Write-Offs: 12.01.08

$$$ Trustee alleges brokers bribed Sentinel manager [Fortune]
$$$ How Congress Will Kill Detroit [Deal Journal]
$$$Deadline extended for rival Neuberger bids [Reuters]
$$$Squeeze the Banker [STB]
$$$Kudlow on the Recession [CWS]
$$$Apply for a Federal Bailout! [VF]