Write-Offs: 09.19.11

Author:: Dealbreaker
Updated:: Jan 14, 2019
Original:: Sep 19, 2011

$$$Obama Presses for New Taxes on Wealthy (WSJ)

$$$Netflix Strategy Prompts Backlash (NYT)

$$$Fed Ponders Jobs, Inflation Targets (WSJ)

$$$Merkel's Authority Is on the Wane (Der Spiegel)

$$$Siemens withdrew more than half-a-billion euros in cash deposits from a large French bank two weeks ago and transferred it to the European Central Bank (FT)

$$$"Rage" against Wall Street power clogs sidewalks (Reuters)

$$$Obama's Postal Service plan would cut Saturday mail (Reuters)

$$$Madoff Trustee’s Suit Seeking Damages Is ‘Clearly Wrong,’ JPMorgan Says (Bloomberg)

$$$SEC rule aims to clean up securities market (FT)

$$$AT&T Said to Seek Asset Sales to Save Bid for T-Mobile (Bloomberg)

$$$MoveOn TV Ad: 'I'm Warren Buffett's Secretary' (CNBC)

$$$ Empire Mayo, "possibly the world's first shop dedicated entirely to high-end mayo," to open in Brooklyn (Eater)

$$$ Fed says economy may need help, keeps policy on hold [Reuters] $$$ U.S. Treasury to Develop Floating-Rate Notes [WSJ] $$$ Flood of Errant Trades Is a Black Eye for Wall Street [NYT] $$$ PokerStars Strikes U.S. Deal to Buy Full Tilt Poker [Bloomberg] $$$ Australian Billionaire Reportedly Planning to Clone a Dinosaur for Jurassic Park-Themed Resort [NYO] $$$ The Federal Highway Administration is looking for a financial policy advisor in D.C., if that might be of interest to you [DBCC] $$$ Nationalising RBS on the table [FT] $$$ The Facebook Flip: Funds Exit Early [WSJ] $$$ What the U.S. Postal Service Default Really Means [BBW] $$$ London mayor gets stuck on zip line during Olympic celebration [NYDN]

$$$ Fed Is 'Playing a Game With Us:' Pimco's Gross [CNBC] $$$ Bundesbank steps up pressure on Draghi [FT] $$$ Broker departures accelerate at Merrill Lynch [Reuters] $$$ The head of credit trading at Credit Suisse has been fined £210,000 for disclosing confidential information about a forthcoming €2.5bn bond issue after inviting a UK fund manager to “play charades” and guess the identity of the issuer. Nicholas Kyprios encouraged a fund manager who had been invited by Credit Suisse to a roadshow in November 2009 for an unnamed company to guess the issuer, using phrases like “you’re getting warmer”, the Financial Services Authority said. [FT] $$$ How would you like to be a Fixed Income Business Management Analyst for BlackRock in New York? [DBCC] $$$ Goldman Hires a New P.R. Chief $$$ Euro Zone Split over Financial Transaction Tax [Der Spiegel] $$$ Fred Wilpon's lawyers have planned a whole range of distractions for their Madoff trial [WSJ, related] $$$ Robert Lacoursiere, the Paulson & Co. partner who oversaw the $23 billion hedge fund’s team of banking analysts, quit last week after four years to start his own fund, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. [Bloomberg] $$$ Manhattan madam's 'sidekick' turns herself in, released on $100K bail [NYP]