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It should be pretty quiet on the economic calendar this week, with only a few national reports due out. But iconic companies Walt Disney, Coca-Cola and Hasbro, among others, are scheduled to report quarterly results.

No business knows the pressure of the holiday selling season better than the toy industry. Happily for them, the early retail reports are comfortably solid so far. But does that mean shares of toymakers are appealing at their current prices? [Video]

Second-quarter earnings reports start coming in this week when Alcoa releases its latest results on Monday. This week's other anticipated quarterly reports include those from industry bellwethers Intel, Google and JPMorgan Chase.

Toyota's (TM) recall of 3.8 million Toyota and Lexus models is the Japanese car maker's largest U.S. recall and ranks among the top 10 of all U.S. vehicle recalls. The recall addresses stuck accelerators caused by jammed floor mats. Since 2004, at least 30 crashes and 20 injuries involving...

Mattel (MAT) agreed to pay a $2.3 million fine to the Consumer Product Safety Commission for selling toys with excessive levels of lead paint. The toys were made in China and Mattel's recall of 21 million of them in 2007 made headlines across the country. After the punishment had been settled, CPSC...