Write-Offs: 08.07.13

$$$Glencore, JPMorgan sued over warehouse aluminum prices [Reuters]

$$$Obama puts housing at heart of economy [Guardian / Heidi Moore]

$$$SAC Insider-Trading Investigation Continues, Bharara Says [Bloomberg]

$$$Icahn Bolsters His Assault on Dell, as Odds Mount Against Him [Dealbook]

$$$SEC's Hunt for Crisis-Era Wrongdoing Loses Steam [WSJ]

$$$Purchase a Dealbreaker bag today and become a platinum level reader. [Dealbreaker Store]

$$$Sandlot Star's Arrest for Headbutting Cop Yields Terrifying Mug Shot [Gawker]

$$$ Jill Zarin had to take a cross-country business trip, but her dog, Ginger, was sick. She couldn't leave the seven-pound Chihuahua behind, so she hired a vet to accompany them. In stepped celebrity veterinarian Dr. Cindy Bressler, who launched JetSetVets this year to meet pets' needs in the air. Bressler, who has a house-call practice in New York and the Hamptons, took on two partners for JetSetVets: Los Angeles and Beverly Hills veterinarian Patrick Mahaney, and Blue Star Jets, a New York-based company that promises to have a small, medium, large or jumbo jet ready to go anywhere in the world in less than four hours. It is believed to be the country's only private-jet, ride-along-vet, concierge-pet service. [CNBC]

$$$IMF Warns On Icelandic Economy [WSJ]

$$$Hanson — Yes, That Hanson — on Their New Beer, Mmmhops [GS]