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Write-Offs: 4.22.15

$2.15 billion fine for Deutsche; RBC is starting an investment bank in Paris; Dalio, Bernanke and Summers walk into a bar...; "Another woman yelled out her window, ‘Shut your f--ing windows you wh*re!’” the complainant added; and more.
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$$$Deutsche Bank Set to Pay Record Fine in Libor Case [WSJ]

$$$Royal Bank of Canada Starts Investment Banking Business in Paris [Bloomberg]

$$$Dalio, Bernanke and Summers walk into a bar... [NetNet]

$$$Why Is Spoofing Bad? [BloombergView / Matt Levine]

$$$Facebook Sales Disappoint for First Time Since 2012 [Bloomberg]

$$$A Bay Ridge couple is having the loudest sex in the city — and the carnal cacophony is driving their neighbors bonkers, records show. [DNAInfo]

$$$Florida man hospitalized after attempt to kiss venomous snake [UPI]

$$$U.S bailout of AIG in 2008 was 'punitive,' ex-CEO's lawyer says [Reuters]

$$$Good Dog Calmly Drives Tractor Through Farm Fence and Onto Roadway [Gawker]

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