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Mattel and Hasbro have struggled for years with graying product lines and supply-chain snafus that, like clockwork each holiday season, resulted in shortages of the hottest toys. To woo investors back, each made forays into electronics and software, with disastrous results. Hasbro, after losing $200 million on an interactive division and website, sold both ventures for $100 million early this year. Mattel in 1999 bought educational-software maker The Learning Co. for $3.5 billion, only to unload it this year for an "undisclosed sum," which analysts say was virtually...
...will the toy trade be any less volatile next year? Probably not. Kids' fickle tastes ensure eBay auctions for the hottest toys, overstocks of past winners and frustration all around. But the prospect of more oldies being "refreshed" seems to suit Tyler Brown, 9, of Houston. On his wish list: "More PlayStation 2 games, lots of rescue heroes and more Lincoln Logs...
...first step, she is taking a temporary leave from school to focus on establishing her career in the U.S. She recently performed a song called Blow My Whistle, which was included on the sound track of the movie Rush Hour 2. Produced by the Neptunes, one of the hottest American hip-hop production duos around, the song features a cameo from gangsta rapper Foxy Brown. Utada said her producers were worried at first that she and Brown might not be a good fit, given their different temperaments and backgrounds. They got along just fine. The idea of having...
...ECAC) played with as much pride against the Wolverines (10-5-3, 8-3-2 CCHA) as it has all year, and the few Harvard fans in attendance at the always-hostile Yost Ice Arena left with their heads high because their team played even-up against the hottest team in college hockey...
...this shouldn’t even be an issue. The Patriots are suddenly one of the hottest teams in the NFL for one reason only: Tom Brady...