Write-Offs: 05.09.12
$$$Spain finalises bank recapitalisation plan [FT]
$$$Bank of America's Moynihan tops list of worst performing CEOs [Fortune]
$$$ "Nearly 46 percent of the revenue received by Merrill Lynch's Global Wealth Management unit last year came from just 21 percent of its top-producing brokers, about 2,500 people, according to copies of the reports reviewed by Reuters," which seems sort of low no? [Reuters]
$$$ Goldman's trading "huddles" won't disqualify it from doing private placements [SEC.gov, earlier]
$$$Lawsuit Claims Texas Constable Forced Deputy to ‘Motorboat’ Her Breasts [ATL]
$$$ A bank in New York is looking for a Basel II modeler - could it be you? [DBCC]
$$$Hedge Fund Inflows Slowing, a Report Indicates [DealBook]
$$$ Peter Orszag seems to think strange things about the marginal utility of money [Bloomberg, earlier]
$$$Carlyle Falls Below Offer Price as Rubenstein Plan Fails. FYI the plan was "have stock go up." [Bloomberg]
$$$Space-Taxi Race Gets a New Player [WSJ]
$$$Accused madam yelled at by judge after attempting to switch defense team again [NYP]