Write-Offs: 03.12.12
$$$Citigroup could be surprise winner in stress tests [Reuters]
$$$Goldman Buoyed by Credit Rally Seen Leading Bank Trading Gains [Bloomberg]
$$$Will Portugal Follow Greece Into Debt Relief? [NetNet]
$$$ Highland Capital is looking for a distressed investments senior analyst-- you? [DBCC]
$$$ "Last week, Bloomberg announced the creation of a Billionaires Index. Updated daily at 5:30 p.m., the list would track, in more or less real time, the wealth of the world’s 20 richest people...Not to be outdone, Forbes announced that in addition to its big annual list, it was preparing to roll out a real-time list that would track gains and losses for 50 billionaires with updates every 15 minutes." [Dealbook]
$$$Wily, Elusive Foragers Invade Upstate New York [NYT]
$$$Mitt Romney Is ‘Good Friends’ With NFL Owners, Too [DB]
$$$ Bradley H. Jack a former investment banking chief at Lehman and an owner the most expensive residential property in Fairfield, has been charged for the second time in less than a year with forging a prescription for a controlled substance. [CTP]
$$$ Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit Says Anger With Wall Street Is ‘Understandable’ [NYO]
$$$Peter Thiel, university-hater, heads to campus [Reuters]
$$$Groupon of a lifetime: "$12,500 for a signed Titanic DVD and 13-day ocean voyage with tour of the Titanic (a $59,680 value); departs from St. John’s, Newfoundland, on July 26 and returns August 8" [G]