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AP - Federal regulators said Friday that investors who bought risky auction-rate securities from Merrill Lynch & Co. before the market for those bonds collapsed will be able to recover up to $7 billion under a new agreement.

Reuters - Toronto stocks finished a strong week on a losing note on Friday, retreating on the back of sagging oil and metals prices, with losses offset partly by stronger financial issues.

AP - In extended headlines of Aug. 21 stories about clothing retailer Aeropostale Inc.'s second-quarter earnings report and the company's outlook, The Associated Press erroneously spelled the name. It is Aeropostale, not Aerpostale or Aeropostal.

Reuters - U.S. companies would be able to file financial results using international accounting standards according to a timetable U.S. securities regulators will propose next week.

Reuters - Any effort by the Treasury Department to backstop Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would seek to maintain the companies as shareholder-owned enterprises, a source familiar with Treasury thinking said on Friday.

AFP - The FTSE 100 index finished near its session high Friday as investors took heart from signs of more merger and acquisition activity in the banking sector.

Reuters - Moody's Investors Service on Friday cut its ratings on the preferred stock of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on concern that market turmoil has hurt their access to capital.

Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday said the stronger dollar and lower oil prices, along with the weak economy, should curb inflation, in a hint that interest rates would stay on hold, though he warned the inflation outlook is "highly uncertain."

Reuters - The Big 3 Detroit-based automakers are seeking about $25 billion in federal loans as they struggle to ride out a steep downturn in U.S. auto sales, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

Reuters - Women's clothing retailer AnnTaylor Stores Corp reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit and affirmed its full-year outlook, as tight control of inventories and costs helped offset falling sales.