Are kids' toys damaging their hearing? Feb 2, 2010
Barbie resurgence boosts Mattel 4Q profit. Barbie proves there is life after 50, especially if you're willing to keep reinventing yourself ... Barbie resurgence boosts Mattel 4Q profit. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Barbie resurgence boosts Mattel profit Jan 30, 2010
Sales of Barbie and her pink-and-white empire rose for the first time in almost two years during the holidays, a sign that the once-stalled brand may be recovering. A 12 per cent increase in Barbie sales combined with a 16 per cent rise in Hot Wheels sales to drive an 86 per cent increase in Mattel Inc's profit, the number one US toymaker said on Friday ... The increase coincides with the rollout of Barbie's F 00004000 ashionista line, which was featured on numerous lists of hot holiday toys. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Holiday toy sales boost Mattel 4th-quarter profit Jan 30, 2010
(AP) Barbie maker Mattel Inc. says better sales of its classic toys over the holidays and cost cutting helped its fourth-quarter profit rise 86 percent. The No. 1 U.S. toy maker says sales of Barbie and Hot Wheels were particularly strong. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR -- Business)
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Barbie proves there is life after 50, especially if you're willing to keep reinventing yourself. Tags. (KGO, CA)
Shining named perfect scary movie Jan 28, 2010
Every time you turn your back on that fifteen Barbie with her head off. hmmmm. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
You might be a parent if ... Jan 26, 2010
your home decor consists mainly of early Transformers mixed with late Barbie. your car smells like French fries. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
In cross-cultural adoption, love conquers doll Jan 22, 2010
I confess that until I got an e-mail from one reader and a phone call from another, Robin Rombach's front-page PG photo of 7-year-old Dania clutching a blond Barbie didn't register beyond her immediate adorableness ... "I'm writing to express my embarrassment as a white person and outrage as a female with regard to the photo in today's paper of the sweet little Haitian girl, Dania, holding a very white 'trampy' looking Barbie doll," an e-mail from a concerned Mt. Lebanon reader said ... As the... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Cabbage kids have a new patch in north Georgia Jan 10, 2010
It s not about conventional beauty, like Barbie, she said. It goes back to the saying, a face only a mother could love. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
