Write-Offs: 8.10.15

Google now Alphabet; Madoff employee fined $170 billion; Greece; Activists; Ax-Wielding Clown; and more.
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$$$Key Madoff Employee Pleads Guilty; Fined $170 Billion [ValueWalk]

$$$Google Creates New Company Called Alphabet, Restructures Stock [Bloomberg]

$$$Alphabet’s Most Notable Businesses Besides Google [Bloomberg]

$$$Buffett Finds His Type of CEO in Precision Castparts [WSJ]

$$$Ax-Wielding Clown Threatens NC Woman [HP]

$$$More Companies Deal With Multiple Activists [WSJ]

$$$Greece, lenders locked in marathon talks for bailout deal [Reuters]

$$$Smuggler Allegedly Brings Weed-Stuffed Bible Into Jail [HP]

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