Write-Offs: 01.28.14

$$$European Banks Show Signs of Healing

$$$Bitcoin Group Says Shrem Quit Board After Arrest [Bloomberg]

$$$Medicinal Pot Takes Over Giant Hershey Plant in Canada [BusinessWeek]

$$$Robert Diamond’s New Firm Hires Executive From J. C. Flowers [Dealbook]

$$$A Pizza Hut manager last week allegedly retaliated for a prior drunk driving arrest by spitting on food ordered by the same Tennessee sheriff’s deputy who had busted her, according to investigators. [TSG]

$$$Yahoo Fourth-Quarter Net Revenue Declines, Shares Slip [NYT]

$$$Bitcoins will now buy you a Lamborghini, college courses [NYP]

$$$Animal Sex Jury Erupts in Laughter After Hearing Man Was Rejected By Cow [IBT]