$$$ Bernanke: U.S. Treasuries Still ‘Safe Haven’ [Bloomberg]
$$$E*Trade Says It Won't Seek Sale [WSJ]
$$$Economists Cut Chance of U.S. Recession [WSJ]
$$$Bonds' Sales Pitch: Patriotism, Monthly Jackpots [WSJ]
$$$Did Bonuses Really Cause the Financial Crisis? [NetNet]
$$$ "Only Napoleon did more than I have done, but I am definitely taller" and other Berlusconi greatest hits [Reuters]
$$$Colonel Sanders had a secret recipe, and a secret manuscript [WaPo]
Harvard grads are rich; Bitcoins; Brazilians; Blankfein; "I’m Ashton Kutcher and I’m here to help"; "Oregon artist to sell image of Trump painted with menstrual blood"; and more.
$$$ Standard Chartered Accused of Hiding Transactions With Iranians $$$ Banks Say Loan Applications Rise [WSJ] $$$ Chesapeake asset sale lifts profits, shares rise [Reuters] $$$ Swiss Brace for Talks with US on Secret Accounts [Reuters] $$$ U.S. judo Olympian kicked out for "accidentally" eating pot [NYDN] $$$ Harvard Management is looking for a quantitative risk analytics senior associate and a position management associate [DBCC] $$$ Magnetar synthetic CDO construction and marketing: the emails [ProPublica] $$$ German bank has CDO case against Aladdin, court says [Reuters] $$$ Facebook Bears Garner 500% Profit From Structured Product Bets [Bloomberg] $$$ What Mitt Romney Bought at the Hardware Store [DI]
