Write-Offs: 2.18.15

Perella fires four; Greece needs more time; 300k dinner; "Dan Loeb’s Plot to Pry Open Japan’s Secretive Robot Maker"; "Dead Man Dressed In Green Lantern Costume At Wake"; and more.
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$$$Perella Weinberg Fires Four Bankers on Restructuring Team [Bloomberg]

$$$Dan Loeb’s Plot to Pry Open Japan’s Secretive Robot Maker [Bloomberg]

$$$Buried Bostonians Get Red Sox Tickets for Clearing Hydrants [Bloomberg]

$$$Fed Tiptoes Into Rate-Hike Debate [WSJ]

$$$Man Creates Dating Website Only For Himself [HP]

$$$Greece expected to seek loan extension from skeptical euro zone [Reuters]

$$$Vice Media chief said to pay $300,000 for dinner for 30

$$$Dead Man Propped Up, Dressed In Green Lantern Costume At Wake [HP]

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