Write-Offs: 4.1.15

Drexel Burnham oral history; Mark Cuban on Lynn Tilton; PayPal Mafia; "Florida dad uses Camaro to yank 8-year-old's tooth"; and more.

Author:
Dealbreaker
Updated:
Jan 14, 2019
Original:
Apr 1, 2015

$$$Investment banker charged with rape spent hours trying to find sex partner, prosecutor says [AMNY]

$$$Renegades of Junk: The Rise and Fall of the Drexel Empire [Bloomberg]

$$$Mark Cuban warns of 'red flag' in SEC vs. Tilton [CNBC]

$$$Super-rich lose taste for London restaurants [FT]

$$$Florida dad uses Camaro to yank 8-year-old's tooth [UPI]

$$$Health-care banker bolts Bank of America for Credit Suisse [NYP]

$$$The PayPal Mafia’s Golden Touch [Dealbook]

$$$'New onions' engineered to avoid tears, bad breath [UPI]

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Stock Exchange theme bar with fluctuating drinks prices opening in London; Lynn Tilton's new defense; Wall Street's summer reading lists; "Arizona Cops Hunting For Man Who Urinated Through Mail Slot At Upscale Furniture Store"; and more.

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Paulson plans private equity fund; Risk of recession rises; Mark Cuban sparks 'berserk' bets on gold; At 81, Florence Henderson has multiple ‘friends with benefits’; and more.

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Bank system hacked again; IMF doesn't like Brexit; Mark Cuban offers to be Clinton's running mate; Botox fraud charged with swindling clinic out of $1250 in injections; and more.

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Gross takes a hit; Point72 hires ex-prosecutor; How the top 10 hedge fund managers spend their money (on politics); "Decathlete uses javelin to pull daughter's tooth"; and more.

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$$$ Euro zone grants multi-billion euro lifeline for Greece [Reuters] $$$ Alcoa Earnings Beat Estimates as Car Sales Boost Aluminum Demand [Bloomberg] $$$ Buffett Gives $2 Billion to Gates Foundation [DealBook] $$$ Jefferies Must Pay Fired Trader $1.86 Million, Court Says [Bloomberg, earlier] $$$ Indonesian men rescued after spending five days trapped in trees by Sumatran tigers [NYDN] $$$ Consider attending a breakfast briefing with Lynn Tilton tomorrow morning [Bryant Park] $$$ Pondering a Drought in Merger Deals [DealBook] $$$ What's behind Perry Capital's Fannie and Freddie gambit? [Fortune] $$$ CME chief defends clearing houses’ growing role [FT] $$$ The ‘Shiti Bike’ Sticker Campaign Is Upon Us [DI] $$$ There Is a Giant Inflatable Mr. Darcy Floating in London’s Hyde Park [HowAboutWe]

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Greece; Settlements; Hoaxes; "Florida man dances on police vehicle to ward off vampires"; and more.

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Merrill broker banned; Twitter earnings; Clinton on Wall Street; "Barbecue Smoke Sparks Feud Between Florida Neighbors"; and more.

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Bill Miller buys Valeant; BofA sees more cuts coming; Florida man plans to use 'ocean bubble' to travel to the Caribbean; and more.