• $27 billion in "wow that's a lot of money" money source

• 3.6% increase in retail sales over last year; yay source

• We are dis­put­ing the find­ings of Good Guide, and we are 100 per­cent con­fi­dent that Mr. Squig­gles, and all other Zhu Zhu toys, are safe and com­pli­ant with all U.S. and Euro­pean stan­dards for con­sumer health and safety in toys.
• Cepia CEO Russ Hornsby • In a state­ment defend­ing his prod­ucts from a report by a Cal­i­for­nia con­sumer group that says his company’s sig­na­ture prod­uct, the pop­u­lar Zhu Zhu Ham­ster, con­tains a chem­i­cal that might cause can­cer. The metal, anti­mony, “can lead to can­cer, repro­duc­tive health, and other human health haz­ards” if ingested at high enough lev­els, accord­ing to Good Guide, a con­sumer watch­dog group. Can they cause can­cer just because they’re so pop­u­lar? source

• Like real ham­sters, with­out any of the poop. This hol­i­day sea­son, the biggest sur­prise hit might be a bunch of motor­ized ham­ster toys. They look cool and goofy and are fun to play with, which is why kids are beg­ging for them – and why quick-to-comply par­ents are try­ing to get their grubby hands all over them on Black Fri­day. source

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airports will offer free holiday Wi-Fi access. Whoa, thanks! source