Write-Offs: 1.15.15

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$$$ Outbursts of obscenities and confusion followed the Swiss central bank’s surprise decision to abolish its three-year-old policy of capping the Swiss franc against the euro, according to traders in London’s financial district. [Bloomberg]

$$$Yellen Signals She Won't Babysit Markets in Turmoil [Bloomberg]

$$$UBS to Pay $14 Million to Resolve Dark Pool Marketing Case [WSJ]

$$$Regulators test universal banking model [FT]

$$$A Breeder Apart: Farmers Say Goodbye to the Bull Who Sired 500,000 Offspring [WSJ]

$$$Saba Capital’s Main Fund Down to $736 Million [WSJ]

$$$Banks searching for answers on awful earnings [NetNet]

$$$Chicago strip club gets neighborhood cleanliness award [UPI]

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