Write-Offs: 1.8.15

$$$Meet the most powerful woman in hedge funds [NetNet]

$$$S&P 500 Erases Loss for Year as Stocks Rally for 2nd Day [Bloomberg]

$$$Mark Cuban: I can't figure this market out [CNBC]

$$$Ex-Goldman trader's fund up 51 pct playing energy's rise and fall [Reuters]

$$$Officials in San Diego are trying to sort out how a 5 1/2-foot snake wound up in a toilet at an office building. [AP]

$$$Lawsky Said to Probe Medley Hedge Fund Over Ties to Payday Loans [Bloomberg]

$$$Herbalife hires new crisis PR firm to fight Ackman [NYP]

$$$World’s Best Forecaster Targets Euro-Dollar Parity [Bloomberg]

$$$Here's How You Do The New Steve Ballmer Dance [ValleyWag]