Hasbro (NYSE: HAS) management recently spoke to analysts at its Investor Day conference. Here's the transcript. We all know the deal about these conferences: companies want to put their best foot forward and convince Wall Street that, if things are going good they are about to get even better, or, if things are going bad they won't be as bad as people thought and they will be improving either soon or on a long-term basis. You can bet that it was the latter tone taken by Team Hasbro at th
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Founded in 1945 in a garage workshop in southern California, Mattel Inc. (NYSE: MAT) is now the world's biggest toy maker, with a market cap of about $5.2 billion. Number two Hasbro Inc. (NYSE: HAS) has a market cap of about $4.2 billion. Mattel produces from everything Barbie and American Girl, to Hot Wheels, Fisher Price toys, <strike>Scrabble</strike>, and the Magic 8 Ball, as well as tie-ins with Pixa
Today was another strong day in the market, which may be mostly credited to Ben Bernanke giving a carte blanche for another economic stimulus package in his testimony this morning. We saw a rise in California home buying, but that was credited to foreclosure purchases at far lower prices.
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Hasbro (NYSE: HAS), a toy maker which competes with Mattel (NYSE: MAT) and JAKKS Pacific (NASDAQ: JAKK), reported earnings for the third quarter on Monday. The top line increased 6% to $1.2 billion. The bottom line came in at $0.89 per diluted share. If you adjust the earnings reported in the previous year's quarter for a tax benefit, then the growth rate for the current quarter in terms of per-share profit becomes a very decent 14%.
According to this source, Hasbro beat analyst expectations by three pennies. That's a lot bett
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This post is part of a feature on companies and products that our bloggers think are in need of a makeover. 
Today was another strong day in the market, which may be mostly credited to Ben Bernanke giving a carte blanche for another economic stimulus package in his testimony this morning. We saw a rise in California home buying, but that was credited to foreclosure purchases at far lower prices.
