Last year Hasbro managed not to manufacture any lead-painted toys in China. Will their multiple lines of movie merchandise for ‘Transformers’, ‘Iron Man’, and the ‘Incredible Hulk’ finally let them outstrip the Mattel toy tyranny?
3,000 Springbok born on Gras Ranch yearly. 25.8 Percentage of flandgunner readers who are retired military. 34 Percentage of Handgunner readers with college degrees. 46 Percentage of US men over 65 in workforce in 1950. 19 Percentage over 65 in workforce in...
CINCINNATI, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 30,000 race day revelers crowded Mt. Adams today in hopes of catching a glimpse of a flying pig, a crashing Barbie or a Mad Hatter on wheels at Red Bull Soapbox Race Cincinnati. Ultimately it was Canadian Team Taco Bull that sped...
The Sketch Pale, grave and romantic, George Osborne presented himself to his conference like the Barbie version of Count Dracula. Just the ticket, as it turned out. In these difficult times you need to be able to frighten people a bit. He followed...
Christian Dior was the first big name to show at the spring/ summer 2009 collections in Paris yesterday and, suffice it to say, that the label currently best-known for dressing Carla Bruni- Sarkozy in suitably demure style has just turned up the voltage. Gone was the chic, retro-tailoring reminiscent of...
Dear Virginia, How can I reassure my son, 11, that the end of the world isn't coming? I thought he'd calm down after the Large Hadron Collider started, but someone told him there's still a chance of the world ending in two months' time. He gets tearful, rings me...
For those tired of the housing market crunch, consider the Sicilian town of Salemi, where 3,000 ancient villas are being sold for €1 apiece. The project’s the brainchild of Salemi’s Mayor Vittorio Sgarbi and advertising guru Oliviero Toscani, to lure foreign investors and make Salemi a construction boomtown. The catch?...
I AM ashamed to admit I waited until my daughter was five until I caved in and finally took her on a beach holiday. Kids Clubs, pedalos and sand castles don't exactly scream holiday to me, but everyone has a breaking point so I booked us...
PARIS Hilton looked like Rock Star Barbie as she ran errands in LA yesterday - her dress sense has changed since she hooked up with Good Charlotte guitarist Benji Madden. But I'm going to tell her I prefer her in cute dresses when she comes to the UK for a...
I AM ashamed to admit that I waited until my daughter was five until I caved in and finally took her on a beach holiday. Kids Clubs, pedalos and sand castles don't exactly scream holiday to me, but everyone has a breaking point so I booked...
The Catholic Church, after a few hundred years, gets back in the modern-art business. WHEN Renzo Piano sketched his initial plans for the church of San Padre Pio in Puglia, Italy, in 1993, he envisioned a contemporary space decorated with modern interpretations of Roman Catholic symbolism. Sure, he...
CINCINNATI, Sept. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Creative thinking seems to come naturally to Midwesterners as more than 200 teams applied to participate in Red Bull Soapbox Race in Cincinnati. Entries were some of the most unique, crafty designs Red Bull Soapbox Race has seen, but alas, only 44 teams...
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rentrak Retail and Home Video Essentials, business units of Rentrak Corporation , today announced the Top 10 DVD sales and rentals for the prior week based on estimated consumer spending. According to the company's proprietary tracking services, the ten top selling...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] North Island College in Vancouver Island, Canada, is now offering North America's first surfing studies program, according to a report by Canwest News Service. In conjunction with an Australian University, the two-year program is designed to teach the business behind the sport. Through the...
Asda has claimed poor August weather had people tucking into hearty winter meals rather than summer barbecues, provoking indignation at the National Barbecue Association. Asda said sales of barbecue meats were 40% down on last year by volume, and salads were 10% down. The retailer also claimed mince,...
RIVERSIDE, Calif. AP -- A federal jury awarded Mattel Inc. $40 million in damages on Tuesday in a federal copyright lawsuit that pitted the house of Barbie against MGA Entertainment Inc., the maker of the saucy Bratz dolls. Damages were awarded for contract interference and copyright infringement....
World News IN BRIEF *RIVERSIDE A California jury awarded Mattel Inc, makers of Barbie, $100m (54m) in damages in the copyright infringement case it brought against MGA Entertainment Inc over the Bratz doll franchise far short of the billions sought by Mattel. The issue of...
LOS ANGELES AFP — A US judge was due to rule Wednesday on damages awarded in a copyright infringement suit filed over the popular Barbie doll by toy giant Mattel against MGA Entertainment, an MGA spokesman said. The federal court ruling was due in the latest step in...
LOS ANGELES AFP — A US jury has awarded Barbie-maker Mattel Inc. 100 million dollars in damages in its copyright fight against MGA Entertainment, whose popular Bratz doll has given Barbie a run for her money. The judge will have to decide on the final figure, but the...
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