Coeur d'Alene Soldier Buried at Arlington National Cemetery
Spokane Spokesman-Review
A highly decorated U.S. Army Special Forces sergeant major from Coeur d’Alene, who died May 9, was buried this afternoon at Arlington National Cemetery, Va. Sgt. Maj. Bradly Conner, 41, was killed in an explosion while serving his fourth to...
Landmark Settlement Reached For Class in 'In re Mattel, Toy Lead Paint Products Liability Litigation'
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Co-lead counsel Whatley Drake & Kallas has reached a landmark settlement in a multi-district litigation concerning the largest recall of children's toys in recent history by Mattel and its subsidiary Fisher-Price, In re Mattel, Toy Lead Pai...
Mattel Agrees to Toy Recall Settlement
NewsInferno
Mattel Inc. has agreed to settle virtually all claims related to its massive 2007 toy recalls. According to the Associated Press, if the Mattel class-action settlement is approved by the court, it could end up costing the company upwards of...
Mattel lead settlement could add up to $50M-plus
San Francisco Chronicle
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. The propo...
RC2 Reports Solid Results for Third Quarter 2009; Company Increases 2009 Full Year Net Income Outlook
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
OAK BROOK, Ill.----RC2 Corporation , today announced solid results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and an increase to its 2009 full year net income outlook.
Lead-in-toys suit settled
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
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.
More Americans Expect Recession
CNBC
Consumers in general are skittish about buying toys from China in the wake of high-profile recalls of toys made there. They are also willing to pay more for the same toy if it was made in the United States, the survey said. Only 10.7 percen...
Mattel Agrees To Settle Lawsuit Involving 2007 Toy Recall
Nasdaq
Co-plaintiff Whatley Drake & Kallas said in a statement the settlement provides "tens of millions of dollars in monetary relief as well as significant injunctive relief." According to the firm, Mattel recalled over 14 million toys in the U....
Sweatshop Toys? China's Goods Find U.S. Homes
ABC News
With a spate of safety recalls already drawing scrutiny to the multibillion dollar toy industry and products manufactured in China, a Senate panel heard grim testimony Thursday on another aspect of toy production -- the plight of workers in...
Things that go bump in the night
Bastrop Daily Enterprise
Is it possible this antique dice game is haunted? Martha McLean of Lightwood said when she added this device to her collection of antique toys, strange things began to happen.
A prophet of dark profits on ‘Frontline’
Lawrence Journal-World
“Frontline” (8 p.m., PBS, check local listings) producer Michael Kirk has found a great human-interest story at the heart of the financial meltdown and profiles several villains of the swindle whose names do not include “George,” “W.” or “B...
James helps Braves shut down L.A.
Orlando Sentinel
Baseball is a game played between two teams consisting of nine players each. The object of the game is to score more runs (or points) than your opponent. The game is played with a small, leather ball and wooden bats. All the players in the ...
Making Toys is Not Child's Play
Social Funds
However, the toy recalls have highlighted the need for companies to confront the hazardous working conditions of their entire supply chains, not only their more heavily monitored factories but the less monitored sub-contractors and sub-sub ...
Mattel settles lawsuit over high levels of lead in Chinese toys
USA Today
Mattel has agreed to settle a consumer lawsuit for what could total more than $50 million over the recall of toys made in China that had high levels of lead.
Latest consumer product recalls
Detroit Free Press
About 3,000 toy police cars, made in China and imported by TCB Imports, because the product’s red paint has high levels ... site of the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission, www.cpsc.gov, provides detailed information about U.S. produ...
Retailers and consumers want to know what's in store for holiday shopping season
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Here are two certainties about the upcoming holiday retail season: It'll be good for consumers, and retailers are better prepared than they were last year, when shoppers unexpectedly padlocked their wallets right before Christmas.
Best Answers to Sunday Question ...
Spokane Spokesman-Review
1. The youths infatuation with tattoos shows that they don't recognize the concept of permanence, and they reject the idea of skin growing old on them. Tattoos are such a turn off. They scream "skank" or "trailer trash." Another fashion tha...
