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* Greece has said it will run out of money by April 9 (Adds Belgian finance minister)

NEW YORK, April 3 - A U.S. appeals court on Friday rejected a request by federal prosecutors to reconsider a major ruling that curtailed their ability to pursue insider trading cases and jeopardized several convictions.

* Judge cites bank's cooperation, compliance improvements (Updates with details from the hearing, background on the case)



April 3 - Chinese online game fitness developer Shanda Games Ltd said that it has agreed to be taken private by Capitalhold Ltd and its unit Capitalcorp Ltd in a deal valued at $1.9 billion.

BARI, Italy, April 3 - An Italian prosecutor has asked for the current and former chief executives of UniCredit to stand trial over the bank's alleged role in the 2004 bankruptcy of sofa company Divania, a person close to the matter said on Friday.