Write-Offs: 01.14.14

$$$Beanie Baby Maker Ty Warner Avoids Jail in Tax Case [Bloomberg]

$$$Wells Fargo Profit Rises Despite Mortgage Slowdown [WSJ]

$$$JPMorgan profit hit by Madoff, weaker investment banking [Reuters]

$$$New Michael Lewis Book on Financial World Will Be Published in March [NYT]

$$$Satellite mogul Charlie Ergen admitted on Monday that he likes to “play in the mud” — but that there was nothing dirty about his purchase of LightSquared debt. [NYP]

$$$Fed Begins Studying Banks' Activities in Physical Commodity Markets [WSJ]

$$$Wells Fargo calls Bitcoin summit on 'rules of engagement' [FT via Lauren LaCapra]

$$$Florida Man Who Shot Movie-Texter May Use "Stand Your Ground" Defense [Gawker]