Write-Offs: 06.23.11
$$$ Jobless Claims Rise, Confidence Falls (Bloomberg)
$$$Budget Talks Near Collapse as G.O.P. Leader Quits (NYT)
$$$ Here’s What’s Got Everybody So Excited: A Greek ‘Solidarity Tax’ (MarketBeat)
$$$ Wall Street’s Dinner With Obama: Hold the Scorn (DealBook)
$$$Moody's may downgrade 18 Italian banks (Reuters)
$$$Banks face deadline to rerun EU stress tests (FT)
$$$ As Greece Ponders Default, Lessons From Argentina (NYT)
$$$ El-Erian: Pimco Has No Direct Exposure to Greece (WSJ MarketBeat)
http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2011/06/23/el-erian-pimco-has-no-direct-exposure-to-greece/
$$$ U.S. Default Would Change Fundamentals of Rating, Moody’s Says (Bloomberg)
$$$Goldman’s history lesson on oil releases (FT Alphaville)
$$$ Dick Bove solves Europe’s debt crisis in 407 words (FT Alphaville)
$$$Group of 20 Agrees on Steps to Mitigate Food Price Swings (NYT)
$$$CalPERS: Best & worst PE & VC funds (Fortune)
