Write-Offs: 3.2.16

Aubrey McClendon dead in car crash; Goldman to drop bid on Russian bond deal; Father of modern IPO retires; Farmer Uses Manure To Spell Out 'No Trump'; and more.
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$$$Aubrey McClendon, 56, Ex-Chief of Chesapeake Energy, Dies in Crash a Day After Indictment [Dealbook]

$$$Fed Reports Economy Expanded in Most of U.S. [Dealbook]

$$$Goldman Likely to Drop Bid on Russian Bond Deal [WSJ]

$$$British Regulator Bars Ex-Deutsche Bank Trader Over Libor Case [Dealbook]

$$$Farmer Uses Manure To Spell Out 'No Trump' [HP]

$$$Billionaire: Trump like a 'kindergartener' on China [CNBC]

$$$Goldman Sachs’s Eric Dobkin, Father of Modern I.P.O., to Retire

$$$McDonald's testing Happy Meal box that folds into VR viewer [UPI]

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