Write-Offs: 4.28.15

Twitter earnings; Greece, Standard Chartered seen better days; Convicted insider trader sentenced to jail sentenced to more jail; "Naked Idiot On The Field Absolutely Flattened By Rugby Player"; and more.
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$$$Twitter Reports Weak Earnings and the Stock Is Crashing [Bloomberg]

$$$Greek Debt Situation Remains ‘Precarious,’ Bundesbank’s Weidmann Says [WSJ]

$$$Uncertainty Over Impact of a Default by Greece [NYT]

$$$Goldman sees $1 trillion lift in 2015 via U.S. stock buybacks, dividends [Reuters]

$$$Standard Chartered Profit Declined 22 Percent in First Quarter [NYT]

$$$Naked Idiot On The Field Absolutely Flattened By Rugby Player [Deadspin]

$$$Trader Convicted of Insider Trading Receives More Prison Time [NYT]

$$$BlackRock in dispute over investor rights [FT]

$$$Put Your Dead Lover's Ashes In A D!ldo With the '21 Grams' Memory Box [Jezebel]

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