Write-Offs: 02.08.10

$$$The history man and fatwa girl: Niall Ferguson has deserted wife Sue Douglas for Somali feminist [Daily Mail via Daily Intel]
$$$ German pensioners 'kidnapped financial adviser' [BBC]
$$$Cash Money Records Founders Start An Oil Company [BI]
$$$Should Individuals Be Regulated Like Wall St. Banks? [The Atlantic]
$$$Toy Mogul Said To Buy Madoff Penthouse [Dealbook]