Write-Offs: 01.10.12
$$$Europe set to block DB-NYSE tie-up [FT]
$$$Fannie Mae CEO Stepping Down [Bloomberg]
$$$Insider-Trading Mole Praised by Prosecutors [WSJ]
$$$Who Has Mitt Romney Fired, and How Much Did He Like Doing It? [Daily Intel]
$$$ "What do you want to do, have people lose their legs or do you want to show them what happens so that they don’t lose their legs? Take your poison." Mike Bloomberg's poison is fried chicken. [NYO]
$$$Lehman Still Doing Deals in a Second Life on Wall Street [DealBook]
$$$Dealpolitik: The Hostile Takeover That Breaks All the Rules [Deal Journal]
$$$ Micro and macro are different [Paul Krugman]
$$$Mr. Manners Thinks Upstreaming While Hailing A Cab Is A-Okay [Gothamist]
$$$ What does Steve Schwarzman have planned for "steveschwarzmansucks.com"? [Domain Name Wire via DealBook]