peHUB First Read
* Still need a Halloween costume? Carney's got you covered. Sadly, it seems the $79 Evil Hank and Evil Ben masks are already sold out... * Doug Kass: Private equity is the next financial shoe to drop. * China quietly launches a corruption probe related to foreign investments, and has already detained two officials. * VCs pumped $1.6 billion into cleantech companies last quarter. This is going to be a mess. * Unless something dramatic happens today, global equity markets may have just experienced their worst month ever. * The Economist endorses Obama. Sure the mag has been critical of the Bush tax cuts, but it's been anything but a lefty rag. In fact, it endorsed Bush in 2000 (which would actually be the best argument for ignoring its latest endorsement).
