Wednesday Links

• Gold prices skyrocket this morning pic.twitter.com/X9wPHmwb
• New post on one of the funniest depositions ever -- of Bank of America CEO Brian "I don't recall" Moynihanhttp://flpbd.it/kYGeh 
• Bits Blog: Apple Fires a Manager Over Its Misfire on Maps http://flpbd.it/xjZ4w 
• Viacom promoted its M&A head to chief financial officer. Thank the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. http://flpbd.it/jOUai 
• Obama will meet with top CEOs to get #FiscalCliffsupport http://flpbd.it/X7S4Z 
• .S. Treasury declines to name China currency manipulator | http://flpbd.it/zw4rM 
• Interview with Persi Diaconis | CHANCE http://bit.ly/WWoPxa  @cmrn_dp
• Dimon Best to Lead Treasury in Crisis, Buffett Says - Bloomberghttp://bit.ly/V4oEtz 
• New Breed of SAC Capital Hire Is at Center of Insider Trading Case http://flpbd.it/pqPS7 
• Dow Jones’s portfolio is as eclectic as a newspaper’s classifieds section http://flpbd.it/FFksP 
• LOL Catch up: BBC appoints Tony Hall as new director generalhttp://gu.com/p/3c2jv/tw  + ITV to pay £125,000 in damageshttp://gu.com/p/3c2yc/tw 
• Missing: Little Strip of Paper With Phone Number On It http://flpbd.it/xZlxQ