| Report Cites Brutal Conditions in Chinese Factories A workers’ rights group in the United States released a report today detailing what it called brutal conditions and illegal practices in Chinese toy factories.... nytimes.com |
Lego posts higher sales (AP via Yahoo! News) Lego Group reported 5 percent revenue growth in the first half of the year due to higher sales of classic products like its City, Technic and Star Wars lines. The toy maker also raised its full-year earnings forecast. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Hasbro Beats Estimates (TheStreet.com) The toymaker is boosted by demand for Transformers and Marvel-related products. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Q&A with Meredith Garniss (Boston Globe) WANDER DOWN AN alley in Davis Square and you'll discover what seems to be the entrance to another world. Is this a wee pub, transported from Ireland? Or a giant British phone booth? us.rd.yahoo.com |
Various Artists I'm Not There OST (Pitchfork) I'm Not There is director Todd Haynes' third music biopic, after Superstar in 1987 and Velvet Goldmine in 1998. In each of those films, the main subject-- the celebrity at the center-- has been altered or is somehow absent: Superstar recounted Karen Carpenter's death from anorexia with only Barbie dolls, which continually prevents it from being officially released. us.rd.yahoo.com |
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