Write-Offs: 01.29.13
$$$Chesapeake CEO McClendon steps down after year of tumult [Reuters]
$$$ "Herbalife has owned 'therealbillackman.com,' 'billackman.net' and 'therealackman.net' since Jan. 18, according to Go Daddy’s database of registered domain names. So far, the sites are inactive." [NYP]
$$$How should central banks think about the financial system? [Free Exchange]
$$$ "It’s time to revive a British financial innovation from the 18th century: perpetual bonds." [Slate / Matt Yglesias, related?]
$$$Lotus 1-2-3 is 30 years old [kottke]
$$$Ex-Nomura banker turned sex guru says banking is bad for sexual health [EFC]
$$$ Prelude Capital is looking for an administrative assistant in New York [DBCC]
$$$Highbridge's Dubin and York's Dinan make bullish case for equities [AR]
$$$Spread dispersion in the high yield market is very high [Bond Vigilantes]
$$$ "In this case, for both Icahn and Ackman the money at stake was trivial, so they were able to indulge in litigation as sport." [Koncision]
$$$Sean Parker, ‘Dean of the Davos Party Scene,’ One-Ups Himself with Laser Taxidermy [BetaBeat]
$$$ "The Jets have just one county — Nassau County." Seems right [Deadspin]
$$$Men Arrested for $65,000 Chicken-Wing Heist [Grub Street]