Lego

What to keep in mind when you ask your children to pick what they want to play with

Net income rose 140% to 6.3 billion kroner ($990 million), while revenue at the closely held company advanced 46%

Lego's current staffing arrangement seems to have boosted morale

Kirkbi Group, which has $16 billion in assets built from the reinvested profits of selling Lego bricks, is targeting defensive shares to protect itself from any downturn

The shift, which was announced in March, is part of a global effort to fight plastic pollution and the threat it poses to marine life in particular

The educational push in China goes beyond what Lego does in other markets

The focus on learning, in a market notorious for its rigid exam-oriented education system and piles of homework, could help Lego in China as business elsewhere softens

The Danish firm said it had appointed Niels B Christiansen, 51, who joins Lego after nine years