Manufacturer of "Transformers" robot toys, Hasbro Inc., managed to rise by 7.5% in early trading, mainly on the back of posting fourth-quarter earnings that beat the average estimate pegged by analysts.

The popular property-building board game, Monopoly, has been given a 21st century makeover by the toy-making company Hasbro and Internet search bigwig Google - with the Wednesday release of the global online version of supposedly "the biggest land grab of 2009"!

In a momentous team-up, Google and Hasbro, the company behind the 74-year-old 'property-building game' Monopoly, have come together to bring a free, web-based version of Monopoly, which would virtually turn the entire globe into a board, thanks to Google Earth and Street View!

Performance Designed Products (PDP), an industry leader in designing and manufacturing products for all major video game platforms and Hasbro, a worldwide leader in children's and family leisure time products and services have agreed to sign a multi-year, international license agreement.