Recent Entries

• Mannatech Declares Dividend

  by System February 22, 2009
  Mannatech, Incorporated (NASDAQ: MTEX), a leading developer and provider of proprietary dietary supplements, weight management products and skin care solutions, today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 of $0.02 per share of common...

• Xocai Enters UK Market

  by System February 22, 2009
  Enter Xocai a division of the popular and trusted Reno based health food manufacturer MXI corporation. A delicious healthy chocolate medically endorsed for its powerful health benefits suitable for diabetics vegetarians and safe in pregnancy. The ingredients have been scientifically proven to have m...

• Pre-Paid Legal 4Q Profit Climbs

  by System February 22, 2009
  Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc.said Monday its fourth-quarter profit rose 26 percent, helped by a smaller income tax provision.The company reported net income grew to $14.7 million, or $1.27 per share, compared with $11.7 million, or 92 cents per share, a year ago.Revenue edged down 1 percent to $114.9...

• Metabolife Founder Discusses Prison Term

  by System February 18, 2009
  Michael Ellis, founder of the diet pill company Metabolife, just completed a six-month term in federal prison. Ellis pleaded guilty to lying to the Food and Drug Administration about a letter that claimed no customer complaints about Metabolife.In a new book, Ellis said the he did not know about th...

• ShopWurld Article in the Saratogian

  by System February 16, 2009
  Two Saratoga County men have started an online multi-level marketing business that promises cash back to people who shop national retailers through its Web site and sign up more people to do the same.The payments depend on spending a minimum of about $25 a month and building a network of other peopl...

• ShopWurld in the Times Union

  by System February 16, 2009
  A new Internet company based in Saratoga Springs is called ShopWurld.com, and some readers have been wondering if there is any connection with Wurld Media Inc., the now defunct Internet firm that was also based in downtown Saratoga before it sold off its assets in 2007.Turns out, there is no connect...

• Melaleuca Issues Voluntary Recall on Peanut Products

  by System February 16, 2009
  Melaleuca, Inc., of Idaho Falls, Idaho, has issued a voluntary recall of select lots of Attain® Nutrition Bars Chocolate Peanut Butter flavor, ProFlex15? Protein Bars Chocolate Peanut Butter flavor, and ProFlex20? Protein Bars Chocolate Peanut Butter flavor in response to an expanded recall by Peanu...

• LifeVantage Makes Record Setting Announcement

  by System February 16, 2009
  LifeVantage Corporation (OTCBB:LFVN), the maker of Protandim® - a dietary supplement clinically shown to induce the body's own antioxidant defenses - today announced that some of the most sought after and highest producing independent distributors in the network marketing industry have joined LifeVa...

• MonaVie Transforming Public Image of Direct Selling

  by System February 16, 2009
  February 11, 2009 (FPRC) -- [Salt Lake City, UT] ? On January 31, 2009, in the Hilton Anaheim in California, Dallin Larsen, founder and president of MonaVie, addressed a captivated audience of more than 30,000 people, both live and via webcast. The green Lamborghini Murcielago at the front of the ba...

• Zrii Founder Allegedly Used Caymen Entity for Tax Shelter

  by System February 13, 2009
  VIRGINIA, USA: Wallet Pop, February 8, 2009 ? Back in May of 2008, Zrii was one of the most hyped-up multi-level marketing launches in history. The amalaki juice bears the endorsement of bestselling author and wellness expert Deepak Chopra, but the company is now in the midst of some serious drama. ...

• ShopWurld Founder in DailyGazette Article

  by System February 13, 2009
  Gazette Reporter Tatiana Zarnowski wrote a detailed account of ShopWurld Founder David Silipigno's business history in her January 28, 2009 article."Local businessman and philanthropist David Silipigno has started a new online business venture that he says has taken off like wildfire.Silipigno calls...

• Arbonne Recalls Figure 8 Peanut Butter Chews

  by System February 13, 2009
  The following recalls have been announced because the products could be contaminated with salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections, especially in young children, the elderly and those with weakened immune systems:Cougar Mountain Baking Co. of Seattle is recalling...

• Tastefully Simple in the Echo Press

  by System February 13, 2009
  Tastefully Simple, based in Alexandria, was recently honored as the 2008 Special Olympics Minnesota Outstanding Business at the annual Distinguished Service Awards banquet in Bloomington.The awards recognize Special Olympics Minnesota athletes, coaches, volunteers, sponsors and family members who de...

• Michael Ellis Releases Metabolife Book

  by System February 13, 2009
  ?The Metabolife Story: The Rape of Cinderella? (www.themjellisgroup.com) represents author and former CEO Michael Ellis? detailed account of the rise and eventual fall of Metabolife, one of the most successful, yet unfairly characterized dietary supplement companies in history. This book finally rev...

• Scentsy Grows 491 Percent with Party Pulse

  by System February 13, 2009
  Waltham, MA (PRWEB) February 12, 2009 -- IMN, specializing in e-communications solutions for the direct selling industry, today announced that in just a 12-month time period, its client Scentsy saw sales volume increase by 491% after introducing its "Making Perfect Scents" e-newsletter based on IMN ...

• Melaleuca Recall in the Charleston Daily Mail

  by System February 13, 2009
  In a Feb. 12 story about the recall of peanut products as a part of the salmonella outbreak, The Associated Press -- relying on information from the company -- reported erroneous lot numbers for protein bars that are being recalled by Melaleuca Inc. The recall includes chocolate peanut butter flavor...

• Herbalife Debuts Interactive Sampling Mobile

  by System February 13, 2009
  Herbalife Ltd., a global nutrition and direct-selling company, will debut its interactive sampling mobile at the Amgen Tour of California, of which Herbalife is the official nutrition company and presenter of the sprint jersey.Wrapped in Herbalife logos and colors, the refrigerated unit will allow H...

• Amway Announces Allergy Friendly Purifier

  by System February 13, 2009
  According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA), asthma and allergies affect one out of four Americans. The AAFA and Allergy Standards Limited (ASL) developed the asthma & allergy friendly? Certification Program to help sufferers find products that fit their needs. The program recen...

• USANA Schedules Fourth Quarter 2008 Earnings Report

  by System February 13, 2009
  USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:USNA) today announced that fourth quarter results will be released after the close of market Monday, February 23, 2009. USANA executives will hold a conference call to discuss this announcement with analysts and institutional investors the following morning at 11:...

• Zippi Kicks off Mobile Commerce Strategy

  by System February 13, 2009
  Zippi Networks Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ZIPI), turning America's "Clutter into Cash," today announced the completion of a one of a kind application for Apple's iPhone, formally named "Zippi Cash(TM)." As firms such as Silicon Valley-based Kleiner Perkins Venture Fund have established 100 million dollar fun...