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By 2030, and that estimate is at the conservative end of the scale. But falling birth rates and some of the highest inflation rates weve seen in decades have created challenging conditions for manufacturers and retailers, and signal more tough times to come. While the covid pandemic boosted sales of toys and games temporarily, bigname companies report that sales have started to slip back once again. Lets have a look at some of those numbers. Global toy sales reached $108] billion in 2023, a 2% d...

Brands barbie, fisherprice and moi, that is mattel to find out how his companys fortunes are being revived. Wherever you are joining around the world, once again hello and welcome to the programme. It is a billiondollar industry driven by creativity and innovation with a global reach and a diverse market. The toy industry is forecast to reach $302 billion in sales by 2030 and that estimate is at the conservative end of the scale. But falling birth rates and some of the highest inflation rates we...

Give the toy industry a muchneeded boost? this time, its not about spending on toys for children, but adults socalled kidults. An emerging generation of over18s is snapping up collectables and nostalgia brands, and they say its good for their mental health. Im going to be discussing that and more with my guests the boss of buildabear, the stores where you can create a bespoke teddy bear, and the chief executive of the worlds biggest toy company and arguably one of its most iconic brands, lego....

Baby abdulrahman was crawling early, but now his mum worries hell never be able to walk. He was the first child found to have polio in gaza in 25 years, and it paralysed his leg because of the war he wasnt vaccinated and now medical care is limited. He want to live and be treated. He wants to live and walk like other children. I feel a lot of guilt that he didnt get the vaccination, but i couldnt give it to him because of our circumstances. Displaced five times, the babys family now lives in a c...

It has cost our economy dearly. >> never been a political issue until now because of president obama and their flat out hatred for the man. quickly, scott, would $302 billion make an impact? would it have an impact? is that a good start, a good number. >> it would keep our head above water so the problem doesnt get worse. we can rebuild some of the bridges but we need to do more and we have to pay for it, too. >> bob shrum, fox and friends, fired on for attending scheduled events. they cited geo...

Happy birthday, john. >> thank you. >> you woke up and said the one thing i want to spend my birthday is "fox & friends." >> absolutely. >> you cut the budget on your birthday, by the way. >> thank you. thats a gift. >> speaking of what do you think of the new proposal here, the road? >> for you old people out there to explain the fallon joke, they dont know what a road map is and dont know what jobs are. but look, were going broke. and theyre going to argue about should we spend 6% more or 7% m...

Let that be known. its not happening. >> all right. so, cutting spending is not happening. watching where all this is going down, michael? >> the budget blueprint has taken a lot of heat because its seen as not making the tough choices about the major drivers of our debt. its a $3.9 trillion plan laying out the presidents priorities. it includes spending $302 billion on highways and railroads and mass transit. it provides more money for job training and preschool and it expands tax credits for a...

Spending $302 billion to repair the nations roads and bridges, and closing the $4 billion worth of fossil fuel loopholes every year. the proposal includes an idea with historically bipartisan support. its little known but highly effective tax rebate for the poor, earned income tax credit. yesterday in a 200-plus page report in the failures on poverty, budget chair paul ryan wrote, research finds that the best anti-poverty programs encourage work, programs like the earned income tax credit increa...

And thats not even the hidden dangers that tom costello was report on with the bridges. will congress act? >> well, i certainly hope so. i mean, we have to reauthorize the surface transportation bill that expires in september. but the challenge is going to be finding a funding source thats going to give us the revenue that we need to invest in our infrastructure. and the highway trust fund is going to be essentially insolvent by the end of this summer. and simply, the motor fuels tax doesnt brin...

The president did not talk health care, and increasingly touchy subject for senate democrats trying to hold on to their majority this fall. back here in washington, the top democrat decided to confront obamacare head on, and it did not go well. here is chief white house correspondent ed henry. >> while control of the senate will be decided in several red states where democrats are vulnerable, president obama today visited the safely blue state of minnesota, pushing to spend more taxpayer dollars...