Mattel has agreed to buy the company behind Thomas the Tank Engine and Bob the Builder for $680 million in cash, the toy maker’s biggest acquisition in a decade. The owner of Barbie, Hot Wheels and Fisher Price toys announced Monday that it is buying Hit Entertainment from a consortium led by private equity firm Apax Partners.
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