Write-Offs: 12.20.12
$$$TARP’s Smallest Recipient Repays, Treasury Reaps $62,000 [Real Time Economics]
$$$Peter Madoff Gets 10 Years for Aiding Brother’s Ponzi Scheme [Bloomberg]
$$$Role of Brokers in UBS Scandal Draws Scrutiny [WSJ]
$$$ "At long last the New York Stock Exchange has achieved its main goal in recent years: consumption by a beast higher on the food chain." [NetNet / John Carney]
$$$This Handy Vibrator Is a Great Place to Store Your Pitch Decks [BetaBeat]
$$$ Franklin Templeton is looking for a director of portfolio analysis and investment risk in San Mateo, CA [DBCC]
$$$San Bernardino paid $2 million in cash-outs before bankruptcy filing [Reuters]
$$$Making It Easier to Estimate Libor Losses [DealBook]
$$$US banks face rise in bad loans cover [FT]
$$$Pope already beating Justin Bieber’s rate of Twitter retweets — just a week after launching account [NYDN]