Write-Offs: 09.17.12
$$$Arrests Near Stock Exchange Top 100 on Occupy Wall St. Anniversary [NYT]
$$$Pandit’s Censured Bonus Unhurt by Smith Barney Writedown [Bloomberg]
$$$America’s Fourth-Richest Woman Unveiled With Koch Stake [Bloomberg]
$$$ The incidence of the corporate tax is progressive [WonkBlog]
$$$Apple sells 2 million new phones, sets early order record [Reuters]
$$$B-School Applicants Decline for Four Years [WSJ]
$$$ "One sophomore, granted anonymity by The Crimson because she was afraid to be associated with a party that had been interrupted by police ... [said] 'Everyone at Harvard is very career-minded. No one likes the cops.'" [Crimson]
$$$ A mid-sized global investment bank is looking for a senior quant developer for its FICC trading desk in New York [DBCC]
$$$ "One could easily conclude that [corporate bond] ETFs are ending up with the inventory that dealers can’t manage themselves. Which makes perfect sense if you consider that ETFs are a great place for dealers to park inventory on a funded and risk-recycled basis." [FTAV]
$$$Euro crisis tests limits of "French exception" [Reuters]
$$$Schulze still trying to line up Best Buy bid funding [NYP]
$$$ A federal court ruled that a fraternity is not a monastery for zoning purposes [VC]
$$$ "A Wal-Mart cashier and manager tore up two $100 bills and held a customer for hours until police came and told the store the cash was legitimate, the furious customer claims in court." [CNS]