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A Middleton company that won the Governor's Business Plan Contest earlier this year has raised $1 million from angel investors.

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The Little Tikes Co. won't pick up its toys and go elsewhere but will keep its headquarters in Ohio.

Three major retailers have agreed to pay nearly half a million dollars to settle a lawsuit stemming from the companies' sale of toys containing excessive amounts of lead, the California attorney general's office said Thursday.

Sony Pictures has acquired the motion picture rights to classic board game "Risk," which was invented in 1957 by French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse as "La Conquete du Monde" . Two years later, in 1959, Parker Brothers published the game we all came to know as "Risk." "Risk" was unique because it introduced groundbreaking game concepts.

Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired from Hasbro, Inc. the motion picture rights to produce RISK, the classic board game brand of world conquest, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad and Matt Tolmach, presidents of Columbia Pictures.

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Marvel Entertainment Inc. said Tuesday its third-quarter profit fell 60 percent as it took in less money than last year from licensing its comic book characters for movies.

Lego, maker of the iconic toy brick, is launching a legal bid to win back its trademark.

Emeryville-based Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc. announced a $213 million deal to buy Diedrich Coffee Inc.

Twilight's Kristen Stewart Barbie Doll and Robert Pattinson Ken Doll hit the store shelves just as the "New Moon" movie is set to release in theaters on November 20th.

Specialty toy store franchisor Learning Express today issued its list of 10 top toys for the 2009 holiday shopping season.

The sports entertainment company, better known for staging dramatic and occasionally violent wrestling matches, is all set to woo a younger audience as it collaborates with toymaker Mattel Inc and tones down the violence in its TV shows.

RC2 Corp. filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2009-09-30. RC2 is a leading producer and marketer of high quality innovative collectibles and toys targeted at adult collectors and children.

The extension lasts until December 21, 2009 -- the original deadline was November 1. If signed, the agreement would be good through December 31, 2014.

The American Girl Crafts line will be exclusively available at all U.S. Michaels stores starting Sunday, November 1, 2009.

As part of its ongoing commitment to global citizenship, sustainability and corporate responsibility worldwide, Mattel, Inc.

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Southwest Airlines Co. has agreed to settle a shareholder lawsuit that grew out of safety violations at the carrier and will pay the investors' lawyers $3.5 million.

In June of this year, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission alleged that Mattel, Inc.