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The Motley Fool June 25, 2010 Claire Stephanic	Hasbro Remains Publicly Traded Rumors circulated by The Wall Street Journal have now been squashed.
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The Motley Fool October 18, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Mattel's Barbie Blues Cutthroat competition and a possibly slow holiday season mean lower net profits and net revenues for Mattel.
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The Motley Fool October 18, 2005 Rich Smith	The Force Couldn't Save Hasbro The last month hasn't been a whole lot of fun for investors in the toy company. Despite Star Wars sales, profits fall short of estimates.
The Motley Fool August 4, 2010 Tim Beyers	Time to Take Another Look at Mattel? The toy maker best known for Barbie and Hot Wheels has a long-standing relationship with Time Warner to produce toys for the company's DC Comics characters.
The Motley Fool April 5, 2004 Nathan Parmelee	Mattel's New Strength A stronger balance sheet, share repurchases, and effective management make Mattel an attractive stock.
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The Motley Fool August 13, 2009 Dave Mock	A Big Upgrade for Hasbro Hasbro impressed investors and inched its earnings per share higher in its recent quarterly report, leading to a bullish call from more than one analyst.
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The Motley Fool October 28, 2005 M.D. Mitchell	Mattel: So Cheap, It's Scary With the toy maker's stock near five-year lows, is it finally time to buy?
BusinessWeek July 28, 2003 Christopher Palmeri	To Really Be a Player, Mattel Needs Hotter Toys Mattel is selling toys, not soap or cornflakes. Good brand management goes only so far in a business that caters to children's whims. Like it or not, the key to success is launching innovative products and promoting the heck out of them. If you don't do it, your competitors will.
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The Motley Fool February 21, 2006 Philip Durell	Barbies Gone Wild? Mattel needs to let Barbie go wild to make the company a worthwhile investment at today's price of $17 and change. In the meantime, Mattel continues to produce a ton of free cash flow, pays a 2.9% dividend yield, and continues to buy back shares.
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