Write-Offs: 07.11.13
$$$US and EU seal landmark derivatives deal [FT]
$$$Surprise! Huge US Budget Surplus Shatters Record [Reuters]
$$$Jon Hilsenrath Is Not Who You Think He Is [BI]
$$$This Is What It Looks Like to Meditate Outside Goldman Sachs [DI]
$$$Schism among Satanists on abortion issue [NYP]
$$$Trader Thompson Made Eurobonds Woman’s Best Friend Before Crash [Bloomberg]
$$$Big Payout by Moelis May Whet the Appetite for More [DealBook]
$$$Microsoft Shake-Up Aims to Speed Products [WSJ]
$$$China central bank office mobbed by borrowers seeking free loans [Reuters]
$$$ "I mean, we’re about to visit royalty on Alderaan. We can’t have some situation where we’re at dinner and the queen asks us, 'So, how was the trip?' And you pipe up, 'Fine… except for the goddamn Sand People.'" [McSweeney's]