Hasbro says Monopoly contest helped lift sales
Hasbro reported first-quarter results Monday that beat Wall Street expectations as the toy maker benefited from an online contest that let people vote ...
Stocks mixed as major companies report earnings
Stocks are opening little changed on Wall Street as investors get ready for earnings news from major U.S. companies. Nearly one-third of the 30 ...
Oil stays above $88 per barrel
The price of oil rose modestly above $88 a barrel Monday as traders returned to commodities after big sell-offs last week. By early afternoon in ...
Mattel 1Q profit rises, Monster High sales climb
Move over Barbie. Mattel said Wednesday its first-quarter net income more than quadrupled helped by strong sales of dolls like Monster High, Disney ...
'G.I. Joe' commands No. 1 at box office with $41M
After a nine-month delay, "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" deployed to the top spot at the box office. The action film starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, ...
Monopoly fans vote to add cat, toss iron tokens
The Scottie dog has a new nemesis in Monopoly after fans voted in an online contest to add a cat token to the property trading game, replacing the ...
Mattel 4Q results miss Wall Street's expectations
It was a blue Christmas in toyland. Weak demand over the holidays for toys like Barbie and Matchbox led Mattel's results to fall short of expectations ...
Futures moving higher on strong jobs numbers
Stock futures rose Friday after the latest employment report showed that the country added 157,000 jobs in January, and that hiring for the past two ...
S&P closes above 1,500 for 1st time since 2007
Passing another milestone on the nation's long journey back from the Great Recession, the Standard and Poor's 500 index closed above 1,500 for the ...
Hasbro 4Q revenue misses, to cut jobs
Toy maker Hasbro said Friday that its fourth-quarter revenue failed to meet expectations because of weaker-than-expected demand over the holidays.
S&P 500 in longest winning streak since 2004
The Standard & Poor's 500 index closed above 1,500 on Friday for the first time since the start of the Great Recession in 2007, lifted by strong ...
Hasbro aims to jazz up Monopoly with new token
The gig is almost up for one of the eight Monopoly tokens. But which will it be? Iron? Thimble? Top Hat? Or another of their board game buddies? ...
Parents struggle to find gender-neutral toys
A 13-year-old girl's campaign to get Hasbro to make an Easy-Bake Oven that isn't purple or pink so it would appeal to her little brother is a fresh ...
APNewsBreak: Unisex Easy-Bake oven on the way
Hasbro says it will soon reveal a gender-neutral Easy-Bake Oven after meeting with a New Jersey girl who started a campaign calling on the toy maker ...
Monopoly comes to Lagos, Nigeria's biggest city
Nigeria's largest city of Lagos is no boardwalk, but now Monopoly is taking inspiration from the city's sprawling chaos. Officials unveiled a ...
NJ teen wants Easy-Bake Oven to appeal to boys
Four-year-old Gavyn Boscio loves to cook and asked for an Easy-Bake Oven for Christmas. But when his big sister went to buy one, she discovered to her ...
Elmo left behind on 'Sesame Street' as actor exits
Even on "Sesame Street," where everything is famously A-OK, problems can arise for its residents. And that includes the Muppets. Cookie Monster ...
Elmo actor resigns amid underage-sex allegations
Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash resigned from "Sesame Street" on Tuesday amid allegations he sexually abused underage boys, bringing an end to a 28-year ...
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