Abbott and Alere—after fighting for more than a year over the aftermath of their ill-fated merger—have agreed to give it another go, dropping their dueling lawsuits and moving forward together – NYTimes

The Journal takes us through the fall of Scott Marcello, the much-touted savior of KPMG’s audit business who just last week was fired (with a handful of others) over the mishandling of an annual inspection tip – WSJ

Slack as David vs. a whole mess of Goliaths.  The messaging service has managed so far, but we wonder if the slingshot will be enough for Microsoft and Google – NYTimes

Bloomberg has an interesting commentary on Private Equity’s apparent immunity to the otherwise widespread trend of shrinking investment-management fees – Bloomberg

Late last week, financial services company Raymond James agreed to resolve allegations of conspiring with the owner of several VT ski resorts (and others) in a Ponzi scheme targeting foreign investors through the EB-5 program. Raymond James will pay $150 million to wrap up the action – Law360

The Fed’s next big move—apart from another anticipated rate hike in the coming months—is the shrinking of its securities portfolio.  Here’s a look at why and when – WSJ

We covered Daniel Tarullo’s exit from the Fed a few weeks ago, but the Times gives us a few more of Tarullo’s parting thoughts, including his take on some Dodd-Frank fixes (that don’t include utter evisceration) – NYTimes

The SEC has its eye on some suspiciously well-timed trades ahead of a recent telecomm deal  between Liberty Interactive and General Communication – WSJ

Adults of a certain age will be thrilled to hear (for their kids, right?) that the answer to the famous query about Carmen’s whereabouts is, in fact, Netflix – HuffPost