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Nonprofit provides day of fun and learning for students at Maiden Choice School
As class after class at Maiden Choice School poured into the gymnasium on the afternoon of Dec. 20, the faces in each new batch of students lit up as bright as a Christmas tree. There to greet them at the school for students with significant...Tags: World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Toy Industry, Catonsville, Teaching and Learning, Fisher-Price
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Computer games lure the fairer sex
The Wall Street JournalComputer and video game makers have a new customer on their holiday list this year: people like Jennifer Vandersteen. The 29-year-old student at the University of Texas, San Antonio, began playing "Ms. Pac-Man" at age six. Now, she logs as many as 40...Tags: Online Media Industry, Law & Order (tv program), Advertising, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Fremont
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'Barbie Couture' tempts fashionistas in Japan
The Wall Street JournalKumiko Suzuki, a 22-year-old college student in Japan, played with Barbie dolls as a child. She says she always saw Barbie as her ideal image of a glamorous Western princess. "She's slim, she's blond and she's just a dream," Suzuki said. "I want to be...Tags: Toy Industry, Europe, Clothing, Accessories, and Shoes, El Segundo, Clothing and Textiles Industry
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Hot toys under $30
Sun StaffSanta, tell the elves to downsize: Excess is out. Frugal is in. But if this is the year to economize during the holiday season, does that mean our youngest relations have to suffer? A survey of this year's hottest toy offerings suggests maybe not....Tags: Toy Industry, Electronics, Toys, Hasbro Inc., Children
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Sad times for Happy Meals
The Wall Street JournalIn recent years, McDonald's Corp. has puzzled over how to expand beyond two core markets, young men and children. But now, it is facing a bigger problem: the loss of some of its kids' business. Sales of its Happy Meals have fallen three years in a row....Tags: Toy Industry, Children, McDonald's, LEGO Group, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Toy cars for adult budgets
Times Staff WriterAt a crowded toy convention last month, Bruce Pascal delicately pulled a small plastic cylinder from his pocket. He popped the cap and out slid a 3-inch-long bundle swathed in bubble wrap. "I'm asking $35,000," he said, unwrapping his treasure: a die-...Tags: Toy Industry, Children, El Segundo, General Motors Corp., Clothing and Textiles Industry
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Farrah Fawcett poster image reissued for charity -- on a T-shirt [Updated]
All The RageFarrah Fawcett's iconic poster image has been re-issued on an Urban Outfitter's T-shirt. A portion of the $24 purchase price will fund the Farrah Fawcett Foundation's support of alternative methods of cancer research.... -
Mattel profit falls 53%, sales slip 2%
Toy giant Mattel Inc.reported a 53% decline in profit in the first quarter, sending its stock down more than 9%, after higher production costs, slower sales of Barbie and Hot Wheels and a recent acquisition affected its bottom line. For the three...
Tags: Spring Training, Toy Industry, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Target, Toys
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Oakland-based nonprofit brings structure to school playgrounds
When the bell rang at Cesar Chavez Elementary School signaling the start of recess Monday, a swarm of students rushed onto the blacktop and without instructions broke off into groups. Two girls jumped rope, a dozen or so third- and fourth-graders...
Tags: Bullying, Teaching and Learning, Health and Safety at School, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Students
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Toy company Hasbro reports profit slump after Mattel says sales down
Big summer movies such as “Battleship,” “The Avengers,” “Amazing Spiderman” and “G.I. Joe” – and the packaged toys that will be sold with them – can’t come soon enough forHasbro Inc., whose...
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Children's Hospitals
In photographs, Megan Webber’s 5-year-old son Benjamin had a white glow on one eye where other people have that little red dot. It didn’t seem important at first, then her sister remembered seeing a TV show about the glow and eye disease....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Psychologists, General Practitioners, Medical Specialization, Nursing
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Mad for 'Hunger Games' merch: nail polish, socks, crossbows
Jacket CopyAs the Hunger Games movie nears its release there is -- or was, before shoppers started scooping it up -- a huge quantity of merchandise available....
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