Write-Offs: 07.27.10

$$$The hospitality of Wall Streeters has helped a pair of New Zealanders overcome thunderstorms and a broken-down van on their quest to play golf at a different course every day for an entire year.

$$$The Hypocrisy Of Dodd-Frank's Million Dollar Fraud Bounty [CNBC]

$$$ Christie Brinkley has an "extremely optimistic" view of the Hamptons housing market. [WSJ]

$$$French banks among top winners in Basel revamp [Reuters]

$$$Chiesi in talks over some Galleon evidence issues [Reuters]