Write-Offs: 07.30.12
$$$ECB thinks the unthinkable, action likely weeks away [Reuters]
$$$Private equity assets hit record $3tn [FT]
$$$Economy Tests Harvard [WSJ]
$$$ Guy seeks attention by pretending he manipulated Libor [Boston Review, related]
$$$Chivalry On Sinking Ships Only A Myth, Researchers Find [Bloomberg]
$$$ Macquarie Research is looking for a REIT research associate in New York [DBCC]
$$$A Berlusconi Comeback Is Last Thing Italy Needs [Bloomberg]
$$$ Here you will find a Fox Business segment on The Decathlon featuring an NBA vs. Wall Street vertical jump contest [FBN]
$$$ Here you will find an argument for replacing the uncomfortable business metaphor "opening the kimono" with "putting a ruler to the dick" [Mathbabe]
$$$ "Many scientists don’t like to talk about shark sex," but some do [LRB]