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    Sep 5, 2007 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Mattel issues a third toy recall

    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    Mattel Inc. launched another major recall late Tuesday, its third in five weeks, adding more than 840,000 items containing unsafe amounts of lead paint to the list of the millions of Chinese-made toys it has pulled. The recall of 11 different toys...

    Tags: China, Painting, Toys, Barbie (fictional character), Consumers

    2. Sep 24, 2011 |Column| South Bend Tribune

  2. Market Basket: Round 2: Local business owner revives Auto World brand

    <span style="font-size: small;">As a boy, Tom Lowe frequently ordered slot cars and model kits from the Auto World catalog that arrived in his family&rsquo;s mailbox. And like many other youngsters who built and collected model cars, Lowe says he dreamed of visiting the company&rsquo;s one and only retail store in Scranton, Pa.</span>
    As a boy, Tom Lowe frequently ordered slot cars and model kits from the Auto World catalog that arrived in his family’s mailbox. And like many other youngsters who built and collected model cars, Lowe says he dreamed of visiting the company’...

    Tags: China, Best Buy Co., Inc., NASCAR, Tools and Hardware, File Sharing

    3. Dec 23, 2007 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. 10 things you might not know about toys

    Tribune staff reporter
    We wouldn't blame Santa if he wore a hazmat suit this Christmas. It has been a defective year for toys, with millions recalled because of lead paint, loose magnets and other problems. But here's another kind of recall, a remembrance of facts about toys:...

    Tags: China, Johnny Carson, Painting, Christmas, Barbie (fictional character)

    4. Sep 27, 2007 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. 600,000 toys join recall list

    Tribune staff reporter
    In a year already notable for a record number of lead-based recalls, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced seven separate recalls Wednesday of Chinese-manufactured toys and children's jewelry for containing unlawful levels of lead, including...

    Tags: China, Railway Transportation, Painting, Toys, Tools and Hardware

    5. Nov 20, 2007 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. California sues toymakers over lead

    Associated Press
    California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown on Monday sued 20 companies, including Mattel Inc. and Toys "R" Us, claiming they sold toys containing "unlawful quantities of lead." The suit, filed in Alameda County Superior Court, alleges the companies knowingly...

    Tags: Toys, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Jerry Brown, Barbie (fictional character), Consumers

    6. Aug 2, 2007 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. Almost 1 million toys are recalled

    Toymaker 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.
    Associated Press
    Toymaker 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 recall being announced Thursday involves 967,000 plastic toys for...

    Tags: China, Consumer Confidence, Painting, Toys, Clubs and Associations

    7. Sep 28, 2007 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. Infant's death triggers recall

    Tribune staff reporter
    Following the fatal strangulation of a 10-month-old boy in Texas, federal safety officials on Thursday announced the recall of more than 400,000 infant play yards sold by a Chicago company. Meanwhile, an embarrassed Oak Brook-based RC2 Corp. admitted...

    Tags: Consumer Confidence, Railway Transportation, Painting, Toys, Hospitals and Clinics

    8. Jun 26, 2007 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Senator seeks probe of unsafe toys

    Tribune staff reporter
    Prompted by the recall of 1.5 million Thomas & Friends wooden railway toys by an Oak Brook-based toymaker and a growing number of recalls of Chinese-manufactured toys, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) on Monday called for a congressional hearing to...

    Tags: China, Consumer Confidence, Painting, Toys, Minneapolis

    9. Oct 9, 2007 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Where do the recalls end up?

    What has happened to the millions of toys, lunch boxes and other products recalled recently because they contain hazardous levels of lead or lead paint? No one is exactly sure. And that worries some consumer activists, environmentalists and others who...

    Tags: Painting, Toys, Activism, Waste Management Incorporated, Consumers

    10. Nov 8, 2007 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. China's factories feel the squeeze

    Sitting in a windowless conference room surrounded by the remote-control toy Ferraris and Mercedes he sells the world over, factory owner Kuma Gu summed up what it's like to manufacture products for American consumers these days.
    Tribune staff reporter
    Sitting in a windowless conference room surrounded by the remote-control toy Ferraris and Mercedes he sells the world over, factory owner Kuma Gu summed up what it's like to manufacture products for American consumers these days. "A lot of Chinese...

    Tags: Public Employees, Litigation and Regulation, Employers, Toys, Employees

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