Write-Offs: 11.04.14

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$$$Judge Declines to Block Ackman From Voting in Board Fight at Allergan [Dealbook]

$$$Fed’s Bullard Upbeat on Economy, Sees No Need for New Stimulus [WSJ]

$$$Icahn’s Publicly Traded Arm Is Stung by Energy Investments [Dealbook]

$$$Pimco Total Return Fund posts a record $27.5 billion in outflows in October [Reuters]

$$$Police: Suspect tried to eat DWI test results [UPI]

$$$Singer's Elliott Says U.S. Growth Optimism Unwarranted as Data ‘Cooked’ [Bloomberg]

$$$The most important political money man you've never heard of [NetNet]

$$$Bomb Squad Takes 3 Hours To Determine Package Is Just Mexican Jumping Beans [HP]

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Pfizer to buy Allergan in big f*cking deal; Yellen tells Nader to piss off; Being ethical in Silicon Valley is hard; "Florida Man In Darth Vader Mask Robs Convenience Store"; and more.

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$$$ Greek Aid Payment Call Won’t Be Made Next Week, EU Official Says [Bloomberg] $$$ Dexia Gets a New Bailout [DealBook] $$$ Obama Victory Leads Wealthy to Make Quick Pre-2013 Moves [Bloomberg] $$$ "The ECB is playing a more complicated game than old fashioned 'loose money to counteract downturns, tight money to counteract inflation' monetary policy. And you have to ask yourself: Is it working? Has this delivered prosperity?" [Slate / Matt Yglesias] $$$ The guy who was going to fire all of his employees if Obama got elected, gave them a 5% raise [BBW] $$$ Priceline.com Impulsively Buys Kayak During Mini Existential Crisis [VF] $$$ JPMorgan is looking for a high-net-worth banker in Chicago [DBCC] $$$ JPMorgan Cleared for $3 Billion Stock Buyback [DealBook] $$$ Libor rates cull proposed for April [FT] $$$ Consulting Firm That Once Advised Gadhafi Enters Chapter 11 [WSJ] $$$ Here you will find a review of Atlas Shrugged [The Awl] $$$ "As he wended his way toward proposing an April trial date for Christopher's claims and Tory's counterclaims, Strine reflected on the (in his view) unwarranted popularity of 'duck boots,' the mysterious utility of the Topsiders his son just bought and the strangely bright colors of WASP-preferred styles." [Reuters] $$$ "'Paying bills,' Mr. Adelson said on Tuesday night when asked by a Norwegian reporter how he thought his donations had been spent. 'That’s how you spend money. Either that or become a Jewish husband — you spend a lot of money.'" [DI]

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Two senate dems want to curb activist activity; Bullard says rates should go up; Counteroffer tops Marriott bid for Starwood; Sex toy sparks bomb scare; and more.

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Steve Wynn tells investors 'Nobody likes being around poor people'; March was kind to hedge funds; Man who scaled cliff to propose to girlfriend has to be rescued; and more.

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