After a year under the leadership of two managing directors, candlemaker Gold Canyon is bringing on a CEO to lead its executive team. The Arizona-based company announced Monday that it has tapped industry veteran Thomas Kelly to fill the position.
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Herbalife Retaliates With A Website Attacking Bill Ackman
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Herbalife Ltd. went on the attack against nemesis Bill Ackman on Monday, debuting a website that paints the billionaire hedge fund manager as an irresponsible opportunist.
Therealbillackman.com includes media reports about legal probes into his anti-Herbalife campaign as well as videos detailing Ackman’s investment failures. The counterpunch comes more than two years after Ackman started a site called factsaboutherbalife.com to aid his campaign accusing Herbalife of running an illegal pyramid scheme.
“When Bill Ackman’s wrong, he’s really wrong,” one video caption on Herbalife’s website reads. Another asks, “Really, Bill?”
Herbalife’s new site is its most public response yet after plenty of maneuvering behind the scenes. The company overhauled its lobbying and public-relations staffs and hired outside help to bolster its image amid federal and state probes into its business practices. The company has repeatedly denied Ackman’s allegations.
Ackman didn’t
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DSA Strengthens Regulatory Frameworks
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Direct Selling Association’s (DSA) Board of Directors today approved a series of recommendations from its Ethics & Self-Regulation Committee that improve upon the Association’s more than 40-year commitment to the highest ethical business standards.
The recommendations further strengthen DSA’s Code of Ethics, a self-regulatory instrument enforced by an independent administrator that challenges direct sellers to make consumer protection and a positive purchasing experience their first priority.
“Today, we send a powerful message to the marketplace that our customers will always be the most important aspect of our business,” said Joseph N. Mariano, DSA’s President. “Trust – in our companies and their teams of independent sales consultants – is crucial. We’ll never forget that and continually strive to earn it as a result of our actions throughout the purchasing process.”
The approved recommendations include new requirements for
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Wherever You Are in Life, Value the Journey
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Even if you have everything you’ve ever wanted, you will feel miserable if you forget what it’s all for.
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How to Transform Your Productivity
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If we want to be excellent at work, we need to be out of balance — and then counter-balance in the rest of our lives.
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Everyday Leadership Starts With 'Hello'
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Ellen Pao Will Appeal Gender Discrimination Case Against Kleiner
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Meanwhile, the venture capital firm is seeking to recover nearly $1 million in litigation costs.
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Do Franchise Owners Have Sales Quotas? The Franchise King Explains.
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The Maker of This Invention Kit Wants You to See the World as Your Playground
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Jay Silver’s first Makey Makey invention kit raised more than half a million dollars on Kickstarter. His second kit, called the Makey Makey GO, has raised more than $120,000 so far.