U.S. workers were more productive in the April-June quarter and labor costs rose slightly, a sharp turnaround from grim first-quarter figures.
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NYC jails contractor cited, fined $71K over safety
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Federal labor officials have cited the private company contracted to provide health services to New York City inmates, proposing $71,000 in fines for workplace safety violations.
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Women's Quirky, Sexy Lingerie With a Soul Behind it
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Naja is a socially-conscious luxury lingerie brand that trains and employs single mothers in Colombia to sew its designs.
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4Life Japan Awards Festival Reveals Launch Of Two New Products
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Executives and distributors gathered at the Pacifico Yokohama Conference Centre in Yokohama City for a night of distributor recognition, marketing strategies, and the launch of two new 4Life Products: 4Life Transfer Factor® RioVida Stix™ Tri-Factor® Formula and 4Life Aquae Vitae™.
4Life Aquae Vitae, the company’s first bottled water product, contains highly concentrated natural taurine and represents the first 4Life orally consumable product manufactured exclusively for the country of Japan.
More than 350 distributors attended the event, including Platinum International Diamonds Juan and Damaris Rosado and Gold International Diamond Dr. Jase Khyeam who each shared an inspirational message and practical methods for distributor success.
Corporate attendees included President and CEO Steve Tew and his wife Sherma, Vice President, International Preston Richards, Director of Field Development, Spanish Markets Deborah Dixon, and Director of International Yukako Kaiser.
A popular Japanese network marketing magazine, Network Business, published an article about the company’s launch of Aquae Vitae that was shared at the awards ceremony. The report focused on 4Life’s strategic initiatives under the General Management of Yuichi Arima, as well the opportunity for success that 4Life offers entrepreneurs throughout the country and the world.
Juan Rosado: “Nobody believed that I would have achieved this success, but I could not give
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Blyth, Inc Changes Around Board Of Directors
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Blyth, Inc. (BTH), a direct to consumer company and leading designer and marketer of candles and accessories for the home, as well as health & wellness products sold through the direct selling and direct marketing channels, today announced the retirement of Neal I. Goldman from its Board of Directors. The company also announced the election of Jim Williams, President, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner of Karlen Williams Graybill Advertising, Inc. to its board. The election is effective immediately.
Mr. Goldman, age 69, who is a member of the Compensation and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees, has been a director since 1991. He is the President of Goldman Capital Management, Inc., an investment advisory firm.
Robert B. Goergen, Jr., Blyth’s Chief Executive Officer, commented “Neal has been an outstanding director for over two decades and his knowledge of the financial markets has been instrumental in shaping our thinking. I would like to thank Neal for his dedicated service over the years.”
“We are delighted to welcome Jim to the board,” Mr. Goergen continued. “Jim brings leadership, strategy and a strong knowledge of marketing, social media and global consumer insight. I look forward to the new perspective that Jim brings to the Company.”
Mr.
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LegalShield Elects New CEO, Jeff Bell
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LegalShield, one of the nation’s leading providers of affordable legal plans and identity theft solutions for individuals, families and small businesses, announced today that Jeff Bell has joined the company as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Bell succeeds Rip Mason, who will now serve as Executive Chairman of the Board.
Mr. Bell comes to LegalShield with over 20 years of corporate leadership and consumer marketing experience for global brands including Microsoft, Chrysler, Ford and NBCUniversal. While serving as Corporate Vice President, Global Marketing, Interactive Entertainment Business (Xbox) for Microsoft Inc., Mr. Bellsaw tremendous success, leading the business to its first profitable year in its existence, and garnered industry recognition launching and marketing a number of successful video game franchises including “Halo 3,” “Gears of War,” “Madden,” and “Rock Band.”
In addition, he led the growth of Xbox LIVE from four million to 12 million members in two years. While serving as Vice President of the Chrysler and Jeep Divisions for DaimlerChrysler, he launched the Chrysler 300, and the ‘Grab Life by the Horns’ and Town & Country with “Stow ‘n Go” seating and storage marketing campaigns.
In 2012, NBC Senior Vice President, Kim Niemi, called upon Mr. Bell, to lead NBCUniversal’s marketing efforts in the health and fitness market. In this role, Mr. Bell developed the “Challenge
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Thirty-One Gifts Convention So Successful, They’re Doubling Up
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Thirty-One Gifts’ recent convention in Columbus proved so successful the company will do it again next year – and double up in the process.
Thirty-One Gifts spokeswoman Sara Westtold me the growing direct-sales company will host a three-day conference for associates from the eastern U.S. the week of July 26 next year, and will relocate its conference for Canadian consultants from Niagara Falls, Ontario, to Columbus as well.
“We’ll have a three-day conference, then another three-day conference,” she said. “… It will be easier to manage if we break it out into two identical conferences.”
According to Experience Columbus, the 12,769 attendees for Thirty-One Gifts’ July 22-25 event this year occupied about 15,000 room nights at 36 area hotels. The conference had an estimated $17.5 million economic impact on the hotels, restaurants and other businesses.
The Niagara Falls conference attracted 800 associates from July 16-18. Thirty-One Gifts just started in Canada in September 2012, so West said the company expects the number attending the 2015 conference to grow.
The company announced a year ago it would return to Columbus after two years in Atlanta, where 16,600 attended in 2013. The company counts about 110,000 sales associates in all.
West said the company has scheduled another conference in Denver
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TelexFree Co-Owner Pleads Not Guilty In Alleged Fraud
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James Merrill entered a not-guilty plea for the TelexFree Inc. co-owner Wednesday in federal court in Worcester, his lawyer said.
Merrill, of Ashland, was president of the Marlborough-based phone service company, which is accused of running a $1 billion global pyramid scheme. His business partner, Carlos Wanzeler, remains a fugitive in Brazil and did not appear in court to face the charges.
Both men have been charged with nine counts of wire fraud and conspiracy. Each charge carries a possible maximum sentence of 20 years, but actual sentences are generally less than the maximums, according to the US Attorney’s office.
TelexFree sought federal bankruptcy protection in April, just as state and US securities regulators were days from filing civil fraud charges against the principals. Wanzeler fled the country that month to his native Vitoria, Brazil, while Merrill was arrested and held in jail for several weeks.
Merrill will remain home, wearing a GPS tracking bracelet and on $900,000 bail, officials said.
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Nevada consumer spending rises but far below norm
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Consumer spending in Nevada rose to its highest level in five years in 2012 but continued to lag far behind the national average, according to a report released Thursday showing a wide discrepancy in economic recovery from the recession across the country.
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Mother-Daughter Bonding Turned Business Venture
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The Loopy Ewe founder Sheri Berger just wanted to help her 13-year-old daughter find a hobby…but the search turned into something so much more.