Write-Offs: 04.18.12
$$$Spain's Ability to Fund Itself to Be Put to Test Thursday [CNBC]
$$$European Rescue Fund May Face Biggest Test Yet [NYT]
$$$Chesapeake CEO took $1.1 billion in shrouded personal loans [Reuters]
$$$ Squam Lake Group: SEC Beware, Money Funds Can Bring System Down [Bloomberg]
$$$ A Merrill Lynch trainee was busted for faking a Series 7 score [Forbes]
$$$Dartmouth Student Plans to Sell "Hazing Simulation" for $10 [IvyGate]
$$$Illumina Fends Off Roche’s Hostile Bid [DealBook]
$$$BlackRock Aims to Soothe Concerns on New Trading Platform [MarketBeat]
$$$ On the other hand, BlackRock to Shift Business if Moody’s Downgrades Banks [DealBook]
$$$Currency Probes Nip Banks' Profits [WSJ]
$$$ This is your chance to audition for commenter roles at a leading Internet concern; openings include "Disbarred lawyer. Provides long and just-slightly incorrect and hasty review of all blog posts regarding the law." [The Awl]