Write-Offs: 05.19.11
$$$ Strauss-Kahn to Get at Least $250,000 Pension From IMF (CNBC)
$$$ The IMF’s Next Leader: The Betting Begins (The Economist)
$$$ Jobless Claims in U.S. Fall More Than Forecast to 409,000, Reversing Surge (Bloomberg)
$$$ LinkedIn's first-day stock pop: Not even close to 1990s dot-com madness (LA Times)
$$$ LinkedIn Helped By Lack of Shorting, Put Options (MarketBeat)
$$$ Glencore debut underwhelms investors (FT)
$$$Bill Ackman Likely Takes $200 Million Bath on Borders (Deal Journal)
$$$UBS’s McCann Denies Speculation of Talks With Wells Fargo (Bloomberg)
$$$ Carlyle Group Said to Assemble $950 Million for First South America Fund (Bloomberg)
$$$Leading indicators fall for first time since June (MarketWatch)
$$$ International Energy Agency Urges Oil Producers to Lift Output (NYT)
$$$ UK banks face bonus shake-up (FT)
$$$Lloyds May Clawback Executive Bonuses (DealBook)
$$$Chinese set new standard in buying gold (FT)
$$$When Regulators Side With the Industries They Regulate (NYT Economix)
$$$ Steve Wynn’s Handbook to Avoiding Organized Crime (WSJ)