• Ernst & Young settles Akai case – No deets disclosed. [FT]
• Chase and Bank of America Revise Fee Policies – Under duress of course. [NYT]
• Moody’s accused of issuing inflated ratings: report – Ratings were bupkis, why wouldn’t their numbers be? [Reuters]
• J&J CFO: Biggest Nightmare Is Public Health Option – It’s not a nightmare for everyone. [CFO]
• Former eBay Chief Running for Governor of California – Good luck. Seriously, you’ll need it. [DealBook]
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• Taking Tiger By the Tax Tale – Two things are for sure, Elin will come out of this thing just fine and Uncle Sam will certainly be looking for his cut. [Tax Girl]
• Fresh Pay Skirmish Erupts at AIG – Pseudo-government employees continue to threaten to jump ship if their civic-duty comp is cut too much by the pay master. [WSJ]
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