Recalled Herbal Supplement Sued in Class Action  

The Canadien Distributor for Sleepees, Our World Network, was sued in Canada after Health Canada found their product to contain traces of prescription drug Estazolam. Estazolam relaxes the body and helps you sleep but it's also addictive and there are withdrawal symptoms if you stop taking it.

Law...

Source: Global TV Calgary

Tupperware Declares Dividend  

Tupperware Brands Corp. (TUP | charts | news | PowerRating) Declares 0.22 Dividend, Record Date 09/12/07

P.S. TUP has received a PowerRating of 5. TradingMarkets PowerRatings are a proprietary stock rating method which ranks stocks on a scale of 1-10. The higher the rating, the greater the one we...

Source: Trading Markets

Herbalife Increases Buyback Plan  

Herbalife Ltd., which sells nutritional supplements, said Thursday its board of directors authorized an increase of $150 million to its share repurchase plan.

The increase raises the total authorized amount of shares available for repurchase to $450 million.

To finance a portion of the program,...

Source: Forbes

Reliv Conference Draws Thousands  

Reliv International, Inc. ,a maker of soy-based nutritional supplements, said more than 5,000 independent distributors from 11 countries attended its international conference here from Aug. 9-11. Highlights of the conference included: -- A charitable event that raised more than $180,000 for the Rel...

Source: Earthtimes.org

Quixtar Wins Decision in Lawsuit  

The Team of Destiny may have had its destiny fulfilled, but not in the intended manner.

According to a press release and several news reports, a Michigan judge has ruled in favor of Quixtar on two of the three lawsuits brought before them by former employees and associates. Orinn Woodward and Chri...

Source: Associated Content

Mannatech CEO Quits Amid Lawsuit  

Sam Caster has resigned as chief executive of embattled multilevel marketer Mannatech Inc., the company announced Tuesday.

He will remain as chairman of the board.

Caster's resignation is the second major move within the Coppell-based company since it was charged with engaging in deceptive selli...

Source: Fort Worth Star Telegram

Market America to Launch Voitel VoIP  

NEW YORK, Aug. 1, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- deltathree, Inc. (Nasdaq:DDDC), a leading provider of SIP-based Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) solutions for service providers and consumers worldwide, announced that tomorrow Market America, an online shopping and One-to-One Marketing company, will la...

Source: CNNMoney.com

Tupperware Sales Boosted by Latin America  

Tupperware Brands said that sales and profits across its three divisions, including cosmetics, were above expectations, boosted by a particularly strong performance in developing and emerging markets.

But although profit increase for the company as a whole was strong, profits for the cosmetic divi...

Source: CosmeticsDesign.com

Passion Parties in the News  

MAKUHARI, Japan (AFP) - The predominantly male crowd, perusing shelf upon shelf of gadgets, fetish DVDs and costumes, would have been even more nervous had they noticed that a few of the booths aimed to increase sexual pleasure for -- not with -- women.

Japan has a major sex toy industry, estimat...

Source: South Asian Women's Forum

USANA Defends Business Practices  

We are writing this letter to express our concern with the article 'Most people won't get their money back', by Helen Malmgren, which appeared in the July 12, 2007 issue of National Business Review.

Unfortunately, this article contained several misrepresentations of the facts and outright false...

Source: National Business Review

Xango Receives Top Research Honors  

LEHI, UT- Aug. 1, 2007- XanGo, LLC, recognized creator and market leader of the mangosteen supplement category, was honored for its latest mangosteen research at the 70th annual natural products trade show, Natural Marketplace 2007, in Las Vegas. The Natural Products Association awarded first place...

Source: NPIcenter (press release)

Xango Lends its Support to DSHEA  

Another company has lent its support to the Coalition to Preserve DSHEA, thereby boosting the interest group's clout in Washington.

The maker of mangosteen juice, Xango, has joined the coalition's growing list of members to protect the regulations that oversee the dietary supplement industry under...

Source: NutraIngredients-usa.com