Write-Offs: 02.13.12
$$$Moody's Cuts Six Euro-Zone Nations; U.K. Outlook Lowered [WSJ]
$$$Obama seeks to cut municipal bond tax breaks [Reuters]
$$$Obama seeks big dividend tax hike for wealthy [Reuters]
$$$Private Equity Tax Break ‘Indefensible,’ Calpers’ Dear Says [Bloomberg]
$$$ The budget won't pass so the muni tax rates, dividend tax hike and carried-interest reform don't matter [Economist]
$$$ Invest with Bomillion-HIG or they'll blow up your pterodactyls [HIG Bank, video, amazing]
$$$ FYI: Pimco pays well [Reuters / Felix Salmon]
$$$ "Phil Angelides, the former chairman of a federal commission set up to look into the causes of the financial crisis, has stepped down from a group seeking to turn a profit by investing in distressed mortgages." [Reuters/Matthew Goldstein]
$$$EU tries to finalise €130bn Greek bail-out [FT]
$$$France to push on with trading tax [FT]
$$$ “Often, the United States is not perceived as being enthusiastic about soccer. At the same time, investors in the U. S. markets often have an international background, which might explain the rather strong effects.” But what explains the love for curling? [Real Time Economics]
$$$ Henry Blodget accuses someone of trolling for clicks with headline "Why Teachers Have Sex With Their Students" - with headline "Why Teachers Have Sex With Their Students" [BI]
