Write-Offs: 01.21.14

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$$$Neel Kashkari, ex-Treasury official, running for California governor [LA Times, related]

$$$Buffett Leans on 29-Year-Old Cool to Oversee Problems [Bloomberg]

$$$J.P. Morgan Avoids Some Deals In China, Fearing U.S. Investigations [WSJ]

$$$Charlie Gasparino: BlackRock's Fink Hoping Hillary is Ticket to Treasury Post [FBN]

$$$Quicken Loans' Billion Dollar Bracket Challenge Offers $1 Billion Grand Prize for Perfect College Basketball Bracket; Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway insures grand prize while nation's fourth largest mortgage lender guarantees an additional $2 million in prizes for 20 most accurate brackets submitted nationwide and $1 million for funding of inner-city educational efforts. [PRN]

$$$Private jets in scrimmage for Super Bowl space [CNBC]

$$$Here's Rob Ford Drunkenly Jabbering in a Jamaican Accent [Gawker]

$$$Ben Bernanke Mulls Job At Think Tank [NYP]

$$$Rising CEO confidence in economy, but plenty of worries in Davos [Reuters]

$$$Katy Perry says she prayed for larger breasts [NYDN]

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