October 23, 2021
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Write-Offs: 8.20.15

Investors love expensive boutique fitness; Greece doesn't defaults; Ex-bank chief sentenced for TARP fraud; "EasyJet Passenger Tasered After Dispute Over Carry-On 'Man Purse'"; and more.
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$$$Investors Hope to Ride Swell of SoulCycle Enthusiasm in Coming I.P.O. [Dealbook]

$$$Greece Makes Payment to European Central Bank, Avoiding Default [NYT]

$$$Ex-head of New York bank sentenced to two-and-a-half years prison for TARP fraud [Reuters]

$$$Billy Beane: 'Capitalism' is destroying MLB hitters [CNBC]

$$$EasyJet Passenger Tasered After Dispute Over Carry-On 'Man Purse' [CNBC]

$$$Uber Missed Criminal Records of Drivers, Prosecutors Assert [NYT]

$$$Racing to Stay Ahead of Uber [Bloomberg]

$$$Florida Gun Range To Serve Booze, Because What Could Go Wrong? [HP]

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