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Mattel posts higher net for holiday quarter


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top toy company Mattel Inc reported a higher profit for the holiday quarter on strong demand for its Fashionista Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels cars.

    The company, which recently gave its 50-year-old iconic product Barbie a facelift, said fourth-quarter net income rose to $328.4 million, or 89 cents a share, from $176.4 million, or 49 cents a share, a year earlier.

    Net sales rose 1 percent to $1.96 billion.

    (Reporting by Dhanya Skariachan; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn)