David J. Weiner resides in Brooklyn, New York, USA and is one of the top leaders in Ambit Energy.
This is what he had to say:
“My story goes back over 8 years ago in the early stages of Ambit Energy where I had been a Corporate Controller for a huge plastics conglomerate for over 25 years. About 15 years ago something happened that would change my life and my thinking forever. I had suffered a massive heart attack requiring quadruple bypass and that took me almost 3 1/2 years to become fully functional again.
During my recuperation, I had lost my job and the burden of financial responsibility fell upon my wife. Once my health improved, I realized that I had to do something very different moving forward. I took my business acumen and
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Top workers buying businesses from retiring boomer bosses
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As retiring baby boomers look to sell the small businesses they have run for years, top employees are often becoming the boss.
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Mannatech Promotes President Alfredo Bala To CEO
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Mannatech, Incorporated (NASDAQ: MTEX), the pioneer of nutritional glycobiology, leading innovator of naturally-sourced supplements based on Real Food Technology® solutions, and creator of the M5MSM (Mission 5 MillionSM) social entrepreneurial movement, today announced it has promoted its President, Alfredo (Al) Bala, to the position of Chief Executive Officer. Bala will also retain the title of President.
Bala, 55, is well known throughout Mannatech for his passionate support of the company’s sales Associates and has been a key contributor to bringing Mannatech back to profitability. He has 35 years of experience working in the direct sales industry, with 28 of those spent as a field sales leader. He joined Mannatech in 2007 and rapidly increased his responsibilities at the company, ascending to the position of President in June of 2014. Bala also played
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Meet ForeverGreen 3-Star, Rolf Krahnert
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Rolf was drawn to ForeverGreen because of the company’s vision, global presence, people, products and seamless compensation plan. Rolf feels that all of these features make it relatively simple and easy to build a strong organization and team. It has been his experience that the unique and highly effective products, as well as the company’s message of sharing love, light and happiness, are what really attract the most prospects to ForeverGreen.
When approaching a new candidate for the business, some of the first things Rolf shares about ForeverGreen include:
The highly effective, patented products and new technologies.
The products can be shipped in a cost-effective envelope model to any address in the world.
The opportunities begin at the ground-floor level.
The seemingly limitless ForeverGreen teamwork and support.
Rolf is most impressed by the company’s integrity, vision and the
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More Enthusiastic Associates Return To Talk Fusion
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Soon after joining Talk Fusion in 2011, Double Diamond Yuliya Bykova from Russia was truly living the Dream Lifestyle. She had worked to earn an extremely comfortable income, qualified for the spectacular Dream Getaway incentive vacation in Hawaii, traveled the world, built a strong team, met her husband (and future Talk Fusion Associate) Boris Krymoff, got married, moved to the United States, and had a beautiful baby daughter.
With so many new and exciting changes in their lives, Boris and Yuliya wanted to try other new things. So they decided to experiment with other direct selling companies. It only took a few months for them to realize that “new” isn’t always “better.”
“Away from Talk Fusion, we missed the team and the support and the Instant Pay,” said Yuliya. “We missed having all
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Nature’s Sunshine Q2 2015 – Down 12.5% To $81.2 Million
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Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc. a leading natural health and wellness company engaged in the manufacture and direct selling of nutritional and personal care products, recently reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2015.
Second Quarter 2015 Financial Highlights
Net sales revenue of $81.2 million, decreased 12.5% compared to $92.8 million in the second quarter of 2014. On a local currency basis, net sales revenue decreased 7.7% compared to the second quarter of 2014. Net sales revenue was negatively impacted by a $6.0 million decline in net sales in the NSP Russia, Central and Eastern Europe segment, as well as a $4.5 million unfavorable impact in foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.
Net income from continuing operations was $2.4 million, or $0.12 per diluted common share, compared to $3.6 million, or $0.22
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Jafra Cosmetics Launches New Products In Indonesia
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Jafra Cosmetics held a press conference in Indonesia recently to introduce its new product range and a product exhibition themed “A Beautiful Skin With Intelligent Skin Care”.
CEO of Jafra Cosmetics Indonesia, Mauro Schnaidman who was present at the event said, “Indonesia has one of the fastest growing and has a lot of young women”, explaining the reason for choosing Indonesia one one of Jafra’s target markets.
He explained that Jafra Cosmetics Indonesia, which was established three years ago in the country is not just selling products, but invites Indonesian women to have an independent and productive business with its direct sales program.
The launch event was attended by approximately 1,000 distributors and marked the opening of the product exhibition. All participants were allowed to try all Jafra products for free. A new product range
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BNSF manager is new inspector for ND rail safety program
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A longtime manager of a railroad responsible for some fiery oil train crashes in North Dakota has been hired as an inspector for the state’s new rail safety program.
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Colorado may ban 'candy' name on marijuana treats
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Edible marijuana products in Colorado may soon come labeled with a red stop sign, according to a draft of new rules released Wednesday by state marijuana regulators.
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Jamaica signs wage deal with some trade unions on island
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Jamaica has signed a new wage deal with some trade unions that will see salaries boosted by 4 percent during the agreement’s first year.