Toy News

SAN FRANCISCO & PAWTUCKET, R.I. - Hasbro, Inc. and Zynga announced today a comprehensive partnership that grants Hasbro the rights to develop a wide range of toy and gaming experiences based across Zynga's popular social games and brands.

K'NEX Brands, the only US construction toy company focused on Building Worlds Kids Lovea , is pleased to announce their partnership with Hasbro to create a modern, revitalized line of the classic toy brand: Tinkertoy.

Mattel, Inc. and Whirlpool Corporation both stated rising material costs in their latest quarterly earnings, reports popular financial newsletter Profit Confidential.

It is a bad week to be in Gotham City: Batman confronts a new evil and Commissioner Gordon must cope with his psychopathic son.

Ralph Lauren Corp said, "Due to the stronger-than-expected third quarter performance, the Company now expects consolidated revenues for Fiscal 2012 to increase by approximately 20 percent, which compares to a prior expectation of high-teens-to-low 20% growth.

Gazillion Entertainment and Marvel Entertainment have announced that that the entire cast of characters, current and upcoming, in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online will have voice.

The first direct-to-DVD, CG-animated film to be released under the new partnership is titled "Monster High: Ghouls Rule!" and Universal Pictures have formed a marketing and distribution alliance to promote feature-length DVDs starring Mattel's Monster High characters.

Hasbro 's stock had its "buy" rating reiterated by research analysts at Needham & Company in a report issued on Wednesday.

Analysts and investors follow potential takeover/leveraged buyout targets because whenever a takeover is announced, the target's stock price usually jumps to reflect the takeover premium being paid.

Hasbro 's stock had its "neutral" rating reiterated by Zacks Investment Research in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday.

Mylan Inc. agreed to pay $625,000 to settle allegations by Idaho's attorney general that the company inflated wholesale drug prices, resulting in overcharges to the state's Medicaid program, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said.

Action Products International, Inc. , the parent company of Core Wafer Systems, Inc.

RG Barry Corp. : The Board of Directors of R.G. Barry announced that it has approved a 14.3% increase in the company's quarterly cash dividend, from 7c per share to 8c per share, or 32c per share on an annual basis, and subsequently declared a 8c per share cash dividend payable March 5 to common shareholders of record on Feb.

Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average are pointing toward a weak start, as Wall Street was greeted this morning by news that Greece was once again struggling to deal with another round of austerity measures.

It was a blue Christmas for Hasbro. The No. 2 toy maker said Monday that its fourth-quarter profit slipped 1 percent, pinched by softer-than-expected demand in the U.S. and Canada and slow sales of games and puzzles during the key holiday season.

Japanese companies are again venturing offshore, and this time a new breed of business is striking deals overseas.

Humana Inc. : Individual Medicare Advantage membership was 1,640,300 at December 31, 2011, an increase of 179,600 members, or 12% from 1,460,700 at December 31, 2010.

Toys by Hasbro are displayed in New York, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. Hasbro Inc.'s fourth-quarter net income dipped 1 percent, pinched by softer-than-expected demand in the U.S. and Canada.

Hasbro Inc.'s fourth-quarter net income dipped 1 percent, pinched by softer-than-expected demand in the U.S. and Canada.

It is that time of year again where the ad is king on TV, only second to the actual game being played, the Super Bowl.