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• Carnival Posts Lower Cabin Revenue, Cuts 2013 Forecast Friday, 15 Mar 2013 | 10:15 AM ET

  

  Carnival on Friday reported a quarterly profit but posted a drop in the revenue each cabin generates and lowered its revenue forecast for the year, citing weakness in Europe and pricing promotions.

• UPDATE 2-Sony unveils new PlayStation 4 console Wednesday, 20 Feb 2013 | 7:33 PM ET

  NEW YORK, Feb 20- Sony Corp took the wraps off its next-generation video game console called "PlayStation 4" on Wednesday that will allow users to stream and play video games hosted on servers. Sony purchased U.S. cloud-based gaming company Gaikai for $380 million in July.

• UPDATE 1-Sony unveils new PlayStation4 console Wednesday, 20 Feb 2013 | 6:57 PM ET

  NEW YORK, Feb 20- Sony Corp took the wraps off its next-generation video game console called "PlayStation4" on Wednesday that will allow users to stream and play video games hosted on servers. The company revealed the new console, which will succeed the seven-year-old PlayStation 3, in New York.

• Paper firm says to stop cutting Indonesia's natural forests Tuesday, 5 Feb 2013 | 3:00 AM ET

  JAKARTA, Feb 5- One of the world's biggest pulp and paper companies said it would stop using timber from Indonesia's natural forests and only use trees from plantations in a drive that an environmental group said may be a milestone if the company keeps its promise.

• Hit game Minecraft to stay private Monday, 4 Feb 2013 | 4:22 AM ET

  *Sales of Sweden's Minecraft game hit 20 million. STOCKHOLM, Feb 4- A pool table, a pinball machine, board games and Lego dot the offices of Mojang, the small Swedish company behind the wildly popular Minecraft video game, and one of its founders is wearing a tuxedo and purple tie on a recent "formal Friday".

• UPDATE 1-Mattel misses analysts' estimates for holiday quarter Friday, 1 Feb 2013 | 6:48 AM ET

  Feb 1- Mattel Inc missed Wall Street's profit and sales estimates for the fourth quarter on weak demand for Barbie dolls and movie-themed toys in the holiday season. The company, also home to Hot Wheels cars and Fisher-Price toys, said its net income had fallen to $306.5 million, or 87 cents a share, from $370.6 million, or $1.07 a share, a year earlier.

• Mattel misses analysts' estimates in holiday quarter Friday, 1 Feb 2013 | 6:33 AM ET

  Feb 1- Mattel Inc missed Wall Street's profit and sales estimates for the fourth quarter on weak demand for Barbie dolls and movie-themed toys in the holiday season. The company, also home to Hot Wheels cars and Fisher-Price toys, said its net income had fallen to $306.5 million, or 87 cents a share, from $370.6 million, or $1.07 a share, a year earlier.

• Nintendo to Post Unexpected Loss as Wii Successor Falters Wednesday, 30 Jan 2013 | 6:15 PM ET

  

  Nintendo, the world's leading gaming company by machines sold, said it will post an operating loss for a second straight year as the sales of its Wii U, successor to the 100-million selling Wii, faltered.

• Nikkei seen retreating from 33-month high on profit-taking Wednesday, 30 Jan 2013 | 6:10 PM ET

  TOKYO, Jan 31- Japan's Nikkei share average is expected to open lower on Thursday with investors likely to book profits after the index rose sharply to end above 11,000 for the first time in 33 months in the previous session.

• UPDATE 2-Nintendo to post unexpected loss as Wii successor falters Wednesday, 30 Jan 2013 | 5:01 AM ET

  TOKYO, Jan 30- Nintendo Co Ltd, the world's leading gaming company by machines sold, said it will post an operating loss for a second straight year as the sales of its Wii U, successor to the 100- million selling Wii, faltered.

• FEATURE-Women pry open door to video game industry's boys' club Sunday, 13 Jan 2013 | 6:59 AM ET

  SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 13- When video game developer Brenda Brathwaite Romero started her career in the 1980 s, she could count the number of female developers in the industry on one hand.

• UPDATE 1-Disney joins JAKKS, LA billionaire to bring toys to life Wednesday, 9 Jan 2013 | 12:06 AM ET

  LOS ANGELES, Jan 8- Walt Disney toys are sold around the world. The media giant is teaming up with toy company JAKKS Pacific and Patrick Soon-Shiong, Los Angeles' wealthiest person, on a new line of toys- with a nifty technological twist designed to link the goodies that kids lug home from the store with Disney's stable of well-known animated characters.

• Berenson Speaks About 'The Prince of Beers'  Tuesday, 11 Dec 2012 | 6:50 AM ET

  

  The collapse of the family behind the mighty Anheuser-Busch brewing dynasty has remained a mystery. Alex Berenson, Former New York Times reporter, offers insight, on his Kindle single, "The Prince of Beers," which goes behind closed doors with the final heir August Busch IV.

• YOUR MONEY: Behind the Black Friday hot toy lists Tuesday, 20 Nov 2012 | 4:15 PM ET

  NEW YORK, Nov 20- Get ready to hear a lot about the Eagle Talon Castle, the LeapPad2 from LeapFrog and the reincarnation of Furby- all of which toy industry insiders predict will be hot sellers this year. Last year, toy sales exceeded $21 billion, dominated, of course, by the holiday season.

• UPDATE 3-GameStop profit beats forecast; cautiously eyes holiday Thursday, 15 Nov 2012 | 8:24 PM ET

  SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 15- GameStop Corp, the world's largest retailer of videogame products, reported a stronger-than-expected profit on Thursday but lowered its sales forecast for this year due to uncertainty around the holiday shopping season as the video game market struggles.

• Quadski: Coolest Product Ever?  Friday, 19 Oct 2012 | 10:58 AM ET

  

  CNBC's Brian Shactman reports the top new toy for wealthy sportsman could be the "Quadski"; a quad bike that converts to a jet ski without stopping.