Some of the more interesting and important items for October 15th :

• Charles Schwab 3Q profit falls 34 percent (AP) – A tale of two worlds. Goldman and Schwab
• Dark Pool Proposals From SEC May Aim to Limit Growth as Trading Quadruples – Will change the landscape
• Geithner Aides Reaped Millions Working for Banks, Hedge Funds – No Kidding
• Google, Microsoft Increase Share of U.S. Search Market; Yahoo Falls Behind – How does Yahoo! fall behind with the new MSFT deal?
• First non-Black Miss Hampton U. stirs controversy – Somehow, this does not seem right…
• China taps Afghanistan’s resources – Conflict of interest?