AUSTIN, Texas—-Click Forensics®, Inc., a leading provider of online advertising verification solutions, today opened the beta testing program for a new platform that will enable online display advertisers to make audience impression filtering and ad serving decisions in real-time.

Japan’s industrial output rose for the 11th straight month in January amid rising demand in China and elsewhere in Asia, though another decline in consumer prices cast a shadow over the country’s economic recovery.

Asian stock markets were mostly higher Friday, while the euro regained some ground after swooning on concerns about Greece’s financial crisis.

The euro languished near one-year lows against the yen on Friday, while commodities and Asian stocks struggled in tepid trade as worries about Greece and the health of the world economy took hold.

The state attorney general’s office has settled a lawsuit with a major pharmaceutical company and will use most of the proceeds to pay for mental health services and programs in the state.

With a 21% cut to Medicare reimbursement rates set to take effect Monday, the nation’s largest physician organization has informed its members about their options — which include shutting off practices to new Medicare patients.

Britain’s National Statistics Office is due to release figures Friday that will reveal whether Britain did in fact emerge from recession at the end of last year, as previously reported.

Shares of Rosetta Stone Inc. surged in late trading Thursday after the maker of language-learning software reported its fourth-quarter profit more than doubled on strong demand from consumers and institutional customers.

Layoffs are no longer dropping as they were in the final months of last year, reinforcing fears that the jobs crisis will weigh down consumer spending and the economic rebound.

Gibraltar Industries Inc. posted a wider fourth-quarter loss as the building and industrial products manufacturer’s sales remained weak.