Write-Offs: 04.14.14 - Dealbreaker

Write-Offs: 04.14.14

Author:: Dealbreaker
Updated:: Jan 14, 2019
Original:: Apr 14, 2014

$$$EU Weighs Tougher Russian Sanctions Amid Ukraine Unrest [Bloomberg]

$$$Bitcoin promoter Shrem indicted in NY for money laundering [Reuters]

$$$Cantor Fitzgerald CEO sues over blocked Hamptons hoops court [NYP]

$$$Citigroup Says It Discovered Second Alleged Fraud in Mexico [WSJ]

$$$Hustler Club claims ‘pole-dance tax’ violates rights [NYP]

$$$London hedge fund exec in $72,000 fare ‘dodge’ [CNBC]

$$$Not a Real Bear Party Until S&P 500’s 200-Day Average Is Broken [Bloomberg]

$$$Lukewarm Neil Diamond Fan Drops $4,300 on His Greatest Hits Album [Gawker]

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Theranos director says investors still believe in CEO; Martin Shkreli dropped from lawsuit tied to Wu-Tang album; French statue gets detachable penis to thwart thieves; and more.

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$$$ Ex-UBS Traders Offered Deal by U.S. in Rate Probe [WSJ] $$$ The history of the invention of Libor [Reuters] $$$ British MPs accuse US of anti-City agenda [FT] $$$ Why investors should avoid hedge funds [Reuters / Felix Salmon] $$$ "Brazilian central bank employees staged their first work stoppage in five years today ... demanding an average pay increase of 23 percent to compensate for inflation since June 2008." [Bloomberg via Slate] $$$ Pole Vaulter Realizes It’s Not His Day As His Pole Shatters Mid-Vault [Deadspin] $$$ J.P. Morgan is looking for a Java developer to work on interest rates derivatives pricing [DBCC] $$$ Carbon Credits Gone Awry Raise Output of Harmful Gas [NYT] $$$ "I propose an expanded system of company registration under which companies would have to trade in private markets for a seasoning period, with mandatory disclosure, before they would be allowed to sell their shares to the public at large." [Harvard Law] $$$ On retail vs. institutional investors: "As for small investors vs. little guys, there’s a difference. If you have enough money that you’re investing it through brokers, I personally don’t count you as small, even if you appear small to Goldman Sachs." [Mathbabe] $$$ A Hundred Horses Are Ford’s Pride After Flipping Tainted Banks is really a Bloomberg headline [Bloomberg] $$$ Beck's next album will be released only as sheet music [McSweeney's]

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