Boys rule at Hasbro as superheroes, Transformers lift 4Q

PAWTUCKET, R.I. — The appetite for superheroes and robots in disguise led to a healthy fourth-quarter at Hasbro even as a shift toward electronics has challenged the traditional toy industry. Hasbro said Monday that sales of toys geared toward boys...

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Dish's Sling TV to add AMC to $20 monthly internet package, launches nationwide

Dish Network soon will add AMC -- home of shows like "The Walking Dead," "Better Call Saul" and "Mad Men" -- to the core $20-per-month Sling TV service, which it is launching nationwide in the U.S Monday with 14 cable channels including ESPN. The...

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Food scares cost McDonald's in China, Japan; sales fall

OAK BROOK, Ill. — Food-quality scares are hurting McDonald's in China and Japan, where weakness contributed to a key global sales figure falling 1.8 percent. The world's largest hamburger chain said sales dropped 12.6 percent in January at locations...

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Boys rule at Hasbro as superheroes, Transformers lift 4Q

PAWTUCKET, R.I. — The appetite for superheroes and robots in disguise led to a healthy fourth-quarter at Hasbro even as a shift toward electronics has challenged the traditional toy industry. Hasbro said Monday that toys geared toward boys increased...

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Food scares cost McDonald's in China, Japan; sales fall

OAK BROOK, Ill. — Food-quality scares are hurting McDonald's in China and Japan, where weakness contributed to a key global sales figure falling 1.8 percent. The world's largest hamburger chain said sales dropped 12.6 percent in January at locations...

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Report reveals extent of tax dodging by HSBC global clients

LONDON — HSBC's Swiss private bank hid millions of dollars for drug traffickers, arms dealers and celebrities as it helped wealthy people around the world dodge taxes, according to a report based on leaked documents that lifts the veil on the country's...

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ABC beats Brian Williams' newscast in ratings Friday

NEW YORK — Brian Williams' nightly newscast on NBC was beaten soundly in the ratings by ABC's "World News Tonight" on Friday, two days after Williams apologized for telling a false story about being in a helicopter hit by a grenade in Iraq 12 years ago....

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Stocks head lower as concerns mount over China, Greece

NEW YORK — Concerns about the world economy helped tug U.S. stocks down early Monday. Major indexes followed European markets lower as worries mount over Greece's standoff with its creditors. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average fell 46 points,...

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Massachusetts gas prices jump 11 cents per gallon

BOSTON — After months of steep drops, Massachusetts gas prices are on the rise again. AAA Northeast reports Monday that self-serve, regular has risen 11 cents per gallon the past week to an average of $2.17. It's the first weekly increase in prices...

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Bernie Madoff trustee returns $355 million more to investors

NEW YORK — The New York trustee recovering money for investors cheated in Bernard Madoff's multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme has distributed $355 million more to victims. Trustee Irving Picard said in a release Monday that over half of Madoff's investors...

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