Kerry and France’s Hollande: “You’ve Got a Friend” appears to be an understatement.

Bud’s Round-up of Weekend Drivel:

• Uncapping the Swiss franc wipes out Everest Capital’s largest hedge fund. (Bloomberg)
• He’s got no inside game:  Steven A. Cohen passes on buying the Brooklyn Nets. (Bloomberg)
• Poof…they’re gone:  50,000 Wall Street jobs disappear.  (New York Post)
• Not a huge surprise:  Obama’s State of the Union will call for more taxes on wealthy.  (Bloomberg)
• Not the Islamic State…the Pathetic State of the US military training effort in Iraq.  (Washington Post)
• Caught in a tramp trap, basketball analyst Greg Anthony suspended by CBS and Turner.  (ESPN)
• Early Super Bowl XLIX (not IL) line:  pick ’em (Las Vegas Sun)
• “Do you know who my father is?”  Mario Gabelli’s son tossed from NYC steakhouse.  (New York Post)
• Deflated balls:  Yes, that’s the charge.  NFL probes Patriots’ footballs.  (NFL.com)
• Max Scherzer inks seven-year deal with Nationals.  (Forbes)
• Bullish Herbalife (ticker HLF) analyst cuts her 2015 estimate by 28%.  (Yahoo Finance)