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On Thursday, Fisher-Price, the company known for producing toys for children and infants, had a recall of over 10 million toys. The recall, comes with bad timing, as the holiday season approaches. Mattel Inc., the parent company of Fisher-price suffered the largest recall of toys this year, the same company that recalled approximately 21 million [...]
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Fisher-Price Recalls More Than 10 Million Toys
Posted by Amelia on September 30th, 2010
Posted in Business, Featured News 
Tags: Business, Child, fisher price recall, Fisher-Price, Little People, Mattel, Toy, toy recall, Toys and Games, Tricycle 
2 Comments »Hewlett-Packard named Léo Apotheker new CEO
Posted by BK Cooper on September 30th, 2010
The new Hewlett-Packard chief executive officer announced Thursday is Léo Apotheker. Apotheker will take over for former CEO Mark Hurd. Apotheker formerly worked at a German software giant SAP for 20 years before leaving in February. He had been named co-CEO there in April of 2008. Many are surprised at HP’s decision regarding Apotheker because [...]
Denied Rate Hike for the Postal Service
Posted by BK Cooper on September 30th, 2010
Regulators denied a request Thursday by the U.S. Postal Service to increase the price of first-class stamps from 44 to 46 cents. According to CNN Money, the Postal service argued that the hike was needed to cover lost revenue from a decrease in mail volume due to the economic recession. Though the Postal Regulatory Commission [...]
Posted in Business, Featured News Tags: Government, Mail, Postal Regulatory Commission, Postal Service, recession, United States, United States Postal Service, US Postal Service Comments OffNetflix App Review for iPhone
Posted by Stephen Lee on September 30th, 2010
Netflix has taken the movie rental industry by storm, allowing subscribers to rent videos without ever leaving their home. If being able to not leave the living room couch isn’t enough, Netflix now offers an app that allows you to stream videos via iPhone. Pros: • Offers a giant library of over 17,000 titles, hitting [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Featured News, IT Gadgets Tags: FILM, Handhelds, iPhone, Netflix, Smartphones, Streaming media, Television, User interface Comments OffAnother Celebrity Attacked by Bed Bugs
Posted by Kathy on September 30th, 2010
On his Sirus XM radio show, Howard Stern announced that his radio studio and his limousine were infested with bed bugs. The Manhattan office was fumigated over the weekend and during a live show, Stern stated that “Supposedly we’re 100 percent bed bug-free. The only place in New York City that probably is 100 percent [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Featured News Tags: Bedbug, Bradley Cooper, Howard Stern, Metro Areas, New York, New York City, Radio, United States 8 Comments »