AP – Hasbro Inc.’s fourth-quarter profit slipped 1 percent, pinched by softer-than-expected demand in the U.S. and Canada and slow sales of games and puzzles
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Euro, shares lower ahead of Greek high noon (Reuters)
Reuters – The euro and European shares retreated on Monday on nerves Greek would fail to come up with the political commitments needed to avoid a potential sovereign debt default, taking the shine off a U.S. jobs report that had brightened the global economic outlook.
Europe’s shadow darkens outlook (Reuters)
Reuters – A renewed focus on Europe’s banking and debt crisis may quickly sap the nascent optimism about global economic prospects that followed a remarkably solid U.S. January employment report.
With sparse data, focus returns to Europe (Reuters)
Reuters – Europe will again be at the center of investors’ focus this week as the U.S.
Obama Says Home-Mortgage Relief Plan Will Eliminate U.S.’s ‘Biggest Drag’
President Barack Obama is asking Americans to press Congress to pass his new U.S. homeowner relief plan that includes a tax on financial companies that Republicans have already rejected. Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address that the housing crisis has been “the biggest drag on our …
US tourist dies while diving in Cayman Islands
Police in the Cayman Islands say a 47-year-old U.S. tourist has died while scuba diving off popular North West Point in Grand Cayman.
Clinton: US, Europe must do more against tyrants (AP)
AP – The Obama administration on Saturday called for stepped up U.S.-European cooperation to isolate tyrannies like the Assad regime in Syria, promote democracy in the Arab World and beyond and repair damage from the global financial crisis.
Dodgers ask court to disallow claims by Stow
The Los Angeles Dodgers asked a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge on Friday to disallow claims against the team filed by Bryan Stow, the San Francisco Giants fan nearly beaten to death outside Dodger Stadium last spring.
Nasdaq at 11-year high after jobs report (Reuters)
Reuters – A surge in hiring in the world’s largest economy last month drove U.S.

