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USANA Health Sciences Inc. said Thursday that it plans to enter the energy-drink industry, and company executives already appeared re-energized as they kicked off the company's international convention. After all, the Salt Lake-based company has put a lot of trouble in its rear-view mirror. With at least 8,000 conve...
Read full storyWhen YTB International held its annual convention in St. Louis earlier this month, the fast-growing travel company wanted to make a big splash. So it commissioned an Indiana design firm to build a nearly life-size foam replica of the Statue of Liberty, 130 feet tall and 50,000 pounds, to be erected in the Edward Jon...
Read full storyReliv International, Inc. (Nasdaq:RELV) celebrated its 20th anniversary at its annual international conference here this weekend. The conference theme was "Cheers to 20 Years," and Reliv distributors from nine countries participated. Highlights of the conference included: * The announcement of a new automatic shipme...
Read full storyMore than 8,000 people from around the world are expected to attend the USANA Health Sciences, Inc., 16th annual International Convention Aug. 27-30 in Salt Lake City. The event, to be held at the EnergySolutions Arena and the Salt Palace Convention Center, is one of the city's top five annual conventions according ...
Read full storyReliv International Inc. said Tuesday it raised $68,000 for its charitable arm at its second annual "Walk for the Mission." More than 3,400 Reliv independent distributors from nine countries participated, the company said. The Reliv Foundation provides free nutritional supplements to more than 42,000 people, mostly ...
Read full storyGreen Mountain Energy Company Ranks Highest In Customer Satisfaction With Texas Residential Electric Retail Providers In Inaugural Study Westlake Village, CA - Among electric retail providers in Texas, Green Mountain Energy Company ranks highest in customer satisfaction, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 20...
Read full storyMannatech Provides Donation to Happy Hill Farm Scholarship Fund Donation Supports At-Risk Children from D/FW Metroplex MTEX 5.21, -0.39, -7.0%) , a leading developer and provider of dietary supplements and skin care solutions, today announced that the company will donate a full sponsorship of a child to attend Happy...
Read full storyMonaVie and their VP / Co Founder received covereage in the Salt Lake City Deseret News: "Athletics prepared me for this," he says in his office. "I haven't encountered any situation in business that even comes close to the pressure and stress you experience at the Olympics. I've been through the refiner's fire." We...
Read full storyLifeVantage Corporation Announces Increased Sales Distribution for Protandim(R) SAN DIEGO, Aug 13, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- LifeVantage Corporation has announced it has increased distribution of Protandim(R) via a network of well-known regional brokers; the initiation of a direct sales program to healthcare professio...
Read full storyAttorney General Bill McCollum filed a lawsuit recently against Quincy company AdSurfDaily, accusing the company and its owners of operating a pyramid scheme. Thelawsuit is seeking civil damages for the victims and an injunction against the company, its president, Andy Bowdoin Jr., and its employees to prohibit them...
Read full storyFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Gareth Lacy (916) 324-5500 Brown Sues To Topple Online Pyramid Scheme LOS ANGELES--California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced a lawsuit against YourTravelBiz.com for operating a "gigantic pyramid scheme" that recruited tens of thousands of members with deceptive cl...
Read full storyThe California Attorney General filed for a permanent injunction against YTB Travel in August, 2008, naming YOURTRAVELBIZ.COM, aka YTB.COM, YTB Travel Network of Illinois, J. Lloyd Tomer, J. Scott Tomer, J. Kim Sorensen, and Andrew Cauthen. The suit alleges that defendents are operating an endless chain scheme ( pyr...
Read full storyMOXXOR, headquartered in Aliso Viejo, but with roots in New Zealand, is preparing for an August launch. The company's flagship product is the MOXXOR omega-3 and antioxidant, developed exclusively from New Zealand green lipped mussel extract and New Zealand sauvignon blank grape seed extract. Founded and operated by ...
Read full storyWealth Pools has been fined $440,000 by the New Brunswick Securities Commission, the largest individual penalty ever levied. The Securities Commission ruled that Robert E. Lane, the president of the Orlando, Florida based Wealth Pools, must pay $160,000 in administrative penalties plus $2000 in associated costs. Acc...
Read full storyGreen Mountain Energy responded to the recent termination of the companies relationship with the Florida Power and Light company: "We are disappointed the Commission voted today to end FPL's very successful Sunshine Energy renewable energy program. Green Mountain Energy Company helped FPL grow Sunshine Energy to one...
Read full storyThe Reader's Digest Association Inc., said that it has sold the stock of Taste of Home Entertaining Inc. of Brookfield to a group of private investors led by Eric Schrier, former president and CEO of Reader's Digest. Terms of the transaction, which will result in the company relinquishing its name, were not disclose...
Read full storyReliv International reported Wednesday a second-quarter profit of $569,000, or 4 cents a share, compared to a profit of $823,000, or 5 cents a share, a year ago. Its net sales for the second quarter were $24 million, compared to net sales of $26.3 million in the second quarter last year. The nutritional supplement c...
Read full storySilpada Designs attracted over 4200 independent representatives to its convention on July 25th in Kansas City. The Kansas City Star posted a video of representatives at the convention.
Read full storyXocai and its founders, Jeannette and Martin Brooks, receive some harsh scrutiny in an article in the Sydney Morning Herald. The article discusses more than $336 million in claims from 25 individuals in part of a bankruptcy proceeding in Reno at the time Xocai was launching. ...THEIR company has reached through the ...
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