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• Banks Exit From Embassy Business

  Some top banks are scaling back dealings with embassies and missions in the U.S. due to anti-money laundering rules.

  • Banks Battle Money Laundering

• U.S. in Vast Insider Trading Probe

  Authorities are preparing charges that could involve a wide range of bankers and funds and expose new ways nonpublic information is passed via experts hired to brief investors.

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  Trader Convicted of Code Theft

  Former Société Générale trader Samarth Agrawal was convicted of stealing the French bank's code for its high-frequency trading business.

• SAP Readies Software for RIM's New Tablet

  Business software developer SAP said it will offer its applications on Research in Motion's coming Playbook Tablet computer in a sign of support for the iPad rival.

• Greek Hopes for Loan Extension Fade

  Greece's government is losing hope of getting additional time to pay back a $150 billion loan, as the EU and IMF take a hard line as it considers further European bailouts.

• Petrobras to Leave Ecuador as Contract Talks Fail

  Brazilian energy giant Petroleo Brasileiro plans to pull out of Ecuador after failing to reach an agreement with the government on changing its oil-sharing deal to a services contract.

• Hedge Fund Sees Growth in Hoops

• Nissan Eyes China, Russia

• In Brazil, a Signal of Fiscal Continuity

• Adviser Quits Over Recession 'Fuss'

• Bernanke Fires Back, Takes Aim at China

• China Lifts Bank-Reserve Rules Again