Write-Offs: 07.08.13
$$$Euro zone grants multi-billion euro lifeline for Greece [Reuters]
$$$Alcoa Earnings Beat Estimates as Car Sales Boost Aluminum Demand [Bloomberg]
$$$Buffett Gives $2 Billion to Gates Foundation [DealBook]
$$$Jefferies Must Pay Fired Trader $1.86 Million, Court Says [Bloomberg, earlier]
$$$Indonesian men rescued after spending five days trapped in trees by Sumatran tigers [NYDN]
$$$ Consider attending a breakfast briefing with Lynn Tilton tomorrow morning [Bryant Park]
$$$Pondering a Drought in Merger Deals [DealBook]
$$$What's behind Perry Capital's Fannie and Freddie gambit? [Fortune]
$$$CME chief defends clearing houses’ growing role [FT]
$$$The ‘Shiti Bike’ Sticker Campaign Is Upon Us [DI]
$$$There Is a Giant Inflatable Mr. Darcy Floating in London’s Hyde Park [HowAboutWe]