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I know I have the toys, but I don't know when I purchased them," said Cindy Watcher, a mother of two whose young daughter is a big fan of [Dora]. "These are our children," said Watcher. "What do you buy for them nowadays? I don't even know now. Mattel said the recalled toys may contain paint with excessive lead content, which could potentially be toxic if consumed by young children. However, the company said the safety risk is low and children who've licked or touched the toys won't be affected.
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The penalty stems from a series of recalls by Mattel and Fisher-Price in 2007, when the companies recalled nearly two million Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and other toys because of excessive levels of lead found in the paint on the toys. Barbie doll accessories were also part of the recalls. S. District Court Judge Joseph Farnan ruled Friday that the lawsuit didn't offer evidence about "what the directors actually knew about the 'red flags' and how they responded to them. Intel is being sued by rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. over claims it bullied PC makers into buying more Intel chips. Intel has been fined a record US$1.45 billion by the European Union for allegedly violating antitrust laws there.
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Based on a study conducted in the fall of 2008, this article highlights relational aspects of the experiences of upper elementary (age 10) children identified as intrinsically motivated for information seeking. Research for the study was conducted using an inductive naturalistic approach in order to address the following question, "What are the experiences in the lives of upper elementary school children that foster an intrinsic motivation to seek information?" The Self-determination Theory provided the basis for the theoretical framework. Participants were selected from a pool of fifth graders from three diverse schools within a single community in the USA. Initially, the children were chosen based on the results of a survey especially developed for the study. Interviews and a drawing ...
... young (see, for example, Christian, 2004; Fisher, Heath & Price, 2004). Heath describes a project i...
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This month, Mattel Inc., one of the largest U.S. toy companies, was forced to recall 967,000 plastic preschool toys made by [Lee Der] because they were decorated with paint found to have excessive amounts of lead. The toys, sold in the U.S. under the Fisher-Price brand, included likenesses of Big Bird and Elmo, as well as the Dora and Diego characters. In the Lee Der suicide, an official who answered the telephone at the company's factory in the southern city of Foshan on Monday said he had not heard of the news. A man at Lee Der's main office in Hong Kong said the company was not accepting interviews. Telephones at Foshan's police headquarters rang unanswered. After the recall, Lee Der maintained that its paint supplier, [Cheung Shu]'s best friend, supplied "fake paint" used in the toy...
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It isn't about hitting a button so a noise goes off," says [Taylor]. "I think kids get tired of all the flash -- after a while those digital toys are all the same. Older-style toys don't provide the entertainment. Instead they require kids to use their imagination. "There is a real trend towards a retro feel," she says. "Even though the toy may be new, manufacturers are using the colours and styles of an older era. And there is a lot of re-introduction of old toys. They pull things out of the vault that haven't been around for 40 years so newer generations can discover the toys." While companies such as Fisher-Price advertise toys like the battery-powered Baby Baseball for six-month-olds ("a baseball set that rewards baby's accomplishment of hitting a baseball with lights, sounds an...
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A lawsuit was filed against besieged toymakers Mattel and Fisher Price in Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench Tuesday for toys that admittedly may contain lead paint or improperly attached magnets.
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We had our best year last year... However, we're not immune to the unbelievable, unprecedented rise in the cost of manufacturing, the recessionary trends and the slowing economy," Fisher Price spokeswoman Brenda Andolina said from the unit's headquarters in the Buffalo, N.Y., suburb of East Aurora. As part of Craigslist's agreement with attorneys general around the country, anyone who posts an "erotic services" ad will be required to provide a working phone number and pay a fee with a valid credit card. The website will provide that information to law enforcement if subpoenaed. Layoff notices will go out to about 2.9 per cent of Fidelity's overall work force of 44,400. The cuts will be spread across the company's far-flung U.S. operations, affecting management positions as well as lowe...
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Fisher-Price action applies to 11 million items in Canada...
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... the Bjornsons did was to buy "every Fisher Price toy you can bang on and strum on," says Bjor...
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Where the timing might be less happy -- for all of GM's heavyweights -- is in gaining height and corresponding bulk while gas prices also rise. The sleeker body cuts resistance, and GM's Active Fuel Management drops the 5.3-litre V-8 to a four-cylinder for highway cruising, but we still couldn't come close to the posted fuel consumption ratings of 15.4 L/100 km city, 10.4 highway. The ride is closer to luxury sedan than traditional pickup. With coil-over-shocks replacing the front torsion bars, and with the LTZ's rear air suspension, the Avalanche glided along with little jostle or sway to remind us it's also built to work. Notable standard features (LTZ): Leather seating, 12-way power front seats with driver's memory, power-fold mirrors with integrated turn signals (driver's side auto...
Fisher-Price plastic is gone, fuel-saving technology arri...
