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Retail roundup: J.C. Penney loan, Abercrombie apology, Mattel layoffs
The week before the Memorial Day holiday has been a busy one for retailers. Here's a sampling of happenings from Mattel, J.C. Penney and Abercrombie & Fitch. Mattel: As the El Segundo-based toymaker adapts to its newly created North America division, it...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Target, Justice System, Memorial Day
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Stock spotlight: Mattel toys with ways to sell more products
Barbie is vacating her pink Malibu mansion and hunting for international digs. Thomas the Tank Engine is being revamped as an even livelier locomotive. Max Steel, the new kid on the block, is marketed as a "modern day tech superhero." The toy brands,...
Tags: Consumers, Computer Hardware, Entertainment, Economic Indicator, New Products
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Elusive giant squid caught on video for the first time
For centuries the giant squid has been the stuff of legend, but now, for the first time ever, scientists have collected footage of a giant squid, (Architeuthis), in its natural habitat, thousands of feet below the ocean's surface. "All of us were so...
Tags: Japan, Science and Technology
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CES 2013: Tech that's hot in Vegas [Google+ Hangout]
LAS VEGAS -- Just about everything with a battery or cord is on display in the desert, including massive-screen TVs, wearable tech and window-washing robots. The 2013 Consumer Electronics Show is underway in Las Vegas, and The Times has sent a gaggle of...
Tags: International CES
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CES 2013: Robots that clean up your life a bit
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.LAS VEGAS -- Robotic vacuums are nothing new. We're all familiar with Roomba. But there are some other higher-plane jobs made just for robots: namely, washing windows. Enter Winbot. At this year's Consumer Electronics Show, Ecovacs Robotics is showing... -
CES 2013: Helpful emergency gadgets for seniors
LAS VEGAS -- Falls happen, even to the most balanced of us. But what if no one is around to help? As our parents, grandparents and maybe even some of us age, it's becoming increasingly important and desirable to go about life without limitations but...
Tags: Electronics, Science and Technology, Parenting
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CES 2013: Fisher-Price playing between virtual and real toys
LAS VEGAS -- Fisher-Price is saying "game on" for kids exploring the nexus between virtual and physical play as it furthers its entry into that golden in-between space. Running from about $20 to $50, its new age-appropriate line of Apptivity products...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPod, Apple iPad, Animals, Toy Industry
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CES 2013: Flower Power lets plants communicate their needs
LAS VEGAS -- If plants at the nursery scream when they see you coming, a maker of wireless speakers and smartphone-guided quadracopters thinks it has a solution for you. Parrot's Bluetooth device Flower Power aims to make the experience of gardening...
Tags: Plant Openings
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CES 2013: Luggage lost at the wrong airport? Trakdot knows where
It’s a distressingly common scenario: You’ve successfully landed in your port of call. Your luggage, however, has hoofed it somewhere else entirely. Trakdot, a tracking device showcased at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show, aims to make the...
Tags: Federal Aviation Administration
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Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas' top streamed holiday song
The Nielsen ratings agency checked under the tree (and online) to examine digital holiday music preferences and found that Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" is apparently all pop music fans want to listen to on the Internet. The song is the...
Tags: Jimmy Fallon, Entertainment, Holidays, YouTube, Mariah Carey
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Target's holiday plan: Win moms with QR codes, exclusive toys
Retailers are fighting hard this Christmas to beat the competition, and Target is the latest to unveil its plan to win over the holiday hordes: Go digital. Come Oct. 14, the chain will begin prominently showcasing its Top 20 toys in its brick-and...
Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Target, Holidays, Hasbro Inc., New Products
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The Joker returns to ‘Batman’ pages, building on 72-year history
Hero Complex - movies, comics, fanboy fare - latimes.comThe most famous supervillain in comic book history — the Joker – returns to the pages of “Batman” in a ......
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