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Write-Offs: 05.14.12

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$$$European leaders and financial markets braced for Greece exit from euro [Guardian]

$$$Ron Paul no longer campaigning in primaries [WaPo]

$$$ Facebook IPO books are closing tomorrow [Bloomberg]

$$$Groupon Beats Expectations on Domestic Growth, Lower Costs [CNBC]

$$$$ Recommended Whale reading:

$$$ S&P is hiring a director for its ABS Surveillance team in New York [DBCC]

$$$Dow 100,000? One Analyst Says It May Happen [CNBC!]

$$$ Manmohan Singh doesn't like floating-rate Treasuries [VoxEU]

$$$Chesapeake confident on asset sales, shares rise [Reuters]

$$$Sharks circle McClendon's Chesapeake [Reuters]

$$$Ally’s Mortgage Unit, ResCap, Files for Bankruptcy [DealBook]

$$$Spanish banks eye four-way merger [FT]

$$$So-called 'King of All Pimps' sentenced to four years in prison [NYP]

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$$$ Jack Lew sworn in as Treasury secretary [Reuters] $$$ JPMorgan CEO Dimon: 'We Need a Big Plan' [FBN] $$$ Hedge fund in 'Whale' trade tried to poach JPM employees [Reuters] $$$ JPMorgan Traders Lost on 41 Days as ‘London Whale’ Unwinds [Bloomberg] $$$ "After four and a half intense and wonderful years as CEO of Groupon, I've decided that I'd like to spend more time with my family. Just kidding - I was fired today." [CT] $$$ Telepathic rats solve problems together [FT] $$$ A major investment bank is looking for a sector coverage head for Food/Consumer/Retail commercial banking [DBCC] $$$ Bank of China Eyes Expansion Into U.S. Securitization [WSJ] $$$ US watchdog set to weaken derivatives rules [FT] $$$ Girls Gone Wild is bankrupt [NetNet / John Carney] $$$ Regional jets really suck [WSJ] $$$ Maxine Waters: 'Over 170 Million Jobs Could Be Lost' Due To Sequestration [YouTube]

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