Filed under: Before the bell, Earnings reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Deals, Microsoft (MSFT), Apple Inc (AAPL), eBay (EBAY), Ford Motor (F), Research in Motion (RIMM), Hasbro Inc (HAS), Garmin Ltd (GRMN)

According to Ars Technica, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has applied for trademark extension relating to gaming. While the folks at Engadget don’t want to read too much into it, they can’t help but wonder whether “the iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV will soon have even more friends among the company’s ever-expanding non-PC ecosystem.” Apple shares are up around 1.3% this morning after Citigroup added it to its “Top Picks” list.

Hasbro Inc. (NYSE: HAS)’s profit rose 24% to 84 cents per shareas it avoided the lead-paint related recalls that plagued many of its competitors. Wall Street expected the company to report 81 cents per share in the period. Sales climbed 16% to $1.3 billion.

The 2008 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is underway and Garmin (NASDAQ: GRMN) the only working mock-up of its Nuviphone. In addition, eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY)’s Skype was showing its first Skype phone, which is a GSM model that contains new software allowing to make Skype calls over regular cell phone networks.

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