice president Robert E. Hey Jr suing his former boss and co-defendant, ex-Wal-Mart board member Thomas M. Coughlin [legal]
How did Tom Dooley and Sumner Redstone get so close? [legal]
Sportingbet Chairman Peter Dicks freed on bail [legal]
Peugeot CEO stepping down legal]
The European Commission warns Germany and Spain against reaching a private deal that would enable the German energy group E.ON to win its 27 billion euro takeover bid for Spanish rival Endesa legal]
Walter Anderson pleaded guilty in largest ever criminal tax evasion case [legal]

M&A: [? = not yet closed, problems with the deal, lingering questions, etc.]
Ipsco + NS Group.
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For Sale/ LBOs/ Going Private/ Auctions/ Offerings:
Telecom Italia mulls $44 billion sale of mobile unit [For sale]
Banca Popolare Italiana to shortlist bidders [For sale]
Genting will buy Stanley Leisure [For sale]
Barrick Gold sellings its 50 percent stake in South Africa's South Deep mine [For sale]
Huge tech LBO of Freescale Semiconductor nears closing [LBO]
A consortium spearheaded by Qatar's state-owned investment fund may win bid for Thames Water [Offering]

Money Raising:
KSL Capital Raises $1 Billion Buyout Fund [$$$$]

People & Moves:
Citigroup named Dean Barr as the head of its Tribeca Global Management unit [upgrade]

Miscellaneous:
What's next for Nortel [ Companies]
As Wall Street firms prepare quarterly reports, lots of focus on deal pipeline [ Deals]
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods's post-9/11 world. [ banking]

From the folks who brought you Traders Monthly-an investment banking magazine [ Media]
Man group may list brokerage unit in NY [ Hedge fund]