Write-Offs: 04.10.12
$$$Rick Santorum drops out of the presidential race [WaPo]
$$$Alcoa Posts Surprise Profit After Aluminum Orders Climb [Bloomberg]
$$$Hedge funds lag the market, again [Fortune]
$$$ Dan Loeb has convinced Yahoo that it's time to move forward with some buzzwords [AllThingsD]
$$$ "The conventional wisdom that Facebook sees Instagram as competition is not the whole story. It may also see Instagram as particularly advertiser-friendly content that its users currently have trouble producing. Think of it as a $1 billion way to make your parents’ status updates more interesting." [Reuters / Ryan McCarthy]
$$$ Interested in behavioral economics? Then don't buy Karl Daniels's Fast and Slow Thinking. [Language Log]
$$$Mitt Romney Is Doing ‘Gay Voice’ in This Video, Says Professional Gay Voice Expert Bob Corff [Gawker]
$$$ How would you like to be a portfolio management associate at Starwood Capital in Greenwich? [DBCC]
$$$NY pushes objection to BofA $8.5 billion mortgage pact [Reuters]
$$$ "Court: Checking Facebook on Your Work Computer Isn't a Crime." Other courts disagree. [WSJ Law Blog]
$$$ "For the first time in its 4 1/2 year life, a program on the Fox Business Network has topped a show on CNBC for an entire week in both Total Viewers and younger viewers." [TVNewser via Talking Biz News]
$$$What Do Europe's Pirate Parties Stand for? [Bloomberg]
$$$This happened [BI]
$$$Mayonnaise Store Now Open in Prospect Heights [Brownstoner]
$$$5-year-old brings heroin for 'show and tell' [Stamford Advocate]