Check out the fun and games at Mattel. The maker of Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels toy cars posted better-than expected quarterly earnings Friday. But ...
Reuters | Gina Keating | Posted 06.11.2008 | Business
A jury will learn that the creator of the popular Bratz doll erased files from his computer two days before handing it over as evidence in a federal t...
Ann Handley | Posted 01.23.2008 | Business
The real genius of Knerr and Melin seems to have been their ability to recognize a good idea when they saw one. But, at the same time, they knew how to market.
Consumerist | Posted 12.31.2007 | Business
Maybe we're just getting better at the job but it seems like the debacles this year were bigger and more scandalous than last year. Every time we turn...
Los Angeles Times | Alex Pham | Posted 11.30.2007 | Business
Kathleen Buczko, a mother of three, is the toy industry's Grinch this year. She plans to cut her spending on toys by 25%. To the video game industry,...
AP | Posted 11.20.2007 | Business
California Attorney General Jerry Brown on Monday sued 20 companies, including Mattel Inc. and Toys "R" Us, claiming they sold toys containing "unlawf...
Reuters | Darren Ennis | Posted 11.06.2007 | Business
Mattel Inc, the world's largest toymaker, has recalled 155,000 of its products made in Mexico over safety concerns, an official at the company told Re...
AP Via Time | RACHEL KONRAD | Posted 10.03.2007 | Business
EBay Inc. said Tuesday it is sending notices to sellers hawking recalled items, warning that they could be kicked off the Web site and may have to for...
AP Via Los Angeles Times | Posted 09.25.2007 | Business
Gone is the 40-hour workweek at Specialized Technology Resources Inc. Boxes of toys are piling up in the middle of its testing lab, workers are coming...
AP | Posted 09.21.2007 | Business
U.S.-based toy giant Mattel Inc. issued an extraordinary apology to China on Friday over the recall of Chinese-made toys, taking the blame for design ...
As Barack Obama began his trip to the Middle East and Europe,...
An ABC-TV outlet in Houston, and now the Houston Chronicle,...
The McCain campaign implied on Wednesday that Barack Obama's commitment...
The Bush...
John McCain made a mistake this evening, which as far as...
I understand why John McCain's campaign...
***UPDATED BELOW*** During a CBS interview on Tuesday, John McCain made...
The New York Times has rejected an op-ed penned by Senator John McCain in response...
BARCELONA, Spain — Christian Bale swept into Barcelona on Wednesday night to attend a...
When Walk Score recently released their ranking of the ten most walkable U.S. cities there was no doubt that folks in places...
Here we go again. Oil prices tumbling "in the steepest four...
According to Psychology Today and referencing the American Journal of Psychiatry,...
Shop Talk | Brad Dorfman | Posted 07.18.2008 | Business