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Speaking out for the first time Wednesday, Rhode Island's new economic development chief defended her $250,000 salary, urging skeptics to give her a chance.

Hasbro spanks larger rival Mattel on a quarterly basis , so why not wrestle away a key licensed property between quarterly financial updates? Hasbro has inked a 10-year deal with Sesame Workshop, the Sesame Street creator.

Starting in 2011, the folks from Pawtucket will be taking on the world's most famous street.

Collective Brands, parent company of shoe retailer Payless ShoeSource, has named Sharon John president of the Stride Rite Children's Group unit of Collective Brands Performance + Lifestyle Group.

Target Corp. announced Monday it is donating more than $1.25 million in cash and in-kind gifts to The Salvation Army this holiday season.

Investors are overlooking substantial profits toy maker Hasbro Inc is set to make starting in 2011 from its cable joint venture with Discovery Communications Inc , according to money manager Martin Sass, who has been buying the company's shares.

In this April 10, 2008 file photo, Big Bird is seen during the taping of an episode of "Sesame Street" in New York.

Frank Bifulco may be on the verge of capping what has been a tumultuous period in Home Depot's CMO suite.

Stores know Santa's on a budget this year, so they're stocking their shelves with less-expensive toys, and fewer of them.

Investment professionals are somewhat divided in their market outlooks. There are those like Bill Gross, Pimco's fixed income maestro, who believe we're entering a " new-normal " era of prolonged lackluster performance.

When Brian Goldner arrived at Hasbro in 2000 as chief executive, the toy and game maker generated $30 million from its Transformers action figures.

Whether looking for a great 2009 Christmas present or scouting out a company to invest in: Think Hasbro.

The new TRANSFORMERS comics era has begun! After just one day in stores, The TRANSFORMERS #1 is already sold out through Diamond, and IDW Publishing will rush its inaugural ongoing comic to a second printing.

" On the eve of one of the biggest shopping days of the year, Hasbro Inc. is under fire from consumer watchdog groups who say two of the company's products are unsafe.

I just got a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Present, and boy, was he mad. A hot toy is threatening to dash toymakers' hopes this season, leaving nothing but coal in their shareholders' stockings.

An "excessively loud" triceratops and an Elmo lunch bag with "potentially toxic" chemicals were among the items listed in the U.S. Public Interest Research Group's 2009 list of dangerous toys released Tuesday.

With the holiday shopping season about to boost into overdrive later this week, I decided to get an early read on the hottest toy trends at Amazon.com . Regardless of your thoughts on Amazon's valuation -- lofty on an earnings basis but much more reasonable on a free cash flow scale -- the leading online retailer is a great resource for taking the ...

The local Children's Holiday Hope Fund begins its fifth holiday-giving campaign Sunday and asks the public to make monetary donations toward hats and mittens for Rhode Island children in need.

" Gov. Donald L. Carcieri signed legislation Thursday that reconstitutes the R.I. Economic Development Corporation's board and provides the next agency's executive director with a three-year term.

A search committee has recommended planning veteran Ioanna T. Morfessis to lead the state's ailing Economic Development Corporation, an agency that could play a key role in getting Rhode Islanders back to work.