Write-Offs: 05.04.11
$$$ Lawmakers told $2 trillion debt cap raise needed: sources (Reuters)
$$$Obama will not release bin Laden photos, White House says (WaPo)
$$$Value Investing Congress Summary: Marks, Romick, Tilson, Leonard & More (MarketFolly)
$$$ UBS Financial Services Inc. lost a jury verdict of almost $10.6 million in a case brought by a former sales assistant who said she was sexually harassed by a supervisor...[who] “repeatedly made inappropriate comments about Ingraham’s breast size,” called her into his office “to view sexually offensive e-mails on his computer,” and repeatedly talked about the size of his genitals,” she said. He also asked her about her sexual fantasies, she said in the lawsuit. (Bloomberg)
$$$ More Power Over Wall Street, but Little Chance to Discuss It (ProPublica)
$$$ Dems To Force Vote On Oil Subsidies (HuffPo)
$$$Madoff trustee Irving Picard wants to start repaying victims (NYP)
$$$PIMCO rolls out floating-rate fund ahead of rates (Reuters)
$$$Carlos Slim Actively Selling Silver Futures (CNBC)
$$$Bank Stocks Shunned by Money Managers Over Derivatives (Bloomberg)
$$$LinkedIn Chooses NYSE Over Nasdaq, Following Renren and Pandora (Bloomberg)
$$$NASA Gravity Probe Confirms Two Einstein Theories (Space)