nasdaq gained 11. taking a look at overseas trading this morning. in tokyo the nikkei lost 13 points, while in hong kong the hang sang was down 8. investors are waiting for the big number on weekly jobless claims and worrying about greek debt. leaders in greece failed today to agree on a reform and austerity program so the finance minister travels to brussels with an incomplete deal with a bailout from the europe union. in china, consumer spending jumped during the chinese lunar new year holiday season and the annual inflation spiked to 4.5% in january. the weekly unemployment claims information to be released this morning by the labor department is of special interest after the improved job creation report last week. more than 2 million americans could benefit from at at least 25 billion in relief from the nation's biggest banks as part of a broad government foreclosure settlement. cisco systems reported quarterly earnings and revenue