overall picture magic to gathering -- and i was shocked to hear about this -- it is 15% of hasbro'sotal revenue and 35% of their pretax operating profit magic, the gathering. >> i wish i knew it was a thing in 1995. >> the reason why you have this is because there is a change in sentiment say the analysts over at bofa around this magic the gathering franchise. a lot has to do with the "lord of the rings" co-branding franchise they have with magic the gathering. you have "lord of the rings" cards to play with magic the gathering. they have already got a co-branded one with dr. who and that movie and show franchise. there is kind of a renewed sentiment around this whole magic the gathering franchise and if you tack on that with some of the more bullish hollywood stuff going on right now, writers strike and ax torse strike aside, "transformers: rise of the beasts," spider-man into the spider verse have done pretty well at the box office. they could propel toy sales tied to the franchises as well. role-playing card games, better box off for certain franchises tied to hasbro toys and you

>>> a 9-year-old boy in rhode island held his third annual lemonade stand to raise money for the hasbro-cold -- >> lemonade! >> reporter: this past weekend, while others were at the beach or partying in the pool, 9-year-old theo durson and his cousin abbey set up shop along jerry brown field in wakefield. >> this the third annual one. >> how many cups >> reporter: they weren't raising money for themselves, but for kids who most likely wouldn't be able to do something like this. >> i'm doing a lemonade stand for hasbro children's hospital >> lemonade! >> reporter: in the beginning of the pandemic, the then 6-year-old had an idea >> here is one. >> people to people with covid, but not the people with cancer. >> reporter: but theo was. his first year, he brought in about $100 >> i'm going to do it again because i want to raise more money than i did last year. >> reporter: then the second year came around. >> the second year we raised one thousand. >> reporter: and here we are in the third. >> my goal is to raise $2,000 this year. >> reporter: and theo is exhausting all angles. >> pink lemo

introducing, new from hasbro, the state of the union playset. >> awesome! >> now you can relive all your favorite moments from the state of the union. >> i nominate judge ketanji brown jackson. >> yay! >> boo! she's a communist! >> with collectible electables. joe biden, kamala harris, bernie sanders, mitch mcconnell, nancy pelosi with battle gavel, and ted cruz with emergency cancun getaway kit. >> we must stand up to dictators. >> i miss my dicator. >> and coming next from hasbro, the republican response playset, featuring, uh, we're not entirely sure. >> announcer: it's "the late show" live with stephen colbert. it's status joe! plus, stephen welcomes senator bernie sanders! and musical guest big thief. featuring live jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape and now, live from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ♪ ♪ [laughter] >> stephen: good to see you. what's going on? happy tuesday. hello, christopher. hello, paul. hey, everybody! ♪ ♪ that feels good. dang. dang, it feels good to be live. right there. welcome, lad

pandemic returned to the movie theater thing or look at a company like the maker of barbie or its rival hasbroaper and has room to catch up with mattel. >> they try to schedule these things and there's no -- no one will have to choose between the two. they did but they chose both which is interesting. >> definitely a good time when you look at $85 million in the first week. >> his time for actual ideas and this week, actual ideas brought to you by the letter a. >> i will go first, i'm looking at ali baba, and one who thinks big tech with the trade 11 times, amazon trades 62, it's about one 13th market capital apple and breaking up at research, it has about 50% to gain when that happened so it looks pretty good. >> al, what are you looking at? >> i will go risk to network, value ideas and industrial ideas and inner growth industrial. acceleration from ai and 26 times, they make the hardware and software that makes data travel fast. >> a lot of ai stocks have gone well. great ideas, check out this week's additional barron's, don't forget to follow us on twitter and that's all for us. we will see

let's look at hasbro and we should do that right now and it's playing for keeps, shares are gaining 3.7%from neutral to a buy ahead of the toy maker's quarterly report on thursday and they're not waiting and they expect hasbro to beat expectations and driven specifically by strong band for lord of the rings magic set. run out and get it now appa apparently. johnson & johnson on the other hand is the bigger laggard and second attempt to resolve the lawsuits by going bankrupt was meaning it is subsid area going involved and it was rejected. the stock is down nearly 4% at the moment. a u.s. bankruptcy judge threw out the proposed $8.9 billion settlement of claims that j&j's claims could cause cancer with their talc-based products and it's tied to chapter 11 bankruptcy filing by j&j subsidiary ltl management and the judge rule that had neither j&j nor ltl demonstrated the company is in the type of financial distress that would justify bankruptcy. coin base is defying the securities and exchange commission and still the stock rises. coming into the session today, the cryptobroker gained 170%.

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lowe's many ploye fired, has now been rehired donna hasbro was fired by company for violating policystructs plez not to engage with thieves one punched her causing a black eye, the company changed course issuing statement saying three suspects i've had not clear if apprehended, management became aware spoke to dona reinstating job, she has accepted the offer to return to lowe's. maria they did the right thing, all right. new poll from axios ipsos revealing a stunning one this americans say never able to retire won't be able to call it quits even though 6 % say could make them feel a lot better, only 36% aged 55 older say able to retire at age planned, almost half respondents said they have to change retirement plans due to economic factors out of their control. the song try that in a small town number two on billboard chart despite cancel culture coming out aldean thanking fans. >> somebody asked me you think you are going to play the song tonight the answer was simple. the people have spoken, you guys spoke very, very loudly this week. >> song 99% increase in streams this week so fa

hasbro resurrecting the owl-hamster hybrid that caused a frenzy in the late 1990's and two new furbiestting store shelves this week, one purple and one coral, featuring five voice activated modes and over 600 responses, and one other major update. >> they do have they also do not have internet conductivity or anything like that. they also have a calling mode where you can ask it to play chilled out music. >> turn up when you ask for party mode. now a whole new generation of furby fans is ready to learn furbish and fall in love over again. julian: you gh -- ugh, they are back. >> those work out when i was a kid and i always thought they were kind of creepy, so i never asked for one and never got one. but those winds are kind of cute. >> they are kind of cute. i'm surprised you did not ask for one. >> believe it or not, my sister was crazy about beanie babies, but i thought these were cute. i might consider getting one for my niece. my kids are older, obviously, now. >> sometimes you just need to punch something. julian: [laughter] i'm sorry, what? ok. that's one thing to do with this. >

spread i was looking ahead to next week bank of america tuesday, morgan stanley, schwab, hasbro, lockheed you said how many regionals? >> 60% of kre, the regional bank etf. people are still curious about the profitability and the business of regional banks and what's happening with the deposits >> huge story. let's get to frank holland and "the half. >>> thanks a lot, charles. welcome to "the halftime report." front and center this hour, the kickoff to earnings with the s&p 500 hitting its highest level in more than a year as a result the big banks start off strong we will discuss those reports and debate if earnings season will be enough to keep the rally going as the next fed meeting looms large. joining me for the hour jason snipe, joe terranova, jenny harrington and bill baruch first a check of the markets looking at the dow, the s&p, the nasdaq and the russell the dow, s&p and nasdaq higher, but off their highs of the day the russell moving lower that's something we'll talk more about, the s&p and nasdaq hitting 52-week highs. the russell down 1%. let's begin with a trio of top and b

certain companies like hasbro, for example, but their transformers, they struck partnerships with studiosere detail is really leaning into their third—party partnerships stop so in this case, you've got warner bros. with barbie and they are developing all of these different movies. we've got hot wheels, viewmaster, magic eight ball. they are all being developed with different movie studios. so by farming out a lot of this content to the studio partners, they are sort of reducing the internal risk, so they are able to have all of these plates spinning with all of these different brands and developments, and if they strike gold, they cashed the check. if not, it's not a big loss, they move onto the next thing. but barbie is in really good position this summer because the buses globally is tremendous, and it's crossgenerational, so they are looking to tap into the lifestyle brand of barbie and get the entire family from the tots to the grown—ups to the grandparents that grew up on barbie. i was looking at my list can he missed barney the dinosaur you've missed barney the dinosaur you've miss

. >> reporter: hasbro resurrecting the owl hamster hybrid named one of history's best toys by "time."f big toys in history, it's definitely up top. i think it's so recognizable, something that even 25 years later, we can put in movies. >> what's a furby? >> well, it's haunting. >> reporter: and now, two new furbies are hitting store shelves this week, one purple and one coral, featuring five voice activated modes and over 600 responses, and one other major update. >> the 25th anniversary furbies will have an off switch. >> they do have an off switch. they also do not have internet connectivity or anything like that. they also have like a calming mode where you can ask it to play chilled out music. >> reporter: but these new furbies can turn up. just ask for party mode or as the furbies would say in furbish da no la. a whole new generation of fans ready to know furbish and fall in love all over again. >> you take care of it the way you could take care of any friend you have, show it empathy, and respect, and have fun with it. take it wherever you want to go. this is a companion for you

between the spread i was looking ahead to next week bank of america tuesday, morgan stanley, schwab, hasbro regionals? >> 60% of kre, the regional bank etf. people are still curious about the profitability and the business of regional banks and what's happening with the deposits >> huge story. let's get to frank holland and "the half. >>> thanks a lot, charles. welcome to "the halftime report." front and center this hour, the kickoff to earnings with the s&p 500 hitting its highest level in more than a year as a result the big banks start off strong we will discuss those reports and debate if earnings season will be enough to keep the rally going as the next fed meeting looms large. joining me for the hour jason snipe, joe terranova, jenny harrington and bill baruch first a check of the markets looking at the dow, the s&p, the nasdaq and the russell the dow, s&p and nasdaq higher, but off their highs of the day the russell moving ler

. >> the stock has outperformed hasbro in the last month, along with the barbie stuff. question right now, at one point you would want to be a media company because you were valued more highly, whereas now the media companies that don't have the ip under control are in some trouble. >> our strategy is to continue to grow our ip-driven toy business and expand our entertainment offering what we do on the entertainment side is not instead of our toy business, it's on top of it. but a strong toy business is very important foundation to take that relationship, the fact that you have an audience, and participate in highly accretive business verticals that are in some cases bigger than the toy business as the owner of the rights of such a portfolio, we are very excited about the opportunities we have in front of us. >> have the writers/actors strike hurt you in the rollout of this film it came at an awkward time. >> in the case of barbie, by the time the strike had happened, we completed most of the marketing and activation and much of the activity around the movie was organic

hasbro, mattel's competitor, turned "transformers" into a billion-ollar franchise. ♪ everything is awesomeess for lego. while barbie might not have been the first, experts say the star-studded story line coupled with her marketing finesse might have made her the best at finding hollywood success. and speaking of that marketing magic, mattel has a line of movie-specific dolls inspired by margot robbie, ryan gosling, issa rae, and more. by the way, margot robbie's doll is to top selling barbie on amazon right now. shares are up 22%, guys. lots of pink pandemonium. >> janai: you've got it there this morning, morgan. everybody's getting it. >> whit: gio looking forward to the hot wheels. >> gio: we were talking about our favorite toys, and the nostalgia thing. >> janai: i was rooting for mr. potato head. >> whit: there's still time. >>> still coming up on "good morning america," soccer goals of the u.s. women's national team. our live report with maggie rulli coming up from new zealand. >> whit: you call me mr. potato head. . they have all the top grills and gear. with smoking fast shipping. a

here are the s&p 500 winners, lieu min technologies, hasbro, plc and adobe, which we just talked aboutowdstrike holdings, adobe, siriusxm and what is that? alation? what do they do? i don't know. [laughter] siriusxm is doing well and paypal also. check the 10 is-year yield, up a little bit, up close to 4%, 3.96%. let's check gold if we can, up about $6.50. over that 2,000 mark. very interesting, it's been kind of an indicator where inflation is going. bitcoin still below 30,000 but just so, 39,500. but oil is up, it is well over $80 a barrel, now trading at $81.50 a barrel. natural gas, well, natural gas has been riding a wave, but it's coming down a bit now. it's down ant, almost a percentage point, about two-thirds of a percentage point. the average price for a gallon of regular, by the way, is now $3.75. and, of course, california where things are so heavily regulated now trading at $4.99. that's the average for a gallon of gas in cali. >>> coming up, voters in four battleground states trust republicans over democrats when it comes to education. that's a change. now, is that because

i'm very biassed in this conversation so would you rather mattel or hasbro >> yeah.k listen, this is a secular declining industry go back to mattel's earns on april 26 was a disaster. you're talking about sales growth, negative 21% year-over-year it was just across the board ng. and that speaks to what's going on they'll get a bump off the back of this and maybe last a coupe of quarters. so maybe there is a trade here so the answer the question, mattel i don't think this is long lasting. maybe they'll do an american girl doll movie. sale sele this stock is the it rallies 12 to 15%. >> they need something to jazz up the sales of the american girl dolls stealth rally over the last month in anticipation perhaps of this movie i don't know >> might a bit j&j, a mature growth company, this is a mature no growth company. earnings the exact same they were in 1995, a walk 22. 30 years later with the same earnings results this is not the kind of thing to fool with. if you see on the chart we have a double top going back. the peak was 2013. and the one before that 1998 its rela

david: lauren, you're looking at some to movers, start with hasbro. lauren: up 4 percent.k of america upgraded them to buy. they were just released in june, the lord of the rings magic cars. they're a big hit, and they say it's going to boost earnings when they report along with apple and and amazon on thursday. david: i've got to know about those cards for my grandson, i'm sure he's going to get into that. johnson and johnson. rah. lauren: stock is down almost 4 if %. their second attempt to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits based on their talc powder dismissed by a bankruptcy judge isment they've been trying to settle about a $9 billion deal that would also prevent new lawsuits. they tried to get it all under one umbrella to prerent new lawsuits, and the judge turned that down. david: ouch. sweet green. lauren: piper sandler upgraded to overweight. stock's up 12%. they see shares going up 35% because of margin improvement. sweet green is opening this new infinite if kitchen, completely robotic. if they can do that in more of their sweet green restaurants, that helps

. >> hasbro turned transformers into a billion dollar franchise. ♪ and lego saw massive success withckets and rock em sock em robots. >> yes, yes! >> they are happening. they've already got some big names attached. talking jj abram, vin diesel on board. not only did barbie get theater goers back on board it is the biggest opening weekend for all times for a female director. that feels right keeping the film's story line. congratulations to greta gerwig on that amazing experience. hi, barbie. >> i'm into the rock em sock em. it was nice. greta was here last week. very happy for her. coming up christmas in july. why some say now, right now, is the best time to start prepping for the holidays. >> you are speaking my mother's language. >> come on back. uage. >> come on back. helping businesses both large and small, communities and the people who live and work there grow and thrive. we're proud to call these places home too. they're where we put down roots, and where together, we work to help move everyone's financial goals forward. pnc bank. when low prices on supplies spark great ideas.

i think he's -- it could be game, set, match for the toy business versus hasbro >> interesting yeah,"barbie." did see "oppenheim r." certainly can highly recommend it >> chris nolan is a genius, of course >> yeah. >> disney is not a beneficiary of anything, and it is incredible to me they put out these things about maybe someone would want to partner with them. it's almost as if they really believe that within the organization, there is so much value not to worry, but outside the organization, we want earnings power >> you're talking disney now >> yeah. and then in the meantime, parent company of our network, comcast, is chatter is just like, hey, look at the stock breakout >> the chatter around comcast has been around broadband net adds there have been some third-party data providers that have said things are looking pretty good i think that's the key reason the stock has been up. "oppenheimer" is a universal movie, right >> right, but i think what matters is that people have decided they're better than verizon and at&t >> well, it's not hard to be better an at&t and verizon >> no,