Write-Offs: 09.14.12
$$$As His Fraud Trial Opens, Ex-UBS Trader Is Accused of Brazen Gambling [DealBook]
$$$Thanks, Goldman, for Giving My Peers Their Lives Back [Bloomberg]
$$$FDIC’s Hoenig Wants Simpler Rules Than Basel III [Deal Journal]
$$$ Occupy Wall Street's one-year anniversary demonstrations start tomorrow [The Awl]
$$$ Hard-money types talk too much about the gold standard, not enough about the bacon standard [CNBC]
$$$ "I'm kind of a Snooki fan. Look how tiny's she's gotten. She's lost weight. She's energetic. Just her spark-plug personality is kind of fun." - Mitt Romney [DI]
$$$ TIAA-CREF is looking for an insurance wholesaling director in Boston [DBCC]
$$$Miller Says U.S. Should Issue Simplified Volcker Rule [Bloomberg]
$$$ Private equity needs more strategic deals [Term Sheet]
$$$Home Depot is leaving China, "where cheap labor has stunted the do-it-yourself ethos and apartment-based living leaves scarce demand for products like lumber" [WSJ]
$$$Allocating Risk Through Contract: Evidence from M&A and Policy Implications [Harvard Law]
$$$Naked German monk found wandering Bavarian forest after tripping on some bad berries [NYDN]