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2 hrs ago | Los Angeles Times

Parents beware: Hazardous toys may still wind up on store shelves

Are toys safer now? Sure, say federal regulators and Mattel, the world's biggest toy maker.

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Related Topix: Toys, Product Recalls, Kids, Family

Tue Nov 24, 2009

The Motley Fool

Throw This Stock Away

I just got a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Present, and boy, was he mad. A hot toy is threatening to dash toymakers' hopes this season, leaving nothing but coal in their shareholders' stockings.

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Related Topix: Toys, Toy, Barbie, Games, Board Game, Video Games, Hasbro

The Daily Breeze

Fisher-Price infant cribs join massive recall

Of the more than 2 million drop-side cribs being recalled in the United States and Canada following the death of four infants, about 147,000 carry the brand Fisher-Price, a property of El Segundo-based Mattel Inc.

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Related Topix: Product Recalls, Toys, Aurora, NY

Bloomberg.com

Chinese Drywall Corroding Metal, Wires in U.S. Homes, Safety Agency Says

Chinese-made drywall imported into the U.S. is linked to corrosion of metal and wires in homes and may also be causing health complaints by homeowners, according to a report by American investigators.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Product Recalls, Toys, Arlington, VA

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Motley Fool

The Toy That Will Kill Christmas

With the holiday shopping season about to boost into overdrive later this week, I decided to get an early read on the hottest toy trends at Amazon.com . Regardless of your thoughts on Amazon's valuation -- lofty on an earnings basis but much more reasonable on a free cash flow scale -- the leading online retailer is a great resource for taking the ...

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Amazon, eBay, Startups, Toys, Hasbro, Retail, Wal Mart Stores

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Free Republic

Mattel cuts sales target for Shanghai Barbie store

Mattel Inc, the world's biggest toymaker, lowered the sales target for its Barbie store in Shanghai by at least 30 percent after deciding the original marketing concept didn't work.

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Related Topix: Toy, Barbie, Toys

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Spend Matters

Friday Rant: Mattel -- Proving That a Few Chips of Lead Paint is Worth $50 Million+

Just a few years back before anyone thought that Chinese suppliers would make a regular thing of cutting corners and putting lives at risk by shipping tainted toys, food- and baby-products and drywall, there was an original incident that stopped everyone in their global sourcing tracks.

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Related Topix: Toys

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Philadelphia Business Journal

GSI Commerce providing e-commerce help to Mattel

GSI Commerce Inc. said Thursday it has signed a multiyear agreement worth an undisclosed amount to provide e-commerce and digital marketing services, as well as customer service, for toy maker Mattel Inc.

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Related Topix: Toys, GSI Commerce, Retail, Computers, Sporting Goods, Internet, Science / Technology, Marketing, King of Prussia, PA

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Northwest Newspapers (Northwest Herald)

Digital agency revamps Mattel website

It's common knowledge that a company planning on making any sort of an impact in this day and age better have a website up and running -- and a killer one at that.

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Related Topix: Toys, Marketing, Toy, Barbie

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Freerepublic.com

The economy is so bad...

The economy is so bad that I got a pre-declined credit card in the mail. The economy is so bad, I ordered a burger at McDonalds and the kid behind the counter asked, "Can you afford fries with that?" The economy is so bad that CEO's are now playing miniature golf.

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Related Topix: Toys

Sat Nov 14, 2009

The Taipei Times

Taishan celebrates Barbie history with show

TOWN HISTORY: At one point, about one-third of the town s population worked at the Meining Workshop making Barbie dolls and their clothes for the world s children STAFF WRITER, WITH CNA Sunday, Nov 15, 2009, Page 2 Taipei County s Taishan Township , once a major production site for Mattel, the maker of Barbie dolls, yesterday began a two-day ...

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Related Topix: Toy, Barbie, World News, Taiwan, Toys, Southeast Asia

Myrtle Beach Online

Recall: Blue Bonnet Spread

The following recall has been announced: ConAgra Foods is recalling a limited number of 15 ounce tubs of Blue Bonnet Spread that were inadvertently mispackaged.

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Related Topix: Product Recalls, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Biotech, Medicine, Ashville, NY, Healthcare Industry, Toys, Education

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Playthings

Mattel gives Otis College $1.8M

Mattel has donated $1.85 million to Los Angeles' Otis College of Art and Design, one of the few U.S. colleges that offers a degree program in toy design.

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Related Topix: Toys, Otis College of Art & Design

Wed Nov 11, 2009

California Apparel News

Mattel Donates $1.85 Million to Otis

Bryan Stockton, president of Mattel International and a trustee at Otis College of Art and Design , presented the Los Angeles college with a $1.85 million gift from the toymaker.

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Related Topix: Toys, Otis College of Art & Design

Mon Nov 09, 2009

The TTABlog

Cafc Hears Oral Argument in "Crash Dummies" Appeal

On Friday, November 6, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard oral argument [mp3 here ] in an appeal from the TTAB's decision in Mattel, Inc.

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Related Topix: Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, US News, Toys

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Los Angeles Times

Target, Kmart and Toys R Us agree to settle lead claims

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.

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Related Topix: Toys R Us, Retail, Toys, Los Angeles Metro, Alameda County, CA

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Design News

Mattel Shifts Design Practices; Goes Electric On Molding

Two years ago, Mattel was forced to make massive product recalls due to lead poisoning of paint.

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Related Topix: Toys, Product Recalls

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Huliq.com

Twilight Barbie Dolls Bella and Edward Top 2009 Christmas List

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.

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Related Topix: Thriller, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Twilight, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Toy, Barbie, New Moon, Adventure, Musical Movies, Toys

Fri Oct 30, 2009

The Post Chronicle

Toned Down WWE Looks To Hook Kids

The macho world of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc is kidding around. 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.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, World Wrestling Entertainment, Toys

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Sunday Times

WWE to launch line of toys for kids aged 6 and up

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.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, Toys

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