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Ex-Avon Employee Claims Company Exploited Celebrity Clients

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The NY Post reports: 
A former celebrity handler for cosmetics giant Avon claims in a lawsuit that her greedy bosses manipulated its pitchmen, including Derek Jeter, Reese Witherspoon and Salma Hayek.
Mary Kate O’Neill says in her wrongful-termination suit that she never should have been fired from Avon because she saved it millions of dollars by heading off potential contract disputes with the stars.
One deal she brokered with Yankee shortstop Jeter kept him from suing the company, according to her $4 million Manhattan Supreme Court suit.
Jeter — who had launched his own cologne, Driven, with Avon in 2006 — refused another $1 million offer to endorse fashion and home products, the suit says.
But that didn’t stop the company from using his likeness to endorse the products without his permission, according to court papers.
“Mr. Jeter

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PartyLite Sells 4 Million Units Of New Product In Record Time

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As the world’s number one direct seller of home fragrance, including candles, wax warmers and other innovative flameless fragrance, PartyLite has been delivering premium scents to fragrance lovers for more than 42 years. But PartyLite is also passionate about innovating – finding new and better ways to deliver the fragrances its customers crave.
For example, the Escential Jar™ by PartyLite Scented Candle sold its first million units within weeks of introducing it in 2013. It has since become the most popular, fastest-selling PartyLite candle ever with 4 million sold to date. Candle-lovers adore that each of these jar candles burns an average of 50 hours.
That translates into 8.3 million days of PartyLite fragrance delivered by these popular candles so far! Regardless of its success, PartyLite decided that the candle could be improved. 
This fall, PartyLite

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QNET Appoints Scientific Advisory Board

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QNET is strengthening its presence in the Health and Wellness area by establishing a Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). The new Board is a revolutionary platform for collaboration between QNET’s product development teams and leadership, and the scientific and medical communities.

“Our aim is to get critical analysis from experts to keep us at the forefront of new trends and opportunities with wellness, lifestyle and healthy ageing products. We truly want to offer our customers the best for their health and well-being, and this group of highly acclaimed individuals will help us achieve that,” says QNET Chief Product Officer Phil Koh.

QNET’s inaugural SAB includes four distinguished members from the international scientific community. Dr Selvam Rengasamy from Malaysia, Professor Jeon Hyoung-Tag from Korea, Professor Konstantin Korotkov from Russia and Dr Mohsin Wali from India.
Dr Selvam

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Omnito (DubLi) Relocates To Seattle

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Ominto, Inc. (OTC PINK: OMNT), the global leader in online Cash Back shopping, today announced that it is relocating its corporate headquarters to Seattle, Washington.
In a move spurred by Ominto’s rapid expansion and global reach, the company’s leadership team chose Seattle in recognition of its reputation as a thriving technology business hub. 

“Due to its quality of life and rich talent pool, Seattle has become a powerful epicenter for pioneering companies in e-commerce, digital innovation and technology,” said Ivan Braiker, CEO and President of Ominto, Inc.
“We believe Seattle is an ideal setting to establish our new global headquarters, which will support us as we aggressively pursue the next stage of growth for our robust and fast-expanding Cash Back rewards platform.” 

Ominto, Inc.’s executive team, including CEO Ivan Braiker and CFO Thomas Virgin, will

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