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Naples Daily News – EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Toy maker Mattel Inc. said Monday its fourth-quarter profit rose 3 percent, boosted by better margins and improved sales of its Barbie and Fisher-Price toys. Net income grew to $286.4 million, or 75 cents per share, from $279.2

Hot toys for 2007: Flying robots, guitars, and a singing Barbie
CNN Money – The new dolls from Mattel have a more active play component. For example, when Barbie’s cell phone rings and you raise it to her ear, she actually answers the phone and speaks. The dolls sing into a microphone and each version features three pre

Investor group sets offer for ProSieben
Turkish Daily News – U.S. toy maker Mattel, the maker of Barbie, is on the look-out for acquisition targets worldwide and is interested in troubled German doll maker Zapf Creation, Mattel board member Bryan Stockton said in a newspaper published yesterday. Mattel, the

Escanaba Daily Press – Office Manager Barbie; Grocery Manager Pat; Dairy Manager Mike; checker Jessica; and stock clerk Brent. They ve all been celebrating the event since the beginning of January with store promotions. Today, cake and coffee will be served at the store

Barbie seen poised for strong comeback-analysts
Reuters – NEW YORK, Jan 30 (Reuters) – After enduring nearly five years of declining sales, Barbie is poised for a comeback in 2007, industry analysts said, with Mattel Inc. (MAT.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) rolling out sleek new products to revitalize the

Girl Gamers Demand Respect As Numbers Grow
KPIX – (CBS) If you want to spark some discussion in cyberspace, just start talking about female video gamers. Women and girls make up nearly 40% of players in the $12 billion industry. “We’re not just interested in our Barbie dolls, we are not just

Hot toys for 2007: Flying robots, guitars, and a singing Barbie
CNN Money – The new dolls from Mattel have a more active play component. For example, when Barbie’s cell phone rings and you raise it to her ear, she actually answers the phone and speaks. The dolls sing into a microphone and each version features three pre

Reuters – NEW YORK (Reuters) – Mattel Inc. (MAT.N: Quote , Profile , Research ), the largest U.S. toy maker, posted a higher-than-expected fourth-quarter profit on Monday as sales of its Fisher-Price line increased. Mattel, known for its Barbie and American

OPINION LINE
Wichita Eagle – Now that we’ve got these new Wichita River Festival buttons, maybe organizers will start getting some real concert acts instead of ones you can blow the dust off of. About the Wichita Barbie e-mail (Jan. 27 Eagle): That e-mail has been going around

Ingvalson is rubbing shoulders with the elderly
Frazee Forum – by Barbie Porter Frazee Care Center (FCC) resident Bob Smalley recently met Mandy Ingvalson and her magic fingers. As Smalley spoke to his daughter about memories of his time in the military, Ingvalson massaged his shoulders. Eventually they went

Closing schools tough call
Bucyrus Telegraph Forum – While Wynford students Jessica Monk, 16, Kevin Allshouse, 14, and Kisha Lohr, 13, got ready to slide down the hill on sleds at the reservoir, Bucyrus Middle School seventh grader Barbie Fulton wished her school also had been closed Tuesdaybecause of

Playfuls – Mattel Inc, the world’s largest toy manufacturer, reported a 2.6-per-cent rise in fourth-quarter profits Monday on sales of its iconic Barbie dolls over the winter holidays. The El Segundo, California-based company said net income climbed to 286.4

Escanaba businessman recalls 60-year career
Escanaba Daily Press – Office Manager Barbie; Grocery Manager Pat; Dairy Manager Mike; checker Jessica; and stock clerk Brent. They ve all been celebrating the event since the beginning of January with store promotions. Today, cake and coffee will be served at the store

John Mayer + Jessica Simpson = Grammys Hot Couple
Daily Blabber – use John to get her back to the top and then im sure leave him too. She doesn’t deserve to be happy, after what she has done to ppl that loved her. and plus LOOK AT HER, SHE IS SOOOOOO FAKE LOOKING, SHE DOESNT EVEN LOOK REAL, she looks like a barbie.

Kiss and Mattel
MSN MoneyCentral – Barbie is back. The September quarter was the first time that the company had grown year-over-year worldwide sales for Barbie in more than three years. Now it is building on that. In fact, Barbie’s 3% top line spurt was better than the 2% advance by

Marketwatch – Analysts, on average, forecast earnings of 67 cents a share on sales of $1.99 billion, according to Thomson Financial. Fisher-Price, whose toys include T.M.X. Elmo, Dora the Explorer, Diego and the Kid Tough Camera, posted 16% sales growth to $805.9

Rosie’s rants have become feud for thought
Newsday – Overweight and clearly at peace with that, she’s a respite from cultural standards of Barbie-issue thinness. But Miller says O’Donnell’s increasingly exaggerated behavior on air – her dramatic facial expressions and vocal infections, her overblown

Mattel 4Q profit rises 3 pct on sales of Barbie, Fisher-Price
Miami Herald – EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – Toy maker Mattel Inc. said Monday its fourth-quarter profit rose 3 percent, boosted by better margins and improved sales of its Barbie and Fisher-Price toys. Net income grew to $286.4 million, or 75 cents per share, from $279.2

Escanaba businessman recalls 60-year career
Escanaba Daily Press – Office Manager Barbie; Grocery Manager Pat; Dairy Manager Mike; checker Jessica; and stock clerk Brent. They ve all been celebrating the event since the beginning of January with store promotions. Today, cake and coffee will be served at the store

Teen youngest sex-change patient
The Washington Times – But Kim’s father, identified as Lutz P. in interviews to the German publications Der Spiegel and Stern, said that as a child, the boy liked to play with Barbie dolls, enjoyed wearing dresses and from age 2 insisted that he was a girl. “We saw

Sidney Herald – Playing Barbie’s with my cousin Lynn. If you had one music CD to take to a deserted island, which one would you take and why? Dan Fogelberg’s “Phoenix” or anything by Led Zeppelin. What inspires you? Nature and music. What kind of personality traits do

Senior killed as fire guts home
Toronto Sun – Porcelain ones and Barbie dolls,” Haas said. “She gave me a Barbie doll for my daughter. I think it was from the 1950s,” he said. “She was a nice old lady. I’m going to miss her.” James Cochrane, who works as a

Introducing 2006-07 LIP board
Contra Costa Times – She went to Harvard, got a great guy and managed to look like Barbie the whole time. I plan to pattern my life after hers, except maybe without the Harvard part. 9. Nimish Patil, Amador Valley High School, Pleasanton FAVORITE BOOK: I would have to say

IN BRIEF
Newsday – Mattel Inc., the world’s largest toymaker, said yesterday its fourth-quarter profit rose 3 percent boosted by strong sales of its Barbie and Fisher-Price toys, including the popular T.M.X. Elmo doll. The company’s profits also benefited from

Reuters – NEW YORK (Reuters) – Mattel Inc. (MAT.N: Quote , Profile , Research ), the largest U.S. toymaker, posted a higher-than-expected fourth-quarter profit on Monday on strong holiday sales of its T.M.X. Elmo and Barbie lines. Mattel, also known for its

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Bucks County Courier Times – If placed correctly, I could jettison plastic cows clear into my sister s Barbie Dream House. The lure of celebrities behaving badly There’s something about celebrities behaving badly that must make us feel good. Stuck without a Plan B

UPDATE: Mattel Profit Rises, Helped By Fisher-Price And Barbie
Beurs.nl – NEW YORK (Dow Jones) — Mattel Inc. posted higher fourth-quarter income, helped by strong holiday sales of Fisher-Price toys and continued recovery in its Barbie franchise, the world’s largest toymaker said Monday. Mattel (MAT) , of El Segundo, Calif

What gene names do — and don’t — tell us
Los Angeles Times – of sevenless a gene that interacts with another gene, sevenless , in the development of the insect eye refers to 1930s horror movies, and a gene mutation that removes the external genitalia from flies of both sexes is called ken and barbie

Playfuls – Mattel Inc, the world’s largest toy manufacturer, reported a 2.6-per-cent rise in fourth-quarter profits Monday on sales of its iconic Barbie dolls over the winter holidays. The El Segundo, California-based company said net income climbed to 286.4

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Bucks County Courier Times – If placed correctly, I could jettison plastic cows clear into my sister s Barbie Dream House. The lure of celebrities behaving badly There’s something about celebrities behaving badly that must make us feel good. Stuck without a Plan B

Actress Performs and Instructs at Oglethorpe University
Weekly – Born Again is a story of Harpham’s characters, including Make-Over Barbie, a homeless Russian intellectual dissident and a young girl who wants off life support

Is there any limit for ‘American Idol’?
CNN – Items already sold include clothing, books, toys and an “Idol”-themed Barbie doll, with a Monopoly game coming this season. The magazine report is a “bit premature” in what it outlined, “but there’s a lot of things in the works,” said Frot-Coutaz

San Diego Union-Tribune – EL SEGUNDO Toy maker Mattel Inc. said Monday its fourth-quarter profit rose 3 percent, boosted by better margins and improved sales of its Barbie and Fisher-Price toys. Net income grew to $286.4 million, or 75 cents per share, from $279.2 million

Mattel posts higher quarterly profit
Reuters – NEW YORK (Reuters) – Mattel Inc. (MAT.N: Quote , Profile , Research ), the largest U.S. toy maker, posted a higher-than-expected fourth-quarter profit on Monday as sales of its Fisher-Price line increased. Mattel, known for its Barbie and American

Barbie boosts Mattel’s performance
Marketwatch – Analysts, on average, forecast earnings of 67 cents a share on sales of $1.99 billion, according to Thomson Financial. Fisher-Price, whose toys include T.M.X. Elmo, Dora the Explorer, Diego and the Kid Tough Camera, posted 16% sales growth to $805.9

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Leading the Charge – EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – Toy maker Mattel Inc. said Monday its fourth-quarter profit rose 3 percent, boosted by better margins and improved sales of its Barbie and Fisher-Price toys. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial expected earnings of 67 cents

Los Angeles Business – Strong sales of Barbie and Fischer-Price, along with the high demand for the T.M.X. Elmo, gave Mattel Inc. a 3 percent boost in fourth-quarter profits. In the quarter, the company earned $286.4 million, or 75 cents a share, compared to $279.2 million

Mattel: Better Times in Toyland
MSN MoneyCentral – Barbie has been up against tough competition recently, like interactive video games and her glitzier rivals from MGA Entertainment, the Bratz dolls. But her maker, Mattel (MAT), said on Jan. 29 that it’s been keeping sales up nonetheless and managing

Lies trap children in life as prostitutes
AZCentral.com – These young girls are a year away from playing with Barbie,” Bray said. “What do they know about working the streets and prostitution?” Said Mitchell: “They buy into that lie because sometimes that lie sounds a whole lot better than what they’re living

News at a Glance
Smart Money – Higher sales of Barbie and Fisher-Price toys helped boost the company’s bottom line. Big Pharma may soon get bigger. Bristol-Myers Squibb ( BMY ) and Sanofi-Aventis ( SNY ) are holding merger talks that could create the world’s largest drug company