Write-Offs: 05.15.12
$$$Greece fails to form unity government [FT]
$$$Greek Depositors Withdrew $898 Million From Banks Monday [WSJ]
$$$ "The plane carrying newly sworn-in French President François Hollande was hit by lightning Tuesday afternoon, forcing him to delay a trip to Berlin, where he is due to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel." [WSJ]
$$$ Happy 13F day, Warren Buffett, Phil Falcone, Whitney Tilson [WSJ, WSJ, ZH]
$$$ Bank boards should focus on businesses that are doing suspiciously well [HBR / Sallie Krawcheck]
$$$ Mario Batali is living on food stamps for a week [AP]
$$$A Bronx principal who fantasized to female subordinates about getting intimate with office furniture is being demoted to assistant principal amid new allegations, The Post has learned. The Department of Education is investigating claims by a 15-year-old girl at Bronxdale HS that first-year principal John Chase Jr. made comments that made her uncomfortable, according to a source. Staffers at the brand new school have been calling for Chase’s ouster since a DOE probe confirmed in December that he had made at least three remarks about oral sex to female staffers – including that a new copy machine was so fancy it could give “b--w j--s.” [NYP]
$$$F.B.I. Begins Preliminary Inquiry Into JPMorgan [DealBook]
$$$Gupta Defense, Prosecutors Spar Over Evidence [WSJ]
$$$Chesapeake shares fall on downgrade, loan [Reuters]
$$$ Come on Aubrey McClendon! [Daily Drip, related]
$$$ A rapidly growing Philadelphia-based alternative asset management firm is seeking a full-time investment fund associate - interested? [DBCC]
$$$In Iowa, Romney Warns of a ‘Prairie Fire of Debt’ [NYT]
$$$ James Lipton gives Mitt Romney advice on how to act like a human [DI]