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Black Friday Deals 2009: The BEST Offers From Major Retailers (PHOTOS)

Posted 11.24.2009 | Business


Black Friday deals are coming early in 2009. Partially due to the desperation of struggling retailers, the holiday shopping season kicked off a bit...

Wes Denkov: Man Sues Over 'Spying' Baby Monitor

wired.com | Posted 11.02.2009 | Technology


An Illinois man is suing the maker of a video baby monitor after discovering that he and his neighbor could spy on each other through the devices....

Shaq Teams With Toys For Tots To Bring Holiday Cheer

Posted 10.20.2009 | Impact


Shaq-A-Claus is coming to town. That's right, NBA champion Shaquille O'Neal is teaming up with Toys R Us as the spokesman of the annual Marine Corps' ...

Toys R Us amps up for holidays with more stores

AP | MAE ANDERSON | Posted 11.14.2009 | Business


NEW YORK — Toys R Us plans to open nearly 350 pop-up stores in malls and inside Babies R Us stores by early October to drive sales during the cr...

Save Money, Shop Fung-Mart: Where Wal-Mart Goes To Shop

Al Norman | Posted 09.20.2009 | Business


Al Norman

While many American retailers are just one lackluster back-to-school season away from disaster, the malingering recession has been very good to some retail manufacturers, especially in China.

Toys R Us Acquires FAO Schwarz

AP | MAE ANDERSON | Posted 06.28.2009 | Business


NEW YORK — Geoffrey the Giraffe became a knight in shining armor for toy retailer FAO Schwarz, as Toys R Us Inc. said it acquired the troubled h...

Shared Responsibility to Help the Most Vulnerable Kids

Mark Shriver | Posted 06.14.2009 | Living


Mark Shriver

Last week, Save the Children Ambassador Jennifer Garner and I lobbied DC decision-makers to support an additional funding for private and public early-childhood-education programs.

Keep the Gifts Under the Tree Toxics-Free

Nena Baker | Posted 01.10.2009 | Green


Nena Baker

A group called HealthyToys.org tested 1500 toys this year and found 20 percent of them contained lead, with children's jewelry leading the most contaminated category.

SoCal Toys 'R' Us Shooting Leaves Two Dead

AP | GILLIAN FLACCUS | Posted 11.22.2009 | Business


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Green Business and "Compliance"...The Government is the Least of Your Worries...

Andrew Winston | Posted 10.04.2008 | Green


Andrew Winston

Most execs certainly see the need to do more than what the government is asking. And many forces are coming to bear on companies, making green a profitable (not optional) path.

CA Sues Mattel, 19 Other Stores Over Lead-Tainted Toys

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


California Attorney General Jerry Brown on Monday sued 20 companies, including Mattel Inc. and Toys "R" Us, claiming they sold toys containing "unlawf...

Retailers Quietly Begin Furtive Holiday Shopping Season

New York Times | MICHAEL BARBARO and STUART ELLIOTT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Eager to expand the holiday shopping season without provoking consumers, retailers are experimenting with a novel approach: earlier-than-ever advertis...

Disney To Start Testing Own Toys For Lead Paint

New York Times | Louise Story | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Reacting to three separate recalls of Mattel toys found to contain unsafe levels of lead paint, The Walt Disney Company said it would begin its own te...