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PRE-MARKET MOVERS: Foundation Medicine shares race higher after Roche deal, but Mattel falls
Also in play before the bell are natural-gas company Tellurian and biotech PTC Therapeutics
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Mattel, Inc
NASDAQ:MAT
Mattel, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets toy products worldwide through sales to customers and directly to consumers. The company is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of toys and family products. The Mattel family is comprised of such best-selling brands as Barbie ® , the most popular fashion doll ever introduced, Hot Wheels ® , Matchbox ® , American Girl ® , Radica ® and Tyco R/C ® , as well as Fisher-Price ® brands, including Little People ® , Power Wheels ® and a wide array of entertainment-inspired toy lines.
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US stocks finish higher ahead of Fed policy meet
A look at US and Canadian markets as the day progresses
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Bonanza day for the bulls as stocks soar following February jobs report
"Like the ADP non-farm reading mid-week, the headline jobs figure smashed estimates, coming in at 313k against the 205k forecast and the upwards revised 239k from January," said Connor Campbell at Spreadex.
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Volatile day ends with blue-chips on the up (but down on the week)
In the time it takes to read this report, the market will likely have changed direction again
Barbie maker Mattel reports shock loss as demand of top brands wanes
Mattel took a US$457mln hit related to the new US tax laws in the quarter
Lego to target Chinese market as it inks partnership deal with internet giant Tencent
Lego sales have boomed in China in recent years and the Danish company wants to take advantage of that popularity by developing online games and perhaps even a social network aimed at Chinese kids
Proctor and Gamble, Mattel, Restoration Hardware Holdings and more - AFTER HOURS
Meanwhile, Barbie doll maker Mattel Inc saw shares sink 1.75% to US$18
Mattel hot-wheels it higher on reports of bid approach from Hasbro
So long as this does not mean yet another version of Monotony, this time themed around Barbie ...
General Electric, Mattel, Hasbro and more - AFTER HOURS
Proactive takes a look at what stocks are in play before the bell in New York
Wall Street shares take a bath, but TSX up
Wall Street shares went lower on Monday as the shine came off the rally last week
J C Penney taken to the cleaners after a profit warning
J C Penney lowered profits guidance as it is attempting to shift a surfeit of inventory
Solid week fizzles out
Markit's PMI releases for April poured cold water on sentiment and the week's gains were pared
FTSE 100 ends tough week on a flat note
Friday was a bit of a wash-out, with the Footsie ending little changed after a rough week
Mattel comes off the rails
The company said sales had been hit by increased competition and weak demand in North America.
US stocks close mixed after Trump mulls 20% border tax
US stocks closed mixed on Thursday, with the Dow and Nasdaq marking fresh record highs but the S&P 500 doing as much – before heading lower after US President Donald Trump mooted that he was weighing up a 20% border tax on Mexican imports t
US stocks lifted by earnings, oil price surge
US stocks closed higher on Wednesday, lifted by solid earnings from bank Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) and oil services provider Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) as well as a jump by oil prices in the wake of shrinking inventories in the world’s biggest e
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Trending - Data transfer pact, big oil and low crude prices
Away from the chatter of the Iowa election, big cap global oilers are in focus today with some of the biggest names reporting as the turmoil in crude markets continues unabated.....
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Wall Street edges mostly higher
Shares wavered on Friday amid mixed data, lacklustre earnings
Stocks spin their wheels
Stocks spin their wheels - Hot Wheels in the case of Mattel - in the absence of any major economic news.
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US stocks holding on to the week's gains
After a solid week, investors are sitting on their hands ahead of Monday's GDP data from China.