GOULD <GLD> DIVISION GETS FINANCING Gould Inc's systems protection division said it selected Merrill Lynch Interfunding INc to provide financing for the purchase of the division from the parent company. Terms were not disclosed. The agreement was announced in February and Gould expects the transaction to be completed by the end of April. The agreement assures the retention of more than 600 jobs at a northeast Philadelphia plant which had been in jeapardy when Gould had accepted a tentative offer from Westinghouse INc which was later terminated.