Write-Offs: 08.09.12
$$$Osborne lobbies Geithner on StanChart [FT]
$$$Carlyle to Acquire Asset Manager TCW From SocGen [WSJ]
$$$Goldman Cleared in Mortgage Investigation [DealBook]
$$$Manchester United prices IPO below range, valuing club at $2.3 billion [Reuters]
$$$DC Man Orders TV From Amazon, Gets Assault Rifle Instead [USAT]
$$$ A New York boutique firm is looking for a special situation analyst to analyze its special situations [DBCC]
$$$Yahoo May Reverse Alibaba Cash Plans [WSJ]
$$$Chesapeake Energy in U.S. antitrust probe [Reuters]
$$$U.S. Text Messaging Champion Is $50,000 Richer [BW]
$$$Naked Man Covered in Crisco Told Police He was ‘Looking for a Place to Party’ [Gawker]