Today the New York Times business section features a very enjoyable read for anyone who has been annoyed by the relentlessly cheerful Sesame Street character, Elmo. Mattel, the maker of a Dancing Elmo ...

The first batch of one of this season’s hot toys “sold out” before kids even had a chance to write Santa a letter. Whether generated by manufacturer’s hype — the toy is packaged in a windowless box ...

December snow falls outside the workshop where radio-controlled cars and a chicken-dancing Elmo toy sit next to coils of wire and a drill press. Don’t look for any elves. Instead of Santa’s workshop, ...

Which Elmo toy is best? Elmo from “Sesame Street” has been well-known by kids in hundreds of countries for many years. Perhaps reaching peak popularity as a toy during the 1996 Christmas season, Elmo ...