Write-Offs: 3.31.16

Yahoo; Argentina; Banker prison; Airbnb offers bedroom submerged in Paris shark tank; and more.
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$$$Impatient with Yahoo, some investors cheer Starboard effort [Reuters]

$$$Argentina’s Senate Allows Payment to Bondholders [Dealbook]

$$$This Is Where Bad Bankers Go To Prison [Bloomberg]

$$$Jack Welch could have bought Apple for a paltry $2B [NYP]

$$$Airbnb offers bedroom submerged in Paris shark tank [UPI]

$$$Chinese seal nearly one-sixth of M&A deals [FT]

$$$Bond Bears Miss Out on $2 Trillion Windfall in Record Debt Rally [Bloomberg]

$$$Koch brother to auction 20K bottles of wine because he can’t drink it all [NYP]

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