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November 2008 stories

· Source: RTT News

Natural Health Trends Appoints New COO

Natural Health Trends Corp. (BHIP: News ) announced that it has appointed Joe Wood as Chief Operating Officer. Wood was President of NHT Global, North Asia, in charge of Korean and Japanese markets. He joined the Company in 2003 as the President of the Company's Korean subsidiary, where he started up the operations ...

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· Source: International Business Times

Nu Skin to Hold 2008 Investor Day

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.(NYSE: NUS) today announced that it will host its annual Investor Daypresentation the morning of Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, at the Grand Hyatt Hotelin New York City. Key members of Nu Skin Enterprises' executive managementteam will discuss operational results and introduce 2009 plans. This even...

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· Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Reliv International Reports Profit and Sales Decline

Reliv International Inc., the Chesterfield-based seller of nutritional supplements, said Wednesday that profit and sales dropped in the third quarter as the U.S. economy dragged down the company's results. Reliv said restructuring its European operations significantly reduced its losses there. But that improvement w...

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· Source: MarketWatch

Longaberger Launches Longaberger Home Magazine

The Longaberger Company - America's premier maker of handcrafted baskets - has unveiled the holiday edition of Longaberger Home, a new Web magazine that brings to life its made-in-America product and home business opportunity. Longaberger Home is hosted by Chief Executive Officer and President Tami Longaberger, who ...

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· Source: Evansville Courier & Press

Stampin Up in the Evansville Courier

FRESNO, Calif. -- It may sound like an exaggeration to say that Kathy Chono-Herring's hobby of making greeting cards for family and friends was spilling into every room of her home. Guess again. "I had towers of stuff everywhere," she says. "There were piles -- avalanches waiting to happen -- here and there." What t...

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· Source: Livingston Daily

Shaklee in the Livingston Daily

Ron and Nancy Gosselin believe living a healthy lifestyle begins with nature. As such, they have committed themselves to helping educate others on the benefits of healthy living, which they say begins with making choices on the "little" things, such as the cleaning products people use in their homes. "It started wit...

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· Source: Alexandria Echo Press

Tastefully Simple Teams With Blizzard to Fight Cancer

Locally based gourmet food company Tastefully Simple and Alexandria's Blizzard, part of the North American Hockey League, will team together to raise funds for the American Cancer Society. A special 'Tastefully Simple's Relay for Life Night,' will be held December 6 at the Runestone Community Center. The event aims ...

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· Source: KUTV

UTAH AG Under Fire For USANA Address

Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff under fire this week. First he is being investigated by the Lt. Governor's office for possibly using the state seal to promote a private company. This controversy compounded by the fact that the company, Digital Bridge of Orem, donated $10,000 to his campaign two weeks before he ...

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· Source: Business Wire

LifeVantage PR Claims Protandim Results

Results of a new peer-reviewed study published online in the journal Free Radical Biology and Medicine clearly demonstrates that the synergistic impact of the active ingredients used in the formulation of Protandim® dramatically increases the body's production of glutathione, a key antioxidant and anti-aging factor,...

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· Source: Trading Markets

Nu Skin Names President of Nu Skin Japan

Nu Skin Enterprises, a global direct selling company, has named Brett Nelson as the president of Nu Skin Japan. Mr Nelson will also continue in his role as president of the company's North Asia region, which includes Japan and South Korea. Truman Hunt, president and CEO of Nu Skin Enterprises, said: "Brett is a dire...

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· Source: National Post

Oriflame Stock Slides

Stocks slumped, sending the MSCI World Index to the lowest level since 2003, on concern bank losses will increase and corporate profits will crumble as the recession spreads. Treasuries and the yen rallied. Deutsche Bank AG and ING Groep NV dropped at least 8% after Citigroup Inc.'s plan to buy troubled investment-f...

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· Source: Ad-Hoc-News

Green Mountain Energy Receives Award

Green Mountain Energy Company is the recipient of the 2008 Market Development 'Green Power Pilot Award ' Honorable Mention' from the Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) for its first-ever Hispanic Marketing campaign in Texas. The annual national award recognizes organizations for innovative marketing campaigns to in...

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· Source: International Business Times

Zippi Adds Growth to Zipster Network

Zippi Networks Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ZIPI),turning America's "Clutter into Cash," today announced its latest and new"Certified Zipster," Ms. Sherrine Cancilla; she joins the Zippi Network asa current eBay Power Seller and VP at Silicon Valley-based Hewlett-Packard(HP) Corporation. Ms. Cancilla has brought the Discovery ...

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· Source: Inside Cosmeceuticals

Nu Skin Using New AntiAging Technology

Nu Skin Enterprises has incorporated a new anti-aging technology, ageLOC™, into its skin care products; the technology works to slow the effects of enzymatic breakdown and visibly benefit skin texture and tone. According to the company, scientists from Nu Skin and Purdue University worked collaboratively on developi...

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· Source: Daily Herald

XanGo Names New Execs

XanGo LLC, a Lehi nutritional supplement maker, named Scott Smith its senior vice president. Smith, who will report to company President Craig Hale, will lead a new distributor relations department. Russ Fletcher was appointed vice president of information technology.

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· Source: Economic Times

Amway Launches Energy Drinks

Amway India Enterprises, a leading direct selling company on Tuesday launched two energy drinks - Amway XL energy drinks and Amway XL energy bars here. The Amway XL energy drinks come in two flavours of citrus blast and tropical blast. Amway XL energy bars are available in apple cinnamon and fruit and nut flavours.

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· Source: MarketWatch

Mannatech Launches Singapore Expansion

Mannatech, Incorporated, a leading developer and provider of dietary supplements and skin care solutions, announced today it has begun selling products in Singapore as of November 1. With this opening, independent sales Associates are eligible for enrollment in Singapore. To commemorate the opening of the company's ...

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· Source: Legal Times

XanGo Juice Patent Denied

The decision of a patent appeals board to deny a patent for an exotic fruit juice will stand for now, at least, even though two of the judges on the panel were unconstitutionally appointed, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled this week. A three-judge panel voted unanimously to dismiss the fruit j...

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· Source: Npros

Repspace Launches Revenue and Incentive Program

Repspace launched its Revenue Share and Incentive program on November 1, 2008. The program rewards members for interacting with the growing work from home network by offering cash and gift incentives for the top ranked members each month and quarter. Members earn Rank Points by inviting and adding friends, interacti...

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