Write-Offs: 01.04.12

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$$$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]

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