Toy company CEO's suicide comes amid hopes of financial turnaround


LOS ANGELES (AP) - The chief executive of Applause LLC was found dead hours after speaking optimistically to a newspaper about saving his toy company from financial ruin.Bob Solomon, 50, shot himself at his Woodland Hills home on Friday, authorities said. 

Solomon saved Applause from near bankruptcy in 2001, signing new licensing deals and saving jobs. 

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