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Write-Offs: 01.29.13

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$$$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]

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$$$ Gorman Gets a Big Bump in Base Salary [DealBook] $$$ Wasendorf Gets 50 Years [WSJ] $$$ Suit reveals new details of Paulson's role in Goldman Abacus CDO [Reuters] $$$ Tony James thinks private equity should maybe be renamed "clarity equity" [DealBook] $$$ Tony James also thinks that "the hot credit markets are more of a negative" for private equity [Fortune] $$$ No, Obama Will Not Tear Down Reagan’s Childhood Home Brick by Brick [DI] $$$ World Class PhD Modellers - New Jersey - Hedge Fund - say no more [DBCC] $$$ U.S. Sues to Halt Takeover of Modelo [WSJ] $$$ Monte Paschi Rating Cut as Probe Digs Deeper Into Losses [Bloomberg] $$$ "Very few people live their lives with wealth-maximization as their exclusive goal, and if Zuckerberg doesn't want to maximize Facebook's financial value nobody can make him." [Slate / Matt Yglesias] $$$ The perpetualisation of debt [FTAV] $$$ No-Fun Mississippi House Bill Seeks to Outlaw Animal-Human Hybrids [BetaBeat]

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$$$ "UBS AG, Switzerland’s biggest bank, fired its head of credit-default swaps index trading, David Gallers, last week, with no plan to fill the position, according to two people familiar with the matter. Instead, the bank replaced Gallers with computer algorithms that trade using mathematical models." [Bloomberg] $$$ Morgan Stanley should not boost bond trading: analyst [Reuters] $$$ Sheila Bair has a crazy plan for Congressional pay-for-performance [Fortune] $$$ Goldman Research Implies Big Obama Electoral Win [Deal Journal] $$$ “One of the most striking differences between U.S. presidents is how they choose to stock the White House bar.” [TMN via The Hairpin] $$$ A premium bank is looking for an analyst or associate candidate for the Corporate Strategies group within the investment banking division in New York[DBCC] $$$ Recycled legal claims make banks look like victims [Breakingviews] $$$ Citigroup Discloses Libor Inquiry in Singapore [WSJ] $$$ “Some genius paired 50 Cent's In Da Club with a video put out by the Jehovah's Witnesses to encourage deaf people not to masturbate” [Kottke] $$$ Defendant In Murder Trial Who Wanted To Get Back To His Cell In Time For Monday Night Football: “I Did it, So What?” [Deadspin]

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