Write-Offs: 08.13.14

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$$$Hedge Fund Holdouts Fail to Reach Private Deal Over Argentine Debt [Dealbook]

$$$Ackman’s Sales Pitch for His Hedge Fund, and His I.P.O. [Dealbook]

$$$ "The hedge fund founder asked a Manhattan court to grant him access to recordings he claims will prove his Bahamas neighbor, Canadian clothing maker Peter Nygard, ran a “smear campaign” with faked videos portraying him as an insider trader, drug trafficker, Ku Klux Klan member and murderer." [Bloomberg]

$$$Atlantic City Faces Downward Spiral With Revel’s Demise [Bloomberg]

$$$Mr. Met Visits Hospital, Kids Want to Know What the Deal Is With His Giant Scary Head [Daily Intel]

$$$Bloomberg, Markit Separately Look to Buy Barclays's Index Unit [WSJ]

$$$Guess who’s doing “God’s work” advising companies on how to avoid US taxes? [Quartz]

$$$Burger King throws in the towel on "Satisfries" [AP]

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