Michelle Obama delivers Toys for Tots from White House drive, asks for toys for older kids

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Border agents seize $1.6 million in counterfeit toys at California border points

Border agents seize $1.6M in counterfeit toys

Toys R Us real estate subsidiary completes $725 million notes offering

Toys R Us subsidiary closes $725M notes offering

Sex-toy study at Duke study ruffles feathers among campus religious community

Sex-toy study at Duke raises some eyebrows

Every child’s plaything, the ball, joins Big Wheel and Game Boy in NY’s Toy Hall of Fame

Ball, Big Wheel, Game Boy make Toy Hall of Fame

Toys R Us to open 585 FAO Schwarz boutiques in Toys R Us stores, relaunch FAO Web site

Toys R Us to open in-store FAO Schwarz boutiques

Iowa woman surprises intruder by repeatedly whacking him with plastic toy bat

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — A woman surprised by a man in the front room of her home near Council Bluffs grabbed a plastic toy bat and hit him repeatedly until he ran out the front door. The Pottawattamie County sheriff’s office said the 26-year-old woman was taking a bath Wednesday night with her 3-year-old child when she noticed a cat who normally stays outside had entered the bathroom. Thinking this odd, she dressed and walked into the front room, where she saw a man standing over her 4-year-old son, who was sleeping in a recliner.

Police say Mass. man claimed bag of stolen goods were ex-wife’s sex toys

SALEM, Mass. — A man has been arrested for breaking into three cars after police spotted him carrying a suspicious bag he said was filled with his former wife’s sex toys. Michael Conway was ordered Monday held on $5,000 cash bail for felony larceny. However, he was detained without bail on the probation violations.

Cost-cutting helps lift Hasbro’s 3rd-qtr profit by 8.8 pct, but sales and shares slips

NEW YORK — Sales of toys tied to the “G.I. Joe” and “Transformers” movies and cost-cutting drove a third-quarter profit increase for Hasbro. But perhaps more significant are early signs of a pickup in toy sales in recent weeks as the crucial holiday season approaches.

Toys R Us introduces layaway program for big-ticket items including bikes and cribs

NEW YORK — Toys R Us Inc. is introducing a layaway program for larger-ticket items such as bikes and cribs ahead of the holiday season, the company said Monday.

Report: Feds probing whether Toys R Us violated antitrust order on baby products pricing

NEW YORK — The federal government is reportedly investigating whether Toys R Us Inc. has improperly acted to discourage discounting and keep the prices consumers pay on baby products such as strollers and car seats higher than they otherwise may have been.

Toy retailer Toys R Us says it has refinanced its 2012 European credit revolver

WAYNE, N.J. — Toys R Us Inc. said Friday that is has refinanced a European credit revolver set to expire in 2012 and has secured new rates of about Libor plus 4 percent.

Move over Mary Kay! NJ candidate makes living selling sex toys at Tupperware-style parties

TRENTON, N.J. — A lot of small business owners run for the Legislature, but one New Jersey candidate can tout a unique entrepreneurial experience: hosting sex-toy parties.

Mattel and Fisher Price agree to reimburse consumers who bought toys that were recalled

SAN DIEGO — Mattel Inc. and its Fisher-Price subsidiary have agreed to settle a consumer lawsuit for what could total more than $50 million over the 2007 recall of millions of toys made in China that were found to contain high levels of lead.

Target will pay $600,000 civil penalty for importing and selling toys with lead paint

WASHINGTON — Target Corp. has agreed to pay a $600,000 civil penalty for importing and selling a variety of toys with high levels of lead paint on the surface.

Wal-Mart Stores will offer 100 toys for $10 during holiday season

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, said Wednesday it will offer more than 100 toys at $10 during the key holiday season.

Founder of KB Toys auctioning off his collection of antique automotive toys in NJ

VINELAND, N.J. — One of the greatest automotive toy collections in the world is being auctioned off in New Jersey.

Toys R Us will open 350 ‘Holiday Express’ pop-up shops in malls and Babies R Us stores

NEW YORK — Toys R Us plans to open nearly 350 pop-up stores in malls and inside Babies R Us stores by early October to drive sales during the crucial holiday season.

Toys R Us profit doubles in second quarter

WAYNE, N.J. — Toys R Us Inc. on Friday said that its net income more than doubled in its second quarter on improved margins and cost controls.

CPSC lets Mattel test its own toys, other companies must use independent labs

WASHINGTON — Toy-makers, clothing manufacturers and other companies selling products for young children are submitting samples to independent laboratories for safety tests. But the nation’s largest toy maker, Mattel, isn’t being required to do the same.

SC driver calls 911 after mistaking crashing toy helicopter for the real thing

CHARLESTON, S.C. — It was an eerie sight for a motorist driving Interstate 526 in South Carolina - a helicopter in the distance spewing smoke as it plunged toward the Wando River. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported the motorist called 911 with the report Wednesday. Police and three Charleston Fire Department trucks and a fire battalion chief raced to the scene.

Importer to pay $31,500 penalty for violating safety standard on toys with small parts

WASHINGTON — TGH International Trading Inc. has agreed to pay a $31,500 civil penalty after it imported and sold toys with small parts in violation of federal child safety standards, government officials said Monday.

Little Tikes toys recalled after 11-month-old boy gets plastic nail lodged in his throat

WASHINGTON — The Little Tikes Co. is recalling about 1.6 million toy workshops and trucks, after an 11-month-old boy got a plastic nail lodged in his throat.

20 Sears toys will offer toys on Saturday from Hasbro, Mattel and other toy makers

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Sears Holdings Corp., the retail chain lead by chairman and hedge fund financier Eddie Lampert, said Wednesday it will begin to offer toys in 20 of its Sears stores starting Saturday.

Employee spots suspect’s toy gun and uses cricket bat to foil gas station robbery

BAY MINETTE, Ala. — Authorities in south Alabama say a gas station employee used a cricket bat to chase away a would-be robber who brandished a toy gun.

Toys R Us subsidiary closes on offering of $950 million senior unsecured notes due 2017

WAYNE, N.J. — Toys R Us Inc. said Friday that one of its subsidiaries has completed an offering of $950 million in senior unsecured notes due 2017.

Toy importer to pay $665,000 penalty for violating lead paint ban, other safety standards

WASHINGTON — Toy importer OKK Trading has agreed to pay a $665,000 civil penalty after it imported and sold toys with high levels of lead and violated other child safety standards.

Classic Cozy Coupe children’s car gets honor at Cleveland auto museum

CLEVELAND — A classic toy car is being inducted into an auto museum in Cleveland.

Safety official: Mattel hit with $2.3 million civil penalty for toys with lead-paint hazard

WASHINGTON — Toy maker Mattel Inc. and its Fisher-Price subsidiary have agreed to pay a $2.3 million civil penalty for importing and selling toys with excessive levels of lead.

Jardine cribs recalled for third time since June 2008

WASHINGTON — About 96,000 Jardine cribs sold at Toys “R” Us and Babies “R” Us were recalled Thursday, the company’s third crib recall in a year.

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