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Avon Lays Off Workers – Estimated Up To 600

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The trend for Avon is still in a rapidly growing downward spiral. Avon Canada said Monday that it will eliminate most jobs at its distribution centre in Pointe-Claire.
Company spokeswoman Elizabeth Munro declined to specify the number of positions cut. She said that the company would make no statement beyond the press release issued in late afternoon.
A source told the Montreal Gazette that Avon employees were told Monday that most jobs would be gone by April while some jobs would remain until July to allow for training of new personnel. The source, who did not want to be identified, said about 600 jobs would disappear at the Pointe-Claire facility.
Munro said the 600 jobs figure was “way inflated,” but would not provide further details about job losses or how the process would roll out.
The firm said it will outsource the jobs to Genco, a privately-held U.S.-based company that describes itself as a leading “product lifecycle and reverse logistics” solutions provider.
Avon’s announcement made it clear that the Genco jobs will not be permanent. The new jobs under Genco, it appears, will be temporary and respond to demand in any given two-week cycle.
Genco “can support Avon’s supply chain needs by expanding and contracting to meet the

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Foundation 4Life Continues Malaysia Relief Efforts

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Severe flooding has displaced hundreds of thousands of people throughout Malaysia and Thailand. More than 100 4Life distributors in Malaysia have been affected by the catastrophe.
As reported by Newsweek, the North-eastern Malaysian states of Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang have been particularly hard hit. ABC News has described this as Malaysia’s worst flooding in decades, and attributes dozens of deaths to downpour and flash flooding.
With a 4Life office in Kota Baru, a city in the state of Kelantan, Foundation 4Life is teaming with corporate employees and distributors on the ground to provide immediate support.
4Life General Manager of Malaysia Cher Lyn Tan: “Electricity is down in most areas and water supplies are compromised. The entire region has been devastated; telephone lines are down and the city infrastructure is at risk. We know that the homes of 4Life distributors have been hit. Right now, a food supply channel is critical.”
In response to the natural disaster, employees and distributors joined at 4Life’s Petaling Jaya (PJ) office outside Kuala Lumpur to prepare food deliveries. So far, they have sent 850 kilograms (nearly 2,000 pounds) of canned food, bread, water, medicine, and other basic necessities via air transportation to Kota Baru. They are now working on

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Dr. Hani Soudah Joins Nature’s Sunshine Products’ Scientific Advisory Board

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Nature’s Sunshine Products Inc., a leading natural health and wellness company engaged in the manufacture and direct sale of premium-quality nutritional and personal care products, announced that Hani Charles Soudah, M.D., Ph.D., of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mo., has joined Nature’s Sunshine Products’ (“NSP”) Medical and Scientific Advisory Board.
Dr. Soudah is a doctor of internal medicine with a medical practice in St. Louis. He is an expert in the field of obesity management. His service on the Advisory Board will include assisting with research activities, educating and training NSP and Synergy Worldwide distributors, and speaking at various company events.
“We have already been the recipients of Dr. Soudah’s expertise and research, and we look forward to building an even stronger working relationship with him,” said Gregory L. Probert, Nature’s Sunshine Products’ Chairman and CEO. “We are pleased to have him join our growing Medical and Scientific Advisory Board.”
Dr. Matt Tripp, NSP’s Chief Scientific Officer, added, “Dr. Soudah has been instrumental in the recent NSP product launches of AnxiousLess and Equolibrium. His preliminary research with our AnxiousLess formula proved fundamental to the company gaining a solid understanding of how this unique product supports mood and situational

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Trina Mullins Finds Home & Success With Trévo

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In 2010, Trina Mullins was working in an office, answering to other people, and never feeling like she had enough time to see her five children. The “corporate rat race”, as she puts it, was weighing heavily on her as she found herself constantly stressed out and worried about her family’s financial future. She also faced daily health issues, including a severe case of asthma that she’d suffered from her whole life.
“I’d just lost hope of really living life to its fullest,” Mullins says. “But I always knew in my heart there had to be a better way, something more out there.”
When Trina was first introduced to Trévo that year, she saw the nutritional supplement as a way for her to take back control of her health. But she had no idea that it would be the “better way” she daydreamed about – the thing that allowed her to break free from the corporate world and reach levels of success she never imagined.
In the four years since, Trina has gone from living paycheck to paycheck to earning a top executive income and driving a luxury car. She makes her own schedule, which allows her to spend more time with her

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How can NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio heal rift with police?

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What can Mayor Bill de Blasio do to heal his deepening rift with the New York Police Department? His playbook for erasing the perception that he is not supporting the police — a problem that has escalated in the wake of the killings of two officers — has included face-to-face-meetings with police union officials, warm rhetoric about the work cops do and stepped-up efforts to negotiate new police labor contracts.

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