Write-Offs: 08.14.12
$$$Euro Zone Economy Shrinks, Darkening Outlook [WSJ]
$$$Greece seeks two-year austerity extension [FT]
$$$Knight Upgrade Triggered Old Trading System, Big Losses [WSJ]
$$$Goldman executives win dismissal of mortgage, TARP lawsuit [Reuters]
$$$Reservoir poised to seed ex-Goldman trader Buck Ratchford with $200M+ [AR-Alpha, related]
$$$ You should really be drinking more at work [Economist]
$$$United Airlines Lost My Friend's 10 Year Old Daughter And Didn't Care [Bob Sutton]
$$$ A Chicago hedge fund is looking for a senior quantitative strategist to develop commodity futures high frequency trading strategies [DBCC]
$$$In Ski-Resort Bankruptcy, FDIC Tries Role of Lender [WSJ]
$$$Steve Cohen, George Soros Purchased Facebook Shares [Deal Journal]
$$$Rakoff better able to review SEC-Citigroup pact [Reuters]
$$$BATS Proposes Plan to Offer Discounts on Retail Orders [Reuters]
$$$Biden Says Romney Would Put Middle Class ‘Back In Chains’ [Bloomberg]
$$$ The head of Hungary's far-right anti-Semitic party found out he's Jewish [AP]