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Loud dino on 'bad toy' list

Advocacy group releases annual list of 'trouble' toys, citing chemicals in the Pretty Princess Puppy Purse and 'excessively loud' Playskool Triceratops. Paste this link into your favorite RSS desktop reader See all CNNMoney.com...

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American Girl to open 1st Colorado shop (at bizjournals.com)

doll shop will open its first Colorado location in the Park Meadows mall next spring. American Girl Brands LLC, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT), is slated to occupy 8,500 square feet in the new Vistas outdoor...

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Mattel's Barbie dons a burka for Sotheby's Save the Children auction

The best-selling doll has worn all sorts of outfits — from bathing suits to business suits. Now Barbie is wearing a burkha. The iconic plaything sports traditional Islamic dress for a Sotheby’s auction benefiting Save the...

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Must-have Zhu Zhu Pets on track for $300 million in sales (at bizjournals.com)

St. Louis Business Journal - by Zhu Zhu Pets, the adorable robotic hamsters that don’t “poop, die or stink,” are selling out at stores nationwide, forcing manufacturer Cepia LLC in Clayton to ramp up production from 30,000 a...

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Wisconsin group highlights toy hazards in annual report

A stuffed dinosaur that roars too loudly and a wooden shape sorter with pieces too small are just two of the toys highlighted in the Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group's annual Trouble in Toyland report released Tuesday.

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Supertramp – The Logical Song

“The Logical Song” is a hit single on Supertramp’s 1979 album Breakfast in America and written and sung by band member Roger Hodgson. It is one of the band’s most recognized songs. This simple song makes use of keyboards,...

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Q&A with Ralph Whitworth of Relational Investors

The co-founder of activist investment fund Relational Investors talks about the implications of shareholder proxy access rules on board composition Proxy access legislation provides investors with one more arrow in their quiver...

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Roboni-I: The wandering robot that lets you play video games

South African firm Robonica hopes to conquer the hearts of gift givers this holiday season with hybrid entertainment that combines the interactivity of video games and the physical fun of toy robots. The company’s first...

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China to Buy GM, Reloaded

It’s been year since we blogged Chinese press reports that China’s SAIC might buy GM. It turned out to be one of many Chinese rumors that followed. We became the target of hate mongering—some idiots even accused us of driving...

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Mattel unveils Barbie album

Katie Roberts Today, 11:49am Firm teams up with Universal Music TV to launch compilation album Barbie – let’s all party. The album features several number one hits and exclusives from artists including Cheryl Cole, Rihanna and...

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