Write-Offs: 08.30.11
$$$Everybody who hadn’t yet sued BofA did today, or will soon (WSJ, Dealbook, NYT, Reuters)
$$$Divisions at Fed Resulted in Compromise on Interest Rates (NYT)
$$$Lehman seeking creditor vote on $65 billion payout (Reuters)
$$$Consumer confidence crumbles to 2-year low (Reuters)
$$$ Today is the last day to sign up for The Decathlon, which benefits Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (you can also donate here!) (The Decathlon)
$$$Woman Buys a Block of Wood with an Apple Logo Thinking It’s an iPad (Gawker)
$$$Exxon Wins Arctic Deal, Gives Russia U.S. Access (WSJ)
$$$Artist Paints Burning Banks, Attracting Police Attention (NYO)
$$$SEC Recovers $1.4 Million Bonus From Ex-Beazer CFO (CNBC)
$$$ Foster Kamer: The Best Business Card Ever: A Warren Buffett Story, Starring His Girl Friday (NYO)
$$$Yvonne’s nerves of steel were likewise unshaken in the face of bait that included an attractive ox dubbed the "George Clooney of cattle,” her “sister cow,” Waltraud, or her calf, Friesi. In fact, an animal psychic reported that Yvonne is over domestic life in general, saying the cow “didn’t feel ready” to return to her old life ... (Slate)