All eyes will be on the markets this week to see whether Friday’s unexpected across-the-board dip will kick off a new season of volatility after an awfully quiet summer – WSJ

Hank Greenberg’s getting (or being forced to have, more like it) his day in court.  A mere 11 years later – NYTimes

Ireland’s official stance on Apple’s $14.5 billion in taxes [we don’t want it] differs more than a bit from the average Irish worker’s take on that money [it could come in quite handy] – NYTimes

The past 2 years have been just short of disastrous for most hedge funds. But even without much to show in the form of results, the world’s biggest fund manager—Bridgewater Associates—has attracted $22.5 billion in investor cash since last year. The staggering amount has been mostly split between the firm’s macro Pure Alpha fund and the new Optimal Portfolio – Bloomberg

In what would be a merger of PE firms, HarbourVest Partners has offered $1.35 billion in cash to acquire SVG Capital – NYTimes

Remember a few weeks back how we discussed Italy as the epicenter for the next global financial crisis?  Yeah, well UniCredit’s post-July-stress-test position won’t be helping shift that focus anywhere else – WSJ

Turns out, according to some at least, that one of Bitcoin’s best features—the immutability of the blockchain technology underlying the virtual currency—may also be one of its biggest drawbacks – NYTimes

The Journal looks at the recent move to split off REITs from financial stocks, creating a new stock-market sector and dubs it a good thing for all involved – WSJ

Atlanta’s hoping that what the High Line did for NYC’s meatpacking district, the BeltLine will do for its miles of traffic and suburban sprawl – NYTimes