Write-Offs: 01.03.12
$$$Fed to forecast rates for years ahead [FT]
$$$Pimco Total Return Saw $5B in ’11 Withdrawals [Bloomberg]
$$$ "The bailout agreement needs to be signed. Otherwise, we will be out of the markets, out of the euro. The situation will be much worse." [Spiegel]
$$$Unable to Raise Capital, Brokerage Firm Calls It Quits [DealBook]
$$$ Lawrence Delevingne: Paul Orwicz to rejoin SAC as Sursum shuts [AR]
$$$White House Denies CIA Teleported Obama to Mars [Wired]
$$$Bankers Feel Job Cuts Across Asia [WSJ]
$$$Firearms Sales Ring in 2012 With a Bang [CNBC]
$$$ The SEC should go back to doing what it's good at, i.e. much much less [Deal Journal]
$$$New ad for Michelle Bachmann airing in Iowa likens her travails to those of Tim Tebow [NYDN]
$$$ Unclear if the Queen has an alibi [Reuters]
