Write-Offs: 07.13.11

$$$Moody's Places US Aaa Government Bond Rating and Related Ratings on Review for Possible Downgrade (Moody’s)

$$$QE3 talk pushes gold to nominal record (FT)

$$$Boehner: No one wants to risk government default, would be a crapshoot (AP via WaPo)

$$$Fitch downgrades Greece on lack of funding program (Reuters)

$$$IMF urges private sector to share Greek burden (FT)

$$$How to Save the Euro: Letting Greece default might be the only way (WSJ)

$$$Citadel ends plan to be market maker in treasuries (Reuters)

$$$Guilty pleas hint at next steps in insider cases (Reuters)

$$$Options Trader, Actor Advance at Poker Series (Bloomberg)

$$$Galleon Convict Chiesi to Pay $540K in SEC Case (Bloomberg)

$$$Goldman: Easing More Likely Than Tightening Now (MarketBeat)

$$$The Time Bomb in Netflix's Streaming Strategy (WSJ)

$$$ Bancroft Family Members Express Regrets at Selling Wall Street Journal to Murdoch (ProPublica via Heidi Moore)

$$$New York Times to Repay Carlos Slim $250 Million Debt Ahead of Schedule (Bloomberg)

$$$Obama raises record-breaking $86 million (WaPo)