Write-Offs: 12.29.11

$$$ Goldman, Morgan Stanley Fight For Facebook Gold [WSJ]

$$$ Gold Bubble Seen by Soros on Brink of Bear Market [Bloomberg]

$$$ Princeton Brews Trouble for Us 1 Percenters [Bloomberg]

$$$ Marching Orders for Paul’s Volunteers: Do Shave, Don’t Tweet: …they say they are under strict orders: To look, dress, shave, sound and behave in a way that will not jeopardize Mr. Paul’s chances. Even before flying here on their own nickel, some students said they had been instructed to cover up tattoos and told that their faces should be fresh-shaved or beards neatly trimmed, wearing only nice clothes that one described as “business casual.” “No tats,” another volunteer, Rocco Lucente, said as he ticked off the rules after arriving at the airport Tuesday night. No liquor, no drugs and, he said, no “fraternizing in the dorms, nothing like that.” He said the standard expected of volunteers was: “What would Ron Paul do? [NYT]

$$$ Treasury To Start Charging Banks For Risk Monitoring [Reuters]

$$$ Cutting Buffett Helps Sequoia Top Rankings [Bloomberg]

$$$ Kelly Clarkson praises Ron Paul; fans fire back [NYP]

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Comments (5)

  1. Posted by Anal_ist | December 29, 2011 at 7:22 PM

    Thanks for clearing that up Michael Lewis. I always assumed Ivy League students elbowed their way to the front of the GS career table because they were after a lucrative IB position. Turns out it was a mass brainwashing conspiracy to "subjugate" them.

  2. Posted by buboe | December 29, 2011 at 9:32 PM

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal

    might be worth reading before you make a bigger ass of yourself than your handle suggests you are.

  3. Posted by Guest | December 29, 2011 at 11:27 PM

    Aw, be nice. It's Festivus.

  4. Posted by ... | December 30, 2011 at 9:33 AM

    We will begin with the airing of grievances!

    Anal_ist, see dentist Re:Foot in Mouth.

  5. Posted by Holy Cow | December 30, 2011 at 9:57 AM

    None of you is a friend of a mime.

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