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Write-Offs: 3.24.16

Economists millennial-on-millennial warfare; Marissa Mayer’s enemies are plotting against her; 766 pounds of pot found hidden in broccoli shipment; and more.
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$$$Pershing Square Gets Senate Inquiry on Drug Prices [Bloomberg]

$$$Columbia B-School Professor Says University Ignores & Enables Sexual Harassment [Gothamist]

$$$The Economist Who Predicts Millennial-on-Millennial Warfare [NYM]

$$$Marissa Mayer’s enemies are plotting against her [NYP]

$$$766 pounds of pot found hidden in broccoli shipment [UPI]

$$$The Fed Wants Markets to Stop Taking the Dot Plot So Seriously [Bloomberg]

$$$Plan to Rescue Puerto Rico Advances, Led by House Republicans [Dealbook]

$$$Pine Cone-Throwing Man Refuses To Climb Down 80-Foot Tree [HP]

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