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Clinton says Sanders doesn't know sh*t about Wall Street; Bats Global's IPO said to be oversubscribed; Guinness record for human mattress dominoes broken with 1,200 participants; and more.
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$$$Exchange Operator Bats Global's IPO Said to Be Oversubscribed [Bloomberg]

$$$Clinton: Sanders ‘Couldn’t Even Answer’ Wall Street Questions [Bloomberg]

$$$Abu Dhabi Fund Says It Never Received 1MDB Payments [WSJ]

$$$A Measure of Stock-Market ‘Fear’ Just Hit an All-Time High [WSJ]

$$$Guinness record for human mattress dominoes broken with 1,200 participants [UPI]

$$$Big banks shift fintech strategy [CNBC]

$$$Canadian Pacific Demonstrates How Not to Pull Off a Merger [Dealbook]

$$$Florida man's Starbucks receipt warns: 'Diabetes here I come' [UPI]

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