Write-Offs: 08.21.12
$$$Merkel's Dilemma: Risk Euro Zone or Her Government [WSJ]
$$$S.E.C. Pays Out First Whistle-Blower Reward [DealBook]
$$$Fed probes RBS over dealings with Iran [FT]
$$$Barry Diller's IAC offers $300 million for About.com [Reuters]
$$$Fifty Shades of Grey Is Now the Only Hope Our Economy Has [DI]
$$$Red Lobster Waitress Attacked For Filling Water Glasses Too Often At St. Louis Location [HuffPo]
$$$ A broker-dealer is looking for experienced emerging market credit salespeople in Stamford [DBCC]
$$$Subprime Whodunit A Case of Semantics [WSJ, related]
$$$Best Buy Suspends Profit Outlook & Buybacks After Ending Deal Talks [Reuters]
$$$ Sometimes VCs sell stock, deal with it [Fred Wilson]
$$$ "Prince Harry tried to end Ryan Lochte’s championship reign Monday, duking it out with the Olympic hero in an after-hours race at a boozy Las Vegas pool party." [NYDN]
$$$ The Koch brothers' less famous younger brother built a fake Western town for some reason [Gawker]