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Write-Offs: 3.22.16

Goldman puts senior exec on leave; Banks shun Russia's bond sale; 65-year-old Canadian man sets world record for knuckle push-ups; and more.
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$$$Washington Still Can't Stop Wall Street's Risk-Taking Bonus Culture [Bloomberg]

$$$Goldman Puts Head of U.S. Inflation Trading on Leave [WSJ]

$$$More Banks Steer Clear of Russia’s Bond Sale [WSJ]

$$$How Satisfying Millennials Could Save PwC $850 Million [Bloomberg]

$$$Monkey toting baby steals Pringles from tourists in Thailand [UPI]

$$$Rockefellers Dump Exxon Holdings That Made Family's Fortune [Bloomberg]

$$$The Wooly Mammoth In The Coal Mine [NYM / Jessica Pressler]

$$$65-year-old Canadian man sets world record for knuckle push-ups [UPI]

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