Write-Offs: 12.8.14

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$$$ Billionaire Buying Guide: What to Get the Person Who Truly Can Buy Anything, #10: Flame Thrower from “Alien: Resurrection” [Bloomberg]

$$$Former Madoff Operations Director Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison [WSJ]

$$$SEC Seeking S&P’s Suspension From Rating Commercial Mortgage Bonds [Bloomberg]

$$$Operator of bitcoin stock exchange penalized by U.S. SEC [Reuters]

$$$Dealbreaker Dramatic Reading returns December 17th for its fourth installment. It'll be more fun than Steve Cohen had the time he was let loose in a fleece factory. BE THERE. [DB]

$$$Leonardo DiCaprio Leaves Club With 20 Women [NYM]

$$$Gross’s Janus Fund Attracted $769 Million Last Month [Bloomberg]

$$$Goldman: Why 2015 could be better than we think [NetNet]

$$$Airline VP Kicks Flight Attendant Off Plane For Screwing Up Nuts [Gawker]

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