Write-Offs: 12.13.11

Author:
Dealbreaker
Updated:
Jan 14, 2019
Original:
Dec 13, 2011

$$$Former MF Global CEO Jon Corzine Aware of Money Transfer, Says Senate Witness [ABC]

$$$Fed Takes No Action; Outlook a Bit Better [WSJ]

$$$ If you thought realtors were too optimistic on home sales, it's because they were counting them wrong [Reuters]

$$$ Jim Simons gave $150 million to Stony Brook University [NYT]

$$$ Occupy Wall Street's alternative banking working group is led by a former British diplomant and a former D.E. Shaw quant [Mother Jones]

$$$Bove Slashes Price Targets on Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley [FBN]

$$$Highbridge cuts execs, including two PMs, in tough year [AR]

$$$ JPMorgan bought MF Global bonds at a discount after MF's bankruptcy filing [WSJ]

$$$ Facebook and IPO underwriting [WSJ]

$$$ Facebook and insurance underwriting [Bankrate]

$$$ "Someone Is Wrong About Cheeseburgers On The Internet" [Unfogged]

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$$$ J.P. Morgan Suspends Share Buyback [WSJ] $$$ Bank of America's CEO 'Comfortable' With Investments [CNBC] $$$ Gupta ‘Threw Away His Duties,’ Prosecutor Says In Opening [Bloomberg] $$$ France, Germany Fail to Resolve Differences Over Euro Bonds [WSJ] $$$ U.S. lets China bypass Wall Street for Treasury orders [Reuters] $$$ MF Global's Corzine Got More Than $8 Million in Year Before Collapse [WSJ] $$$ S&P is looking for an associate to rate media and entertainment companies in Chicago - interested? [DBCC] $$$ "On average, for every additional 1% a company returned to shareholders between 2009 and 2011, the CEO was paid 0.6% more last year, the analysis found. For every 1% decline in shareholder return, the CEO was paid 0.6% less. ... In 2010, there was no correlation; for every 1% decrease in shareholder return, the average CEO was paid 0.02% more." [WSJ]$$$ Enron Ex-CEO Seeks Retrial On ‘New Evidence,’ Lawyer Says [Bloomberg] $$$ SEC move set to boost covered bonds in US [FT] $$$ With New Firepower, S.E.C. Tracks Bigger Game [DealBook] $$$ The New York Times printed a giant Gretchen Morgenson story about insider trading except there was no insider trading [Reuters / Felix Salmon, also Reformed Broker] $$$ Taxi Panel May Raise Fares Up to 20% [NYT] $$$ Gal claims she was 'too hot' to work in lingerie shop, forced to wear robe before getting boot: suit [NYP]

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$$$ Spain rating slashed 3 notches by Moody's [Reuters] $$$ Citigroup was once worse than it is now [Bloomberg] $$$ Gupta Prosecutors Draw ‘Secret Pipeline’ Pattern; Defense Asks, ‘Where’s the Beef?’ [DealBook] $$$ JPMorgan doomsday scenario revealed [FT, FTAV] $$$ Large Institutions Discuss New Marketplace for Bonds [WSJ] $$$ George W. Bush’s decapitated head appeared on Game of Thrones [io9] $$$ Lombard Street Research is looking for a senior institutional sales executive in New York [DBCC] $$$ Crédit Agricole Girds Greek Unit for Greece Euro Exit [WSJ] $$$ Two PMs leave Taconic to form value equity shop [AR] $$$ Should lawyers have stopped the London Whale? [ATL] $$$ Endless QE? $6 trillion and counting [Reuters] $$$ Cops: Man on drugs rammed Stamford police cruisers [Stamford Advocate]

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