Write-Offs: 11.21.11
$$$Debt Panel Fails to Reach Deal [WSJ]
$$$S&P Keeps U.S. Rating at AA+ After Panel Failure [Bloomberg]
$$$Ex-Madoff trader admits faking records since 70s [Reuters]
$$$Robert Kelly: Inside the fall of a superstar banker [Fortune]
$$$ George Soros: The ECB must step in to save the eurozone [FT]
$$$ Let Gisele Bundchen pick your stocks [Stockerblog]
$$$Investors Flock to Biggest Hedge Funds [Bloomberg]
$$$Wall St. banks wonder if they are shrinking for good [Reuters]
$$$For Euro Investors, Time to Check the Fine Print [WSJ]
$$$Did European Banks Cause the Mortgage Bubble? [NetNet]
$$$Meet Jefferies, the World’s First Crowdsourced Investment Bank [Reformed Broker]
$$$ Donald Trump has a $7bn net worth and may be president in 2012 [Fox]