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Today toy manufacturer Mattel issued its second product recall in two weeks. The toy giant sent a warning to consumers about some 9 million toys made in China, saying that in addition to containing lead paint…a select group of toys could also contain loose magnets which could pose a choking hazard to children.

Dan Lyons’ identity was finally revealed , after a New York Times reporter found resemblances between the Fake Steve Jobs Blog and Lyons’ published work. When asked if he was behind the Blog, Lyons told the Times he had started the fake blog last year to poke fun at the lack of candidness he saw in the growing number of CEO

On Tuesday night Barry Bonds broke the all-time home-run record when he hit career homer # 756.

It didn’t take long for Victor Conte, the man at the center of the BALCO scandal to come forward and steal some of the spotlight from Bonds. Conte said that he’s convinced he played a small, but important, role in Barry Bond

Recently while attending the Seoul Digital Forum, GOOGLE CEO Eric Schmidt was asked by a reporter to define Web 3.0.

Schmidt gave the following response:

Web 3.0 will ultimately be seen as applications that are pieced together. There are a number of characteristics: the applications are relativel

Max Levchin’s latest start-up, Slide Inc. has emerged as the No. 1 widget maker to date. Slide’s programming tools have made it easy for people to add snap, crackle, and pop to the pictures and videos decorating virtual meeting places like MySpace, Facebook and Bebo.

Today Levchin will offer up something brand new to widget-

This past Friday, Cerberus Capital Management finally completed its purchase of Chrysler Corporation. Somehow lost in the $7.4 billion transaction was the fact that GE trained, former Home Depot CEO Robert Nardelli was appointed Chrysler’s chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

News sources including Fortune are reporti

Jacques Nasser, Ford CEO from 1999-2001, plans to fly to Britain to visit the Land Rover and Jaguar factories as part of his attempt to buy back the two luxury brands that he put together.

Nasser bought Land Rover for Ford seven years ago while serving as Chief Executive. During his trip to t

On August 4th Barry Bonds finally hit home-run No. 755 to tie Hank Aaron for the Major League Baseball home-run record. It was an opposite-field drive of 382 feet to left-center. The blast placed Bonds within one swing of having the most hallowed record in sports.

Commissioner Bud Selig stood up a