Write-Offs: 01.04.12
$$$Defying G.O.P., Obama Names Head of Consumer Agency [NYT]
$$$Deutsche Bank Accepts Indicative Bids For Asset Management Operations [WSJ]
$$$MF Global sold assets to Goldman before collapse [Reuters]
$$$Kodak Preparing for Chapter 11 Filing [WSJ]
$$$ Kurt Vonnegut explains why your MBA costs like $150,000 [Slack Wire]
$$$Margin Call's late-night meeting rendered quieter, more awkward [Slate]
$$$Asia Hedge Funds Face a Year of Attrition [Bloomberg]
$$$ China would prefer to have more short selling [FT]
$$$Spain sees €50bn of new bank provisions [FT]
$$$SEC says adviser defrauded investors using LinkedIn [Reuters]
$$$Rajat Gupta Seeks to Have Some Insider-Trading Counts Thrown Out [Bloomberg]
$$$ Dylan Ratigan's voice "sometimes caused Mr. Bloomberg scream at him lovingly across the newsroom to 'Shut up, Ratigan'" [NYO]