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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's regulator issued rules that will bar the mortgage-finance giants from receiving credit to meet mandates to support housing goals by purchasing mortgage-backed securities.

Fiscal-year net profit at Hong Kong property developer Sino Land climbed 63%, helped by revaluation gains in its investment properties. But both revenue and underlying net profit fell.

Toshiba is recalling 41,000 laptop computers due to concerns they can overheat where the AC adapter plugs in, posing a burn hazard to users.

Russian telecom operator Vimpel Communications said it's in talks to buy Egyptian and Italian telecom assets, as it reported a 52% decline in net profit.

Del Monte's fiscal first-quarter earnings rose 1.4% as the food company saw revenue drop in its consumer segment.

South Korea's Shinhan Financial will remove its president over allegations of breach of trust—news that sent the company's stock tumbling.

AIG's application to list its main pan-Asian life insurer contained a record 11 bookrunners, a further sign that the company is determined to raise as much money as possible.

The U.S. board overseeing company auditors has sent a draft bill to Congress to make its enforcement proceedings public.

The three auto makers on Thursday posted moderate August sales gains in China amid new government incentives for fuel-efficient cars.

Orexigen signed a North American partnership for its experimental obesity drug Contrave with Takeda Pharmaceutical.

Airline company PT Garuda Indonesia has appointed UBS and Citigroup as international underwriters for its initial public offering, scheduled for later this year.

Burger King Holdings agreed to a $3.3 billion leveraged buyout by private-equity firm 3G Capital Management that proposes to reinvigorate the struggling hamburger chain by accelerating its international expansion.

The go-ahead for 74 of 76 projects at Map Ta Phut industrial park, suspended over environmental and health concerns last year, follows cabinet action Tuesday.

Toronto-Dominion Bank's third-quarter earnings rose 29% from a year earlier, aided by strong retail results in both Canada and the U.S. and lower loan-loss provisions, but nonetheless just missed analyst expectations.

It wasn't the biggest bidding war the tech world has ever seen, but the battle between titans H-P and Dell for a humble maker of data-storage systems certainly qualified as one of the wildest ever.

Google and AOL agreed to extend their search partnership for five years and expanded their pact into mobile search and online video.

Cairn Energy said it has restarted operations on the oil drilling rig it has under contract offshore Greenland following the end of a protest by Greenpeace.

Retailers delivered a late-summer surprise, with sales for the key back-to-school shopping month coming in better than expected. Same-store sales at chains like Costco, Macy's and Nordstrom beat expectations.

Russia's VTB Group returned to profit, benefiting from higher margins and increased demand for consumer loans fuelled by the country's economic recovery.

Avis Budget Group increased the cash portion of its offer for Dollar Thrifty to $40.75 a share, as it battles Hertz for the potential buyout.