* Strike: Teamsters hit private equity where it hurts
* Jessica Grose: The eternal teenage life of Ruth Madoff
* Ben vs. protesters: Bernanke defends Fed from OWS claims
* Kunur Patel: Groupon’s marketing spend works almost too well
* Morning Call: U.S. futures point higher, London falls early, oil slips and European shares recover.
* John Gapper: Emperor Corzine’s Goldman clothes
* Related #1: The trade that sunk MF Global
* Related #2: Obama campaign may return Corzine cash
* Eliot Brown: Zombie properties come back to life
* Academia: “Price-quakes” in global stock markets
* Arlene Weintraub: NPS Pharma’s not so excellent Wall Street adventure
* Get Term Sheet: Sign up for our morning email on deals & deal-makers
* Matthew Ingram: Is crowd-funding startups a solution or just another problem