Write-Offs: 07.31.12
$$$Regulator says no to Obama mortgage write-down plan [Reuters]
$$$Boehner, Reid reach early deal to avert shutdown [WaPo]
$$$ Problems with a positive expected value lottery [Kid Dynamite]
$$$ Problems with using Twitter signals in your quant fund [Willy Staley]
$$$J.P. Morgan Awarded ‘Best Trader’ For Second Quarter (Really) [Deal Journal]
$$$Snoop Lion explains name change [from "Snoop Dogg"], new focus [reggae] [CNN]
$$$ Pimco is looking for a trade compliance analyst in New York and a trade compliance supervisor in Newport Beach [DBCC]
$$$SEC seeks more investor protections for U.S. muni market [Reuters]
$$$High frequency trading costs investors $2.5bn a year, or less, or zero, or benefits them, or something else [BBW]
$$$Switzerland is ‘new China’ in currencies [FT]
$$$FraudVille? Zynga sued for insider trading [Term Sheet]
$$$ Happy 25th birthday, Microsoft PowerPoint! [Undercover Economist]
$$$The Porn Convention [Forbes]