Recent Entries

• USANA Shares Plunge on Guidance Cut

  by System March 31, 2008
  Shares of Usana Health Sciences Inc. plummeted following the nutritional and weight management product makers' move to cut its first-quarter guidance.The stock fell to $18.25 early in the trading session, its lowest point in nearly five years. Shares fell 20.8 percent, or $5.60, to close at $21.34.L...

• Market America to Sponsor Benefit

  by System March 31, 2008
  Loren and James Ridinger, senior vice president and president and CEO of Market America, Inc. announced today that marketamerica.com will be the title sponsor of the 10th annual Fashion Art Ball to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Friday April 4th at Casa Casuarina in Miami Beach. Greensboro,...

• Avon Signs Patrick Dempsey

  by System March 31, 2008
  Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE: AVP) today announced it has partnered with award-winning actor Patrick Dempsey to create a signature men's fragrance set to debut in November of 2008 in the US, with a global launch following in 2009. This will be the actor's first foray into the fragrance industry, and he...

• Tahitian Noni Expands Line of Super Juice Blends

  by System March 31, 2008
  Tahitian Noni International, manufacturers of the popular TAHITIAN NONI(R) Juice, announced the availability of a limited edition super fruit blend of TAHITIAN NONI(R) Juice with Acerola. TAHITIAN NONI(R) Juice with Acerola is a nutrient-rich juice that combines the benefits of noni with Acerola fo...

• Pampered Chef in the Tampa Bay News

  by System March 31, 2008
  Area residents can get that needed haircut this weekend and contribute to the Good Samaritan Mission.All of the proceeds will go to the mission, said Hair Carvers team leader Debbie Hoffmann.Also, the Pampered Chef started a fundraiser through its Web site of kitchen and entertaining products. It ru...

• USANA Receives Certification

  by System March 31, 2008
  USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: USNA) recently received certification of six of its products through NSF International?s Certified for Sport? program. NSF?s independent certification helps athletes make educated decisions about the safety of the dietary supplements they choose to take. USANA?s ...

• XanGo Donates 75K to Childrens Organization

  by System March 28, 2008
  * $10,000 to Milford High School, donated by AARP Utah. * $70,000 to The Road Home homeless shelter, donated by Draper-based DAZ 3D, a software company. * $3.7 million to organizations in Utah donated by Wal-Mart. * $140,000 to Bank of American Fork and Rural Housing Development Co...

• Amway Taking Back Its Name

  by System March 28, 2008
  ALTICOR'S GLOBAL DIRECT-SALES UNIT, AMWAY, is undergoing a brand revamp in 2008 that will be completed in 2009, the company's 50th anniversary. The company, which since 1999 has made Quixtar North America its online brand ID--and de facto brand--in this country, is bringing back Amway as the globa...

• Neways Exec Plays Key Roles in Herbal Industry

  by System March 28, 2008
  Neways International is pleased to announce that Monzur Ahmed, the company's senior director of regulatory affairs, has been reelected as vice chairman of the Board of Trustees for the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), at the Board's March 13 meeting in Anaheim, California. The American H...

• Oriflame Launches New Product

  by System March 28, 2008
  The new ?Oriflame Beauty Kiss Proof lipstick? is the latest offering by Oriflame with long lasting colour and renewable shine. With this New Lipstick you can kiss, eat and drink in all your business meetings, lunch breaks or even dinner for two with zero trace. This special lipstick has the ability...

• Shaklee in the Portsmouth Herald

  by System March 28, 2008
  A party for 50 at The Red Door in Portsmouth, with live music by the PMAC Jazz Faculty. A pair of reserved seats (donated by a season ticket holder) for a 2008-09 UNH Men's hockey game between two of the perennial powerhouses in Hockey East, one of the strongest rivalries in college hockey: UNH vs....

• Green Mountain Energy Provides RECs to Vancouver

  by System March 28, 2008
  The Port of Vancouver has signed an agreement with Green Mountain Energy to purchase Green-e certified renewable energy credits (RECs). The port has purchased the equivalent of 60% of its estimated annual electricity usage from Pacific Northwest wind-sourced RECs.In recognition of that commitment, t...

• LifeVantage Appoints Richard Doutre Jones

  by System March 28, 2008
  LifeVantage Corporation (OTCBB: LFVN) announces that Fox Broadcast executive Richard Doutre? Jones and business leader Garry Mauro have joined the Board of Directors, bringing their expertise in the management and leadership of both public and private sector organizations. LifeVantage is the maker o...

• CoreVital Closes

  by System March 25, 2008
  CoreVital has closed with this final message from the Founder:CoreVitál Distributors and Customers: As you have seen in recent days we have regretfully posted the announcement of closure for CoreVitál. We as an executive team strived for open communications with you and felt ethically and morally mo...

• Mannatech Swings to 4Q Net Loss

  by System March 25, 2008
  Mannatech Inc. late Friday said it swung to a fourth-quarter loss of $3.57 million, or 13 cents a share, from net earnings in the year-ago quarter of $8.18 million, or 30 cents a share. Revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 31 fell to $99.9 million from $106.8 million a year earlier.The Coppell, Texas-...

• Mary Kay Featured on Voice of America Broadcast

  by System March 25, 2008
  And I?m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. This week, we tell about one of the most successful American businesswomen. Mary Kay started a company in nineteen sixty-three with a five thousand dollar investment. Today, Mary Kay Cosmetics is an international company ...

• Shaklee in the Hartford Courant

  by System March 25, 2008
  It was hard to believe Shaklee's automatic dishwasher concentrate could be so, well, concentrated. I had to check the directions twice to be sure that only 2 teaspoons of the powder were all that was needed to clean a load of dirty dishes with no pre-rinsing. The result: The dishes came out cleaner ...

• Oriflame Gets Network Makeover

  by System March 25, 2008
  Oriflame, the direct sales natural Swedish cosmetics company, has engaged Kedington to makeover its network. The cosmetics company was originally forced to move half of its Bray operations to a second adjacent location for the duration of a major renovation of its main offices. Kedington was engaged...

• Tahitian Noni Creates Humanitarian Program

  by System March 25, 2008
  Tahitian Noni International, maker of TAHITIAN NONI® Juice and other noni products, marked the one year anniversary of its Do Something Good humanitarian program by inviting children of Tahiti to visit the United States. The Do Something Good program features four intiatives to help the children of ...

• Pampered Chef in the Indianapolis Star

  by System March 25, 2008
  The Pampered Chef. I love everything about it. A friend threw me a Pampered Chef bridal shower years ago, and to this day, when I host a party, I give everyone in attendance the "Quikut Paring Knife," just $1.50. I swear by them.Buggs Temple and its executive chef, Brad Gates. I love his food. He op...