What’s news around the hedge fund industry for Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012:

Around the web

@ComfortablySmug: Even a superstorm is no excuse for journalists not to check Twitter trolling. (The Guardian) Also, Man faces fallout for spreading false Sandy reports on Twitter. (CNN)

Icahn takes stake and Netflix shares surge. (DealBook)

David Einhorn is shorting iron ore. (Clusterstock)

JPMorgan sues Javier Martin-Artajo, Bruno Iksil’s boss, over London Whale trades. (DealBook)

Knight Capital suffers power failure. (DealBook)

Coupland Cardiff Asset Management cuts Asian event-driven fund. (FINalternatives)

After weak returns, Mark Yusko’s Endowment Fund limits withdrawals. (NYTimes.com)

Harbinger Capital Partners seeks dismissal of would-be investor class-action. (FINalternatives)

High court won’t hear Lancer Group founder Michael Lauer’s appeal. (FINalternatives)

SinoPac Financial Holdings plans Hong Kong hedge fund administration business. (FINalternatives)

PGGM considering hedge fund replication. (IPE.com)

Orange County Employees Retirement System votes for four event-driven hedge funds. (Pensions & Investments, via FINalternatives)

Altegris offers access to Brevan Howard fund. (FINalternatives)

A year later, all eyes still on ‘Edie’ O’Brien. (WSJ.com)

Green Mountain investors sue claiming Keurig deception. (Bloomberg Businessweek)

People moves

Former Morgan Stanley banker David Barrett joins Gotham Asset Management. (Bloomberg)

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