Write-Offs: 11.25.11

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$$$Could Bank Stress Tests Push US Back Into Recession? [CNBC]

$$$S&P Cuts Belgium Rating [WSJ]

$$$LinkedIn Shares Sag [WSJ]

$$$ Black Friday riot breaks out over $2 waffle maker [WBTV]

$$$ Peggy Draeger, a facilities employee at Huntington Bancshares Inc., didn't imagine her love of Abraham Lincoln would come into focus conducting inventory of bank vaults. But when employees found a long-forgotten box, Ms. Draeger sat on the floor and pulled out the last-known signature of the Great Emancipator—on a check. [WSJ]

$$$KKR's Energy Billionaires Club [Dealbook]

$$$Police Shut Down Occupy Wall Street Drummers At Tense Thanksgiving Confrontation [Gothamist]

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