Write-Offs: 03.05.12
$$$Creditor group to take part in Greek swap [FT]
$$$Judge to Divided Allen Stanford Jury: Keep Deliberating [WSJ]
$$$Mets Owners Must Return $83 Million in Madoff Profits [WSJ]
$$$ FX trader runs up 200k bar tab at a club in Liverpool, raising questions like (1) Is trader's £200k bar splurge the most expensive ever? and (2) who goes clubbing, or trades FX, in Liverpool? [The Sun]
$$$ PIMCO is looking for a Marketing Writer - could that be you? [DBCC]
$$$ Send in the Luftwaffe to correct intra-Europe current account imbalances [FT]
$$$Lawmakers urge crackdown on oil speculators [Reuters]
$$$ "If you put aside the low yields, you still have attractive valuations." [WSJ]
$$$AAA Shortage Drives Foreign Buyers to T-Bonds [Bloomberg]
$$$A Tyrone man who allegedly drove up on police without headlights is facing drunken driving charges. Gerald C. Decker allegedly said, "Thanks, buddy" and tried to "high five" a Tyrone officer who was on foot and flagged Decker down to tell him he was driving without headlights, court records show. "That's not how it works," Officer Adam Bonsell told Decker before having him step out of the vehicle. [Altoona Mirror]