Mattel designs, manufactures and markets a variety of toy products worldwide through sales to retailers and wholesalers and directly to consumers. Co.'s portfolio of brands...
By Gina Keating RIVERSIDE, California (Reuters) - Mattel Inc MAT won a nearly complete victory on Thursday in its federal copyright infringement case against rival MGA Entertainment Inc over which toymaker owns the original drawings for the $1 billion-plus Bratz fashion...
By Aarthi Sivaraman NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mattel Inc MAT, fresh off a big court victory over Bratz dolls, posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Friday on higher sales of products tied to movies like "Speed Racer" and "Kung Fu Panda," and its...
Mattel MAT is expected to report Q2 earnings before market open Friday, July 18, with a conference call scheduled for 8:30 am ET. Guidance Analysts are looking for a profit of 3c on revenue of $1.04B. The consensus range is (1c) to 6c for EPS, and revenue of $1B to...
By Gina Keating RIVERSIDE, California (Reuters) - Mattel Inc MAT Chief Executive Bob Eckert believed morale was at an all-time low and the stock price "wasn't far behind" when he joined the company in mid-2000, a year before rival MGA Entertainment Inc launched...
Julia Boorstin submits: The Dark Knight is going to be huge--some estimates put its weekend U.S. box office at $130 million, which would make it the third-biggest movie opening ever. This latest Batman sequel swept into 3,000 theaters Thursday night at midnight, with screenings going into the wee hours...
Rebecca Engmann Darst contributed to this report. Microsoft MSFT – Heading into Microsoft’s earnings yesterday, we were mindful that long volatility positions hadn’t paid off particularly well for Microsoft traders. While January options had priced in nearly an 8% move, the actual move fell short of 1%. Again in April...
Alan Brochstein, CFA submits: I have frequently written about high quality dividend growth stocks, most recently about two months ago. I seem to receive very favorable responses to those articles, but after that one, I was told by one reader than my work was "laughable." He bragged about...
Rebecca Engmann Darst co-authored this article. Energy Select Sector SPDR XLE ?US stocks atrophied today, oozing into bear market ague after showing symptoms high and low for weeks. The culprits are well-known ? ongoing and hemorrhaging in the financials and what has tended to feel like horizonless gains for...
By Aarthi Sivaraman NEW YORK (Reuters) - Toymaker Hasbro Inc HAS posted higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Monday, helped by sales of toys tied to movies like the latest "Indiana Jones" and brands such as G.I. Joe, and unveiled plans to hike prices ...
Richard Shaw QVM Group submits: Conservative investors may wish to evaluate public stocks in terms of values as they might be viewed for a private acquisition. That would minimize the risk of buying into a bubble and the “greater fool” approach to investing, which assumes that someone will...
In these days where tales of dire financial straits are a dime a dozen, we can all take heart from those who keep finding a way to wring a few extra bucks at the expense of people who just want to have a good time. Take RealNetworks,...
...sleeping pills advertised to children (although they may look appealing when the kids are all pumped-up on sugar later tonight.) Consumers International, a global consumer group, accepted submissions from consumer organizations around the world, and formulated an abridged list of bad products based on the following criteria: the size of the company,...
Five Ways to Do Damage Control Like MattelDon't forget TylenolTylenol's poisoned pain killers were handled in a similarly aggressive way and helped them grow their market share many years ago. As more and more examples like these reach public consciousnes perhaps we can start to see companies acting more...
Today Mattel announced the third recall of toys in five weeks, this time after lead was found in over 800,000 Barbie doll accessories. The discovery of the tainted toys comes through Mattel's internal investigation of suppliers. China is responding to this and other safety scandals by launching an international PR...
