$$$Fed Sticks to Its Plan in Face of Weak Recovery (WSJ)

$$$PIMCO'S Gross says Fed to unveil QE3 at Jackson Hole (Reuters)

$$$ Congressional Budget Office warns of debt explosion (WaPo)

$$$Barney Frank and Ron Paul Introduce Bill to End Federal Marijuana Prohibition (HuffPo)

$$$Will Legalizing Pot Help Fix State, Federal Budgets? (MarketBeat)

$$$Euro-Zone Governments Start Greece Talks With Banks (WSJ)

$$$Goldman Estimates Fall as Analysts See Weak Trading Revenues at U.S. Banks (Bloomberg)

$$$Millionaires in Asia overtake Europe (FT)

$$$ VCs think IPO activity low, unhealthy (Reuters)

$$$ US Attorney: Insider Trading Is 'Everywhere You Look' (NetNet)

$$$ SEC Exempts Venture-Capital Registrations, With Limits (WSJ)

$$$Hedge Funds Face New Reporting Requirements (DealBook)

$$$ Charlie Gasparino: Revenge of the 'fat cats' (NYP)

$$$The Short Blogging Life of a Banking Intern (DealBook)