The Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
A study published in Economics Letters questions the relationship between obesity and crime Fat people are more likely to become criminals, and their very fatness may help shape their criminality. That's the conclusion reached by Professor Gregory N Price in a study called Obesity and Crime: Is There a Relationship? published in the journal Economics Letters. Price, an economist at Morehouse College...
BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
Filed under: Earnings reports , Mattel, Inc (MAT) , Hasbro Inc (HAS) Hasbro (NYSE: HAS ) isn't doing too well today. Shares of the toy entity are down 3.5% at the time of this writing in early afternoon trading. Third-quarter results are the catalyst, apparently. Management must hate this, because on Friday, rival Mattel (NYSE: MAT ) saw a bid after its own earnings release . Hasbro's top line contracted...
BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
Filed under: Analyst reports , Analyst upgrades and downgrades , Estee Lauder (EL) , Caterpillar (CAT) , Halliburton (HAL) , American Express (AXP) , Federal Natl Mtge (FNM) , Mattel, Inc (MAT) , Southwest Airlines (LUV) , Analyst initiations , Deere and Co (DE) , Marvell Technology Group (MRVL) Analyst upgrades: American Express (NYSE :AXP) was upgraded to Market Perform from Underperform at FBR...
BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
Filed under: Earnings reports , Google (GOOG) , General Electric (GE) , Intel (INTC) , International Business Machines (IBM) , Nokia Corp. (NOK) , Citigroup Inc. (C) , Johnson and Johnson (JNJ) , JPMorgan Chase (JPM) , Advanced Micro Dev (AMD) , Abbott Laboratories (ABT) , Bank of America (BAC) , Domino's Pizza (DPZ) , Goldman Sachs Group (GS) , Mattel, Inc (MAT) , Allegheny Technologies (ATI) , Harley-Davidson...
Styledash (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Filed under: Style in the News , Celebrities with Style Kim Kardashian as everyone's favorite doll on the cover of Kurv. Barbie's is keeping busy these days! She currently has Christian Louboutin working on her new look , and now the in-demand doll is playing fashion editor. Australia's Kurv magazine asked Barbie to be the guest editor of its November issue, which features living doll herself, Kim...
BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Filed under: Earnings reports , Mattel, Inc (MAT) , Hasbro Inc (HAS) Toy maker Matte l (NASDAQ: MAT ), whose competitors include Hasbro (NYSE: HAS ) and JAKKS Pacific (NASDAQ: JAKK ), issued its Q3 release this morning. The numbers weren't as fun as some of the company's products, but investors are giving the stock a healthy bid as I write this. What would be the reason behind such reaction, especially...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
(Reuters) - No. 1 toy maker Mattel Inc reported a lower quarterly profit on Friday, as a weak economic environment pulled down sales of Barbie dolls and Fisher-Price toys.
YourFINDit (Free subscription) | 23/09/2009
Reuters (Free subscription) | 04/09/2009
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mattel Inc's security chief must appear in court this month to testify about why the toy company gave gifts to Canadian police investigating Mattel's complaints of trade secrets theft against rival MGA Entertainment, a judge ordered on Thursday.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 13/08/2009
MGA Entertainment Inc. needs to muster all the moxie it has for its latest launch. MGA is rolling out a new line of dolls called Moxie Girlz as Mattel Inc. plans to take over MGA's former marquee product, the saucy Bratz dolls, after a four-year legal struggle.
Indiana Civil & Business Lawyer (Free subscription) | 07/08/2009
Probably too long of a post but, businesspeople, you need to read this Enforcing Property Rights In Confidential And Proprietary I In Bryant v. Mattel Inc. , a case pending in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Mattel, maker of the Barbie doll, asserted that a former employee, Carter Bryant, began drawing designs for the Bratz doll - made by his new employer MGA...
Examiner (Free subscription) | 03/08/2009
MGA Entertainment Inc. is going to need to muster all the moxie it has for its latest launch. MGA is rolling out a new line of dolls called Moxie Girlz as Mattel Inc. plans to take over MGA's former marquee product, the saucy Bratz dolls, following a four-year legal struggle.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 03/08/2009
MGA Entertainment Inc. is going to need to muster all the moxie it has for its latest launch. MGA is rolling out a new line of dolls called Moxie Girlz as Mattel Inc. plans to take over MGA's former marquee product, the saucy Bratz dolls, following a four-year legal struggle.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 03/08/2009
MGA Entertainment Inc. is going to need to muster all the moxie it has for its latest launch. MGA is rolling out a new line of dolls called Moxie Girlz as Mattel Inc. plans to take over MGA's former marquee product, the saucy Bratz dolls, following a four-year legal struggle.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 03/08/2009
MGA Entertainment Inc. is going to need to muster all the moxie it has for its latest launch. MGA is rolling out a new line of dolls called Moxie Girlz as Mattel Inc. plans to take over MGA's former marquee product, the saucy Bratz dolls, following a four-year legal struggle.
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