• Bain Capital buys out US kids retailer Gymboree for US$1.8 billion (Wall Street Journal)
• Online social gaming poised for wave of wheeling and dealing (Reuters)
• US consumers cutting back, but indulge when it comes to entertainment and tech goods (AdAge)
• Silicon Valley’s Nukutoys uses mixed media to take on the next generation of toys (CNET)
• L.A. residents say goodbye to Sesame Street as KCET cuts ties with PBS (The New York Times)