EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 12, 2004--As the 2004 race to the White House heats up, the current presidential candidates received an unexpected announcement today: Barbie(R) is joining ...

Fashion has in recent seasons embraced a more classic look, a trend that some analysts say could be good news for a once-fashionable gal who has recently seemed out of style: Barbie. The iconic doll, ...

Elliot Handler, a California artist, rarely gives interviews. It’s not that he’s a recluse or prima donna. If you had founded Mattel, you probably couldn’t stomach one more question about the Barbie ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Barbie has dumped Ken - apparently for an Aussie surfer called Blaine - after 43 years as the perfect plastic couple. The couple's ...

We already knew that Barbie had a blog (with an emphasis on the "had", as it seems to have disappeared), but apparently times have gotten so tough for Mattel that the next gimmick will be a Barbie ...

The city yesterday agreed to pay $35,000 to a Queens girl who was kicked out of her junior-high class for wearing a T-shirt that said, “Barbie is a lesbian.” Natalie Hodges was yanked out of class in ...

Toy maker Mattel has reported a large drop in earnings for the first quarter of 2004 following a slump in sales of its best known product, the Barbie doll. Global sales of Barbie fell by 6 per cent ...

The controversy over who should and who shouldn't be allowed to marry couldn't have come at a worse time. It reached its pinnacle the same week the Mattel toy company announced that, after all these ...

Valentine's Day is approaching, but the romance is over for Barbie and Ken. After 43 years as an item, the plastic pair's "business manager" at toymaker Mattel said they "feel it's time to spend some ...

A mix tape with New Kids on the Block, Madonna and Paula Abdul. A VHS tape. A floppy disc. And a May 1990 edition of the Register. Those were among the contents of a 25-year-old time capsuled ...