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Write-Offs: 7.9.15

Greece's new proposal; The cost of a cyberattack blackout; "Dispute over reclined seat on flight turned violent"; and more.
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$$$NYSE says problem with new software led to trading outage [Reuters]

$$$ Cost of a Potential Blackout From Cybercrime: $1 Trillion [re /code]

$$$Greece Draws Up Proposal in Last-Ditch Effort to Keep Euro [Bloomberg]

$$$Seattle’s Luxury Homes Get a Tech Boom Boost [WSJ]

$$$Dispute over reclined seat on flight turned violent

$$$NSFW-NSFW-NSFWHow an Atlanta Strip Club Runs the Music IndustryNSFW-NSFW-NSFW [GQ]

$$$JPMorgan fined $136M for debt-collection practices [NYP]

$$$Naked Man Steals Police Cruiser, Claims He Was Poisoned [HP]

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