NY state regulators have tagged Barclays with an extra $150 million in fines for its role in a Forex-manipulation scandal that’s already cost the bank $2.4 billion – NYTimes and Law360

As expected, the minutes from the Fed’s October meeting contained strong indications that barring “unanticipated shocks” to the US or global economy, the long-awaited interest-rate liftoff will finally begin in December – NYTimes and WSJ

The SEC unanimously approved plans yesterday to significantly revise regs covering “alternative trading systems” in order to “cast some sunshine on the operations of dark pools and require these off-exchange venues to publicly disclose details about how they work” – Law360

The Pfizer/Allergan marriage is getting closer to the altar, and the price tag for the festivities has climbed to a rumored $150 billion – NYTimes and Bloomberg

Remember all that recent valuation talk lately?  Square’s debut is a timely case in point. Valued in a private financing last year at $6 billion, the payment company priced its IPO at less than HALF of that after investors failed to bite at its planned $11-13 per-share range – NYTimes and WSJ

Saying goodbye to the mastermind behind mortgage-backed securities – NYTimes

Chalk up another win for coffee lovers, with a recent study showing coffee consumption is associated with a reduced risk of premature death due to heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and other non-cancer-related causes – NYTimes

Your Oxford Dictionaries word of the Year?  – WSJ