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Pelosi Says Democrats Didn’t Push Massa to Resign (Update1) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi dismissed claims by former Democratic Representative Eric Massa that he was pressured to leave Congress because of his opposition to health-care legislation.

Greek Crisis Is Over, Rest of Region Safe, Prodi Says (Update3) The worst of Greece’s financial crisis is over and other European nations won’t follow in its path, said former European Commission President Romano Prodi.

Citigroup Selling TruPS After Repaying Bailout: Credit Markets Citigroup Inc., seeking capital after repaying bailout funds to the Treasury, is selling trust preferred securities as rising investor demand drives borrowing costs to near the lowest in almost five years.

Obama Defies Pessimists as Rising Economy Converges With Stocks The political consensus may be that President Barack Obama’s handling of the economy has been weak. The judgment of money in all its forms has been overwhelmingly positive, and that may be the more lasting appraisal.

Stocks Climb as Treasuries, Yen Retreat on Economic Optimism Stocks rose, erasing the 2010 loss for a gauge of emerging markets, while Treasuries and the yen fell as data on U.S. wholesale inventories and improving corporate bond markets bolstered optimism on the economy.

Sex Life Ends at 70 as Health Declines, Study Says (Update1) The average person’s sex life ends by the age of 70, according to a report published today in the British Medical Journal.

Hedge Funds Lose Money Even With Euro, Pound Tumbles (Update1) Hedge funds that trade currencies are taking hits from politicians casting them as speculators out to sink the euro and push Greece into insolvency. They are also losing money.

Unemployment Climbed in 30 U.S. States, Fell in Nine (Update1) Unemployment decreased in nine U.S. states in January, led by an improvement in Michigan that demonstrates factories are driving the economic rebound.

LBO Firms Can’t Spend $503 Billion as Deadlines Loom (Update1) Buyout funds sitting on half a trillion dollars committed by investors may need more than a decade to put the money to work if mergers and acquisitions continue at the current pace.

U.S. Stocks Gain on Economic Optimism as Financials Rally U.S. stocks rose for a second day as a drop in wholesale inventories and improvement in corporate bond markets added to signs the economy is strengthening, overshadowing concern China will raise interest rates.