mattel will create a bald friend for barbie next year. the doll will come with wigs, hats and scarfs and other accessories to help kids who have lost their hair due to chemotherapy. mattel said it will directly give the dolls to the children who have been impacted by it and will give dolls to the national cancer andal low pee sha -- and alopecia foundation. >>> bully is the documentary about two familieses who kids committed suicide. since kids under 17 can't go to an r move scry -- movie without a parent, critics argue. right now the movie is being released in new york and los angeles. >>> in education news. baltimore's superintendent is at the conference that's dedicated to supporting young people interested in education related careers. this year's theme is believe, inspire, teach. >>> kind of like that theme. the theme of today's weather has been crystal clear but very breezy. what about this, a frost advisory. it starts at 2 a.m. in the morning. another night where we have to protect the outdoor plants. northern maryland, this is nor

and it seems that mattel is finally hearing all these pleas.will manufacture a bald doll. for little girls like isabel, fighting cancer is one battle. and losing her hair is another. >> i don't have any bald barbies. >> reporter: that's why a group of moms launched a facebook campaign to encourage mattel to create a bald barbie doll. >> you don't have to be ashamed of who you are, whether you have hair or not. >> reporter: mattel decided barbie will have a new bald friend. they are following the makers of the possible bratz dolls who originally announced it would make a bald doll when it looked like mattel wouldn't. they gave abc news an exclusive first look. >> this is yasmin. every little girl wants to look -- they want to have a doll that reflects who they are. >> reporter: bratz will sell their dolls at toys "r" us, donating a portion of the proceeds to a children's cancer organization. mattel will not sell their dolls donating them only to hospitals and foundations. but for little isabel, just seeing any bald doll is a revelation. learning

a little more than half for mattel and the same for hasbro.overall toy sales have been flat for about a decade around $20 billion a year. mattel in particular has done well lately. >> the american consumer has really returned in the toy business for the most part. for mattel we have seen a good buy across many price points and also across most of the brands. >> why are you talking to mine? >> they said dolls that 7 year olds prefer to barbie. >> what i really, really really want is the two best friends. the sisters. >> how come? >> because they are the newest dolls now and they are so pretty. >> here's the little story. here's one investing in america. the third largest toy maker is bucking the offshoring trend. bringing back the original big wheel and building it in america. not in china, but the usa. >> did i mention jack gets so much business here in the u.s. has that helped or hurt? >> in a way it hurt. i hate to say it but it's the growth market. expand internationally and that's where people are getting more money and have the ability to

. >>> mattel adding a new barbie to help sick children dealing with losing their hair.started as a facebook campaign. now the company will create a bald friend of barbie's starting next year the doll will come with wigs, hats and other accessories to help children. you won't find the bald dolls in stores mattel plans to give them directly to the kids. >> wonderful idea. great for them. >>> we are looking for a weekend that is not going to be what we hope for. >> it is going to be half and half. >> back to winter sunday. spring-like temperatures, it is brightening up now. get out and enjoy what we have. lake tahoe now 45°, truckee with sunshine, tahoe airport, partly sunny winter storm watch in effect tomorrow night through saturday night. we have sunshine and we are warming up, it is going to be a nice afternoon despite a few clouds hanging on to the north bay. good morning san francisco 57 for you, 58, you are increasing your sun in the south bay with low clouds and visibility dicey at time along the coast up to five miles. isolated shower may be in the north bay, othe

. >>> mattel adding a new barbie to help sick children dealing with losing their hair.started as a facebook campaign.. now the company wil create a bald friend of barbie's startingng next year the doll will come with wigs, hats and other accessories to help children. you won't find t bald dolls in stores mattel planss to give em dirirectly to the kids. >> wonderful idea. greaeat for them. >>> we are looking for a weekend thatnot going to be what w we hope for. >> it is going to be half and half. >> back to winter sunday. spring-like teemperatures, itt is brightening up n now. get out and enjoy what we have. lakehoe now 45°, truckee papartly sunny winter stormrt, watch in effect tomorrow night through sasaturday night. we have sunshine and we are warming up, it is going to bee a nice afternoon despite a few clouds hanging onthe north bay. good morning san francisco 57 for you, 58, y are increasing your sun in the south bay with low clouds and visibility dicey at time along coast up to five miles. isolateded shower may be in the north bay, otherwise we'll call it partly c

m mattel fashioned the new doll after a campaign of mothers who lost their hair after cancer. mattel doesn't plan to profit from them. >>> coming up next on your friday morning -- a california whale found trapped in a fishing net. but there's another happy ending. >>> but a possible explanation for the alarming increases in cases of autism. we'll be right back. entire car insurance companynn was thought up and built and run to save people money? what if that company was born online, with tools and apps to make people feel like geniuses? and what if that company was now backed by the stability and reliability of allstate? well, what if that company was esurance and this wasn't just a bunch of hypothetical questions? could be cool-ish. esurance. insurance for the modern world. click or call. that's 50% off lenses, including bifocals, no-lines, even sunglasses made with your prescription. so hurry in. sale ends april 1st. lenscrafters. >>> check out these incredible images captured by a nasa spacecraft. they showed a tornado of heated gas twisting right there on the surface of th

hasbro and mattel. capping off a huge run. >> mattel with almost 4% outperforming hasbro.about three or four weeks ago when it traded down and we talked about that level. it's probably not the time to sell it. you may want to buy it with a tight stop and that's proven to be a great play. i think mattel out of all the names is the most interesting. >> let's get some options action. specifically at trade. >> this is a situation where they sold and paid about 20 cents 4,000 times. if somebody is up about 33% and they are concerned about a pending pull back, one way too hedge that is to do it better by minimizinging the cost and trying to do a zero cost collar. it was selling the 42 against it to give us the proceeds to finance that and also at 90 cents and gives you protection. you will get called out at the 42 level again and the stock, 42 is about the average. >> it's interesting that this stock is up 33% year to date. when you look at the semiconductors, the only groups that are expected to have earnings down year over year. you have really nice gapes that you head into q1

mattel, which mattel, which is up more than 20% year to date. >> welcome back, 20 minutes left in the trade and technology is leading the charge. take a look at ebay and qualcomm. both stocks outperforming the bodder industries. the average selling prices of 3g phones from which qualcomm redelaware viefs licensing and revenue may end up higher than what people expect. from tech to biotech, teva pharmaceuticals, fda approving their nasal spray which helps with year-round allergies. >> we are in the final stretch right now. let's have a quick check on nasdaq. nasdaq trying for the first close above 3100 since november of 2000. up 1.5% better on the session at 3116. had been up more than 51 point. take a look at some big winners with the nasdaq at this hour. all notching up, pretty strong gains, bill. >> well, maria, with less than 20 minutes left in the trading session, with that in mind, let's put this rally into perspective. march isn't exactly one of the better months of the year for the dow as this full screen will suggest. the same goes for s&p. but for the nasdaq, march is somewha

and i tell you, mattel didn't pay attention when they did that deal.hat actually was one of the worst deals of all-time. >> fair enough. but let's have a caveat. i think we can agree those were some of the worst deals for the buyers and their investors. some of those deals on your list were very good for the sellers, investors. so it depends on what side of the transaction you are on. >> absolutely. >> who sells who a bag of whatever and the seller is often the smarter guy in the deal. >> i polled my twitter followers as well and they said number one aol time warner. >> everybody says that one. >> and the dell deal going to be a disaster. putting it out there. >> you're putding it out there, brian. >> up next, a ceo who's actually creating jobs on wall street right now. head hon cho of liquid net in the wings. >> and a theme we've been talking about on "street signs," train, don't complain. our philip lebeau taking a look at the manufacturing economy and finding out if the skills gap is keeping jobs groult down. stay with us. ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 let's

responding to an on-line campaign, mattel is creating a new bald friend for barbara starting next yearhas come as guards and other accessories aimed at supporting kids suffering from hair loss. the new doll will not be available in stores. instead mattel will distribute them throw the children's hospital association directly to children affected by the loss. >> it seems like we've been on a temperature roller-coaster this hey kmart shop your way rewards members, stretch your paycheck with this pasta meal deal! this week, buy a package of ground chuck... and get a free jar of ragú pasta sauce... and a free box of barilla pasta! not a member yet? sign up for free today at kmart or kmart.com. we have two car insurances that we're going to have you taste. the first one we're going to call x. go ahead and take a sip, and then let me know what the baby thinks of it. four million drivers switched to this car insurance last year. oh, she likes it babies' palates are very sensitive so she's probably tasting the low rates. this is car insurance y they've been losing customers pretty quickly. oh

mant mattel announced that the hairless barbie is in the works. a group of mothers urged mattel to create this new version of the iconic doll it will be dribted through children's hospitals next year. now a campaign to convince hasbro to develop a new bald g.i. joe. >> they get to dress them up, change their hair. >> i remember seeing that campaign come off my facebook feed and i shared it as well. the power of social media once again. >> you have 17 million followers. >> i thought it was a cool thing. if you go to their page on facebook. it's really neat. they shaved the barbie's head. very, very beautiful. >>> today, i think you will like most of your weekend. we have a few rain drops on saturday morning and may have some more tomorrow to concern ourselves with. so where does my optimism come from? i'll give you the forecast, next. buy one spectrum by lg, and get one free ? with verizon 4g lte and a 4.5" true hd display, it's great for watching movies and sports, a true hdtv experience right on my phone. i'll get one for me and one for my wife.

when mattel introduced barbie in 1959 parental outrage focused on which of the following? white skin or her name? >> her sexy figure. >> you bad boy! >> all right. so barbie's figure too much? >> it was very much too much. it caused quite a controversy. it was interesting the mattel toy company was able to get around the controversy by producing some of the very first commercials for kids. not their parents. they bypassed the parents. >> ted, great job. thanks again. >>> coming up next, actress shannon elizabeth is here. she's got something special for those die-hard american pie fans right after this. c'mon dad! i'm here to unleash my inner cowboy. instead i got heartburn. [ horse neighs ] hold up partner. prilosec isn't for fast relief. try alka-seltzer. it kills heartburn fast. yeehaw! >>> if you are an "american pie" fan you probably remember shannon elizabeth as nadya, the sexy foreign exchange student. >> like any other high school crowd the gang has come together for what else, a high school reunion. with a movie appropriately entitled "american reunion." nice to se

. >> cvs, mattel, and target.f them right now i think mattel is probably the closest to fairly valued. probably target, i think, is where we have the most upside from right here. >> from here. >> yes. but still own all three. >>> next on "fast," it is super tuesday. we want to know who is better for stocks. romney or obama? we make the call and that is next. [ male announcer ] we know you don't wait until the end of the quarter to think about your money... ♪ ...that right now, you want to know where you are, and where you'd like to be. we know you'd like to see the same information your advisor does so you can get a deeper understanding of what's going on with your portfolio. we know all this because we asked you, and what we heard helped us create pnc wealth insight, a smarter way to work with your pnc advisor, so you can make better decisions and live achievement. i've been riding since i was 17. flat out my whole life. ran into a pretty serious medical issue. i was prescribed one drug one place, another somewhe

mattel says it will start making them next year. it will come with wigs, hats, and other accessories to help it suffering from hair loss. the plan on giving the dolls directly to the children through the hospital association. >> this has to be one of the most unusual police stops here. >> he is dressed like batman. >> police in maryland pulling over batman or a man in a batman costume driving the bat mobile. his problem is he did not have a license plate properly displayed. he goes to hospitals in the washington area to visit sick children and i guess you fight some crime on the side. that is not a cheap batman's suit! mega millions of mania, the links that people are willing to go through to get their hands on those tickets >> a vote on health care is expected today. what we might not know the results for months >> san francisco police find a dead body under the bay bridge,,

i think including mattel's makes it consistent. they have a lot of employees, dislike everyone else does. the only concern i would have -- i think there is one place where it had to be added. the addition of 10,000 square feet or more -- that sounds kind of low. it would probably be doable. it just depends how the structure would be laid out. i would think they would be able to find a place to accommodate the parking within the building. have you had any input from the small business commission or the chamber on this? they seem to be ok with this part of it. >> we have presented this to the small business commission. it was an issue that brought up. whether or not they have specific issues -- no one has addressed that with me. i have heard from a lot of members of the business community about other aspects of the legislation which are not in this memo. commissioner antonini: specifically about the bikes. on the face, it does not seem it would drive the cost of expansion or building a new building and creating a new business up to t

he was staying at the plaza mattel. my meeting was like at 2:00 p.m. i do not want to be late. i was really nervous. i got there like at 7:00 a.m. in the morning. i see a pay phone, 1975, no cell phone. i went to the pay phone and call billy crystal. he had been talking to lorne about the possibility of being on this new show. i said, do you have any hints you can give me so i can have a leg up in this meeting? he said, well, he used to write for woody allen. he used to produce monty python specials. oh, and he hates mimes. lorne hates mimes. the bulls up a chair and give him this poem with 1100 jokes in it. he opens it. he reads the first joke. egos, u -- he goes, uh-huh, good. then he closes the book. i wrote 1100 jobs over two days, and he reads one joke. i wrote a jokes and the post office was about to issue a stamp commemorating prostitution in the united states. 10 cents, but if you want to lick it, it is a quarter. [laughter] he said, good. good. he said, tell me, how much money do you need to live on? i said, well, i am making $2.75 an hour at the deli. match it. [laugh

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. >>> toymaker mattel will be leasing a bald barbie. she will come with wigs, scarves, hats, and other accessories and a group of mothers led a facebook campaign and urged mattel to create the new version of the iconic doll. and a friend of barbie for children's hospitals next year will be distributed. and now there is a campaign for hasbro to develop a bald gi joe. >> doesn't he have a buzz consucut already? >>> talking about the weather. not a bad idea to keep the umbrella handy. might not need it much. >> no. you know where it is. i was shocked to find out how many couples don't sleep in the same bedroom. but in the sleep number store, we hear it all the time. yeah, nine out of ten couples disagree on the firmness they want in a mattress. i sleep on the couch. with our bed, the sleep number setting represents the firmness that you like on your half of the mattress. don't mess with my side because i'm comfortable. i can adjust mine to my liking and she can do the same. go ahead and switch sides so you can feel what the other side feel

probably they didn't know somebody slipped up if they somebody missing a mattel approach your music you know. i think of you a little bit more circumspect lou if the whole world was listening this doesn't happen very often but yeah i was going to say if not the first time it happened is not the first time it happened even with president obama and it let's have a quick reminder of another incident like that and barack obama nicolas sarkozy are now being quoted from a conversation they had about israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu the exchange was overheard at the g. twenty summit sarkozy reportedly said of netanyahu quote i can't stand him anymore he's a liar president obama then responded you may be sick of him but me i have to deal with him every day journalists who overheard the remarks at first agreed not to repeat them but the comments were published in israeli newspapers certainly as we remember those comments had a little bit of attached to them do you what do you think about these these comments between obama and i guess i mean what's really the result that that's where i r

they slapped a mattel stamp on it. this is a christmas present. i could have i can taken any of my lone rangers guns and held the bank up. since the statute out of limitations is over, i did go into the bank with my lone ranger gun and paid for my own big wheel. >> you pulled off all of these bank jobs in your under rues. >> and then i sphged out the gun was loaded. >> mine always had the red thing at the end. >> that was in a good neighborhood. >> this might lead to kids liking guns. >> what is wrong with that? >> the sooner you get kids to learn how to use a weapon, the better it is for everybody. >> i believe it was noted gun enthusiast maya angelo who said the surest way to get me to do something is to tell me not to do it, and that applies for kids. i should know. i have five of them. >>> should puerto rico adopt the way we speak-o? that would require our 51st state. puerto rico holds their primary on sunday with 23 delegates at stake. quote, english has to be the main language for puerto rico to become a state. and on thursday he clarified h

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mattel is doing a barbie, bald-headed.g girls and women going through cancer or treatments or different conditions that cause them to have their hair fall out to let them know bald is beautiful. put wigs on them. a lot of people are saying sell it at the retail stores, too, because there are kids that want to buy them anyway. commending barbie on a good choice. >> greg: it's not just women that play with barbie dolls. >> kimberly: i thought you told me to keep that to myself. >> juan: don't you like bal baldness? >> greg: wow! >> eric: we're number one. unfortunately as sunday we're number one of the highest corporate tax on the globe. japan is 38%. germany 30%. 39-pointbe 2%. >> juan: go america. >> andrea: there is controversy over ponies. not this, my little pony but the holder justice department isn't being convicted terrorists they are mandating that many whole ponies service animals be allowed in restaurants and public places. causing an uproar. you can't potty train a pony like a dog. i'm torn on this. look how cute

companies like toy manufacturer mattel, they take pride in their innovative benefit programs. find everything from on site fitness centers and dry cleaning to pet insurance, even half day fridays year round. the experts tell us other companies use these types of perks to offset heavier work loads, higher health insurance cost asks reduced 401(k) matching. but no matter what the reason, apparently it's good for business. >> when employees are happy, those companies show up on those top places to work list and i do think perks have a huge -- are a huge part of really signaling that a company cares about its employees and wants to go out of its way to make sure the employees are engaged. >> take, for instance, natural habitat adventure, the travel company based in boulder, colorado. its founder wanted to create an office just like home to staff so they would look forward to coming in. here you can find pets running around and even beer on tap. and it's working. outside magazine voted it the number one place to work over the past several years. >> very important for me that they s

. >> workers at toy company mattel have half day fridays year round. fitness classes, a toy store and dry cleaning. >> and why drive down the street, bring it to work. >> and how about concierge service, at your desk medication and massage. adoption stance assistance, dog sitting and paid sabbatical after five years of service, maybe less money in your paycheck and less stress, too, jamie, back to you. >> jamie: you sold it anita. thank you, sounds great. >> well, here is something to ponder when you're drinking your next glass of water. there are literally millions of people throughout the world are living without any access to clean drinking water at all. to change that, one ordinary american from north carolina rolled up his sleeves and got involved. the author of "wine to water" a bartender's quest to bring clean water to the world is helping to live their lives beyond a dream. water, it is more precious than oil. it is truly the fountain of life and where there is no clean water to drink or cook with, people die. >> people can go without food for

mattel shuffle master and o'reilly automotive hitting 52-week highs. >> you wonder if we see more dividend moves by some of these technology names, largely a group that has not paid dividends but recently you're actually seeing an increasing move on tech companies on dividends. >> i certainly wouldn't pout it out of the realm of possibility. urging investors, hang in there, we're going to pay you while we can. we'll see if we get more dividend increases. we've certainly seen it from a number of other consumer names. >> we'll see. court, thanks so much. let's look at the other business headlines tonight. guilty, allen stanford, the texas financier who ran a $7 billion ponzi scheme was convicted on 13 counts of fraud by a jury this afternoon. stanford's ponzi scheme involved nearly 30,000 investors in 113 countries. he sat down with scott cohen back in 2009 when he was first under indictment. here's what stanford had to say then. >> all i can tell you that allen stanford has run no ponzi scheme. he has set out to defraud no one. he has worked his butt off for 25 years to build a credible rea

i read that mattel is planning to release a "hunger games" barbie doll. [ cheers ] it's pretty cool.ake a look at it. yeah, it's awesome. [ laughter ] hey, get this. on saturday night, tim tebow was spotted in the audience at the broadway musical "wicked," here in new york city. yeah. it was annoying though. when he got up to use the bathroom, peyton manning came and stole his seat. and it was just like -- [ laughter ] "come on! can't i catch a break?" [ applause ] i don't know what to make of this. i heard that wildlife officials in the florida keys are trying to catch some escaped nine-pound rats. or as new yorkers put it, "aww, babies!" [ laughter ] cute. [ laughter ] and finally, a new survey found that facebook, google and youtube are the most popular websites in the u.s. while the least popular website in the u.s. is gingrich-2012.org. [ laughter ] we have a great show tonight, you guys. give it up for the roots! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ zooby zooby zoo zooby zooby zoo zooby zooby zoo zooby zooby zoo ♪ ♪ zooby zooby zoo zooby zooby zoo zooby zooby zoo zooby zooby zoo ♪ [ cheer

the mattel toy company says next year it will start making a bad barbie and provide the doll to childrenspitals and kids in cancer treatment or due to other medical conditions. >>> heavy breathing on the end of the line is not a phone call you want to stay on typically, but an operator with britain's equivalent of 911 did just that and it paid off. turns out george, a 2-year-old bassett hound, somehow became tangled up in a phone cord and started choking. somehow the dog managed to dial 999, the british 911, and the alert dispatcher sent an emergency crew. we're pleased to report tonight george is doing just fine, but his phone bill is a little steeper than what he had expected. >> he dialed it? >> he could have hit 999. it's the same number. >> it's not like you had to aim. >> george is alive today thanks to his dialing ability. i'll thank you not to make fun of him. >> okay, george, glad to have you with us. we're looking at an average day and tomorrow will be very nice, not as windy. we'll feel a bit more comfortable. weekend looks better actually. let's start with live look outside.

mattel is adding a bald barbie to its lineup starting next year. dogs will come with wigs and other accessories, to help kids suffering from cancer. but you won't find those barbies in stores because they're all going to children's hospital associations and the children's cancer foundation. >>> well, you may not know his name but you certainly know this team. -- tune. >> reporter: about a man named jed ♪ the poor mountaineer barely kept his family fed ♪ >> reporter: hall famer earl shrugs has died. he created a three-finger style of banjo playing. in addition to the beverly hillbillies, he lent his talents to the movie bonnie and clyde. he played with big names like bob dylan, elton john. he was 88 years old. >>> well, we are enjoying above- average spring temperatures outside. but hold on to your hat. the wind is gusting a bit. and meteorologist bernadette wooding is updating your first warning forecast coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> ooh, boy. i guess, what did you say? calvert hall? i hope they took their allergy medicine. because the

. >> i have names like nike, yumm brands, el paso, starbucks, coach, home depot and mattel are also there. which ones do you like there? >> every single stock on the list with the exception of el paso which is part of an acquisition is a consumer stock. different businesses, restaurants, it's retail, they have retail operations. you have to believe in the strength of the consumer. i see no basis for shorting apple other than where it's moved. you don't short stocks where they've come from. you short them because where they're going to and you don't believe the fundamentals will get you there. apple to me is the most attractive stock. i disagree with cortes. i think apple can be the death of google. when you use suri voice, you don't look at the ads. it goes straight to the search and the search comes up. so i'm not really worried about it now. i'd much prefer apple over google. >> cortes, how about the point? you don't short a stock based on where it's come from, you short it based on where you think it's going based on the fundamentals. the fundamental story for apple is what it is, righ