Don’t forget, your orders to NYSE floor brokers on Monday will benefit St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. (NYX)

The power of mathematics as language (wish I spoke it!) (Times, hat tip to Paul Kedrosky)

TOPIX futures will start trading on NYSE Liffe in summer 2010. (NYX)

Unpacking the LSE’s outage: a tale of A strange tale of smart order routing, auctions and competition. (FT.com)

The first real Iberian index ETF launches on our Lisbon market. (NYX) And a Poland ETF launches on NYSE Arca. (NYX)

To be thankful for: timely intervention (Robert Bruner)

SmartPool migrates to our Universal Trading Platform. (NYX)

Why a fifth multi-lateral trading facility in Europe? NYSE Euronext’s Cees Vermaas surveys the competitive landscape. (FT Trading Room)

It’s getting harder to make profits in high-frequency trading. (Traders)

NYSE to celebrate 3rd annual Israel Day on Dec. 2 (NYX)

On an ugly day in the markets, here’s a beautiful photograph: Moodna Viaduct by Tom Doyle (CornwallLocal)
That’s the trestle my commuter train passes over every day, and the view, obviously, is breathtaking. Except for this time of year, when I go to work and come home in the dark. Oh well — enjoy!