Monthly Archives: March 2015

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Immunotec Reports 1st Quarter Results: 11% Increase In Revenue

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Immunotec Inc. (IMM), a direct-to-consumer company and a leader in the nutritional industry (the “Company” or “Immunotec”), today announced its consolidated financial results for the first quarter of Fiscal 2015.
All amounts in this press release are denominated in Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated.

“We are pleased to report an 11% increase in revenues over the first quarter of the previous year,” said Mr. Charles L. Orr, Chief Executive Officer. “Also, Operating Income, EBITDA and Net Income all increased by 69%, 47% and 12% respectively, over the same period in the prior year.
Our employees and consultants demonstrated exemplary teamwork to work through challenges in the opening months of the fiscal year” concluded Mr. Orr.

Performance Highlights
Revenues for the three-month period ending January 31, 2015 reached $17.9M compared to $16.2M in the same period

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CVSL Reports End Of Year Results: Up $23.9 Million

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CVSL Inc. [NYSE MKT: CVSL] today released results for the year ended December 31, 2014, its second year of operation as a federation of direct-to-consumer companies. 
Revenue for 2014 increased by 28.2%, or $23.9 million, from $84.9 million the previous year to $108.8 million. CVSL’s gross profit increased by 47%, from $35.6 million to $52.4 million.
CVSL’s total stockholders’ equity was $8.9 million on December 31, 2014. On a pro forma basis, including the recently-closed offering of common stock on March 4, 2015, total stockholders’ equity would exceed $26 million. Total long-term debt has been reduced by 80%, down to $5.3 million. CVSL’s bank line of credit was approximately $9 million a year ago and is now fully paid off.
Reported operating loss for 2014 was $20.1 million. “While our company significantly increased its revenue and gross profit during the year, our bottom line results were affected by a range of expenses connected

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Mary Kay Expands Into Colombia

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For a global cosmetics company focused on enriching women’s lives, there may be no greater indicator of future success than opening its newest market in the home of Miss Universe. On the heels of Miss Colombia winning one of the most coveted international beauty titles, the iconic beauty brand announces its arrival in Colombia on March 13 with the opening of Mary Kay Colombia.
The globally recognized beauty company was founded by Mary Kay Ash in 1963. After retirement, Ash sat at her kitchen table and wrote a list of the positive and negative things seen in her direct selling career and realized she had inadvertently created a marketing plan for a dream company – one which would provide women with unlimited potential to achieve personal and financial success.
Today, Mary Kay is a $4 billion company with more than 200 skincare,

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Solavei Announces It Will Be Merging With Aspider

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Social commerce network and mobile service provider Solavei filed its plan of reorganization today and announced it will merge with industry leader ASPIDER, a Netherlands-based company that has provided core mobile infrastructure and services to over 100 mobile service providers and millions of subscribers throughout the world. Terms of the deal remain confidential.
With over 400,000 people that have become members in the past two years, Solavei will continue to deliver and grow its social commerce network to fulfill its vision of positively impacting millions of people’s lives. With this transaction, the company will continue to operate normally, no services will be interrupted, compensation will be paid on time, and Ryan Wuerch will continue in his role as Chairman & CEO.
Solavei members and employees will benefit from the ASPIDER global mobile virtual enabling

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Herbalife Wins Major Lawsuit

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In a second major win for the week, Herbalife’s newest victory is a mark for things to come. Reuters reports: 
Herbalife Ltd (HLF.N) won the dismissal of a lawsuit that claimed the maker of weight-loss and nutritional products fraudulently portrayed itself as a legitimate company, and that shareholders lost money because it was actually an illegal pyramid scheme.
U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer in Los Angeles said that shareholders led by two pension funds did not show that questions raised about Herbalife’s business by hedge fund manager William Ackman and various investigators showed that the company had fraudulently inflated its stock price.
Ackman and his Pershing Square Capital Management LP have campaigned against Herbalife since December 2012, when they revealed a $1 billion bet against the Los Angeles-based company. Herbalife has long denied it is

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Forbes Speaks With Amway’s Steve Van Andel

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Dan Schawbel from Forbes: I spoke with Steve Van Andel, the chairman of Amway, who is responsible for managing daily operations of the company with Amway President Doug DeVos.
Van Andel is the eldest son of Amway Co-Founder Jay Van Andel, who, with Rich DeVos, started Amway in 1959 in Ada, Michigan. Since then, Amway has grown into the world’s largest direct selling company. Over the past two decades, Van Andel has led a strategic transformation of the company with a focus on growth through innovation, driving double-digit growth. Prior to being named chairman, Van Andel served as vice president with responsibility for Amway’s business operations in North and South America. He also served as vice president of marketing.
Recently, Amway acquired the XS Energy Brand, an energy drink brand that has exhibited positive momentum with the next-generation

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