|                                               |   |  |                                                           | Wall Street ends at highest level since early May |                                | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street rallied to its highest level   since early May on Friday on a stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs   report and hope European authorities would act to contain the   euro zone debt crisis. |  |  |                                                |                                                           |   |  |                                                                       | Hiring picks up but not enough to sideline Fed |                                      | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Employers hired the most workers in five   months in July, but an increase in the jobless rate to 8.3 percent   kept prospects of further monetary stimulus from the Federal   Reserve on the table. |  |  |  |                                                |                                                           |    |  |                                                                       | U.S. Treasury says to sell $4.5 billion in AIG stock |                                      | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department said on Friday   it will sell $4.5 billion worth of American International Group    stock, taking another step toward unwinding its position in   the financial crisis bailout programs. |  |  |  |                                                |                                                           |   |  |                                                                       | Spain inches towards a full EU bailout |                                      | MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy inched   closer on Friday to asking for an EU bailout for his country,   but said he needed first to know what conditions would be attached   and what form the rescue would take. |  |  |  |                                                |                                                           |                                                                       | Reuters blogging platform hacked, false Syria blog posted |                                      | (Reuters) - Thomson Reuters said the blogging platform of the   Reuters News website was compromised on Friday and a false posting   purporting to carry an interview with a Syrian rebel leader   was illegally posted on a Reuters' journalist's blog. |  |  |  |                                                |                                                           |   |  |                                                                       | Procter & Gamble profit tops forecast, plans buybacks |                                      | (Reuters) - Procter & Gamble Co  posted a higher-than-expected   quarterly profit despite a drop in sales, as the world's largest   household products maker tries to prove that it can make the   improvements needed to move past recent disappointments. |  |  |  |                                                |                                                           |   |  |                                                                       | Apple reveals rare ad-spend on iPad, iPhone |                                      | SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - Apple Inc marketing chief Phil   Schiller told a jam-packed courtroom on Friday that Apple's   strategy in maintaining its market momentum is to "make the   product the biggest and clearest thing in advertising." |  |  |  |                                                |                                                           |   |  |                                                                       | Nasdaq expects "significant" new expenses over Facebook IPO |                                      | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX Group Inc  expects to incur costs   well above the $62 million it has set aside to pay back firms   harmed by the glitch-ridden Facebook  IPO, as it fights lawsuits   and updates its systems, it said in a regulatory filing on Friday. |  |  |  |                                                |   |  |                                                           | Buyers eye Knight Capital as some customers return |                                | (Reuters) - Struggling Knight Capital Group Inc's future remained   in flux on Friday, with major clients saying they would resume   trading with the company, while potential buyers were still   combing through the company's books with an eye toward a deal. |  |  |  |                                               |  |                          |                                                           |  |                                |  |                                |                                                                       | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. 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