Write-Offs: 12.04.13
$$$Budget Negotiators Seeking to Avoid Shutdown Near Deal [Bloomberg]
$$$Icahn Wants Vote on Apple Buyback [WSJ]
$$$Madoff Cut Dead Client’s Payout With Fake Loss, Jury Told [Bloomberg]
$$$Will Volcker Prevent Next ‘London Whale’? [WSJ]
$$$Holiday Shopper Arrested For Relieving Himself On Carpet At Radio Shack Store [TSG]
$$$Cyprus sees more stability, even bitcoin innovators [CNBC]
$$$ResCap’s bankruptcy exit clear [NYP]
$$$SantaCon organizers working with pols and police to turn naughty event nice [NYDN]
