WASHINGTON - Toy-maker Fisher-Price is recalling 83 types of toys — including the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters — because their paint contains excessive amounts of lead. The ...

This year’s Tickle Me Elmo laughing plush toy is giggling his way into parents’ wallets. Toys from this year’s animated movie “Cars” are practically driving off the shelves. Even the sagging Barbie ...

Popular toys that could be in your child's toy box are being voluntarily recalled by Mattel Inc. Nearly 1,000,000 toys sold under the Fisher-Price brand are affected because of lead contamination ...

The holidays left Barbie looking a little perkier. After dragging down Mattel Inc.’s fortunes for years, the company’s biggest brand began regaining her footing in 2006, helping drive ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mattel Inc. , the largest U.S. toymaker, posted a higher-than-expected fourth-quarter profit on Monday on strong holiday sales of its T.M.X. Elmo and Barbie lines. Mattel, also ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Surprisingly strong first- quarter results from Mattel Inc. and Hasbro Inc., the world's top two toy makers, have the industry buzzing, with one analyst forecasting 2007 would be ...