Monthly Archives: September 2015

Amway Looks To Work With Authorities After Recovering From Arrest of A CEO

 
Direct seller  Amway India is looking to put behind it controversies stemming from the arrest of its top leadership over allegations related to various irregularities and regain growth momentum while charting out a new phase of engagement with the government. 
Anshu Budhraja, the Rs 1,900-crore direct selling firm’s first India head in 16 years, said his immediate priority is to engage with the government constructively and take Amway forward from what he said is a “point of inflexion for the next growth phase.” 

Amway has consistently denied any wrongdoing on its part. “An Indian leader understands the sensitivities of Indian culture,” Budhraja said in an interview. “He has the benefit of growing up and being part of system. It’s very simple… the way an Indian will interact with key stakeholders will be different from what a

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Josie Morand – Awarded With The Rene Ikeola International Courage Award

 
Rene Ikeola and her husband Abbey were the first people to believe big by becoming Organo Gold’s first Diamonds in 2009. Rene Ikeola passed away in 2014.
Rene was a very powerful woman who positively impacted the lives of everyone who crossed her path globally. She was the epitome of courage, tenacity and strength.
In her honor and memory Organo Gold created the “Courage Award” to be given annually to individuals who exemplify just that.
Josie’s Morand career was invested with the largest Bank in Canada and various positions such as data processing and their national marketing team in smart technologies.
Today she supports her husband Shane Morand and is on the board of directors of OGCares Foundation.
Josie’s uplifting spirit and her passion for elevating others make her a wonderful addition to

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Donald Trump Made Millions In Network Marketing

 
The Wall Street Journal wrote an article called Donald Trump made Millions in Network Marketing: Over the past decade, Donald Trump has earned millions of dollars for extolling ACN Inc., a multilevel marketing firm that has weathered regulatory investigations in three countries. 
Mr. Trump not only endorsed ACN, he twice featured the company on his former reality TV show, “The Celebrity Apprentice.” Both episodes featured teams of entertainment figures competing to promote versions of a video phone sold by the North Carolina firm.

“I think the ACN video phone is amazing,” Mr. Trump said in an ACN news release just before a two-hour, prime time Sunday night Celebrity Apprentice episode on the product in 2011. “I simply can’t imagine anybody using this phone and not loving it.”

Even before the show aired, the ACN video phone was in

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Former Pro Football Player Puts Skin In The Visalus Weight-Loss Game

 
At 46, John Robinson weighed in at 531 lbs. ABC’s Extreme Weight Loss gave him the opportunity to set and achieve major weight-loss goals. Read on to learn how he became a member of the 200-lb. Club.
A Dream Deferred
John was in the best shape of his life while he was part of the military and later during college. His weight gain started after he was injured playing professional football.

“I lost my dream at that point,” says John. “My main focus in life was to become a professional athlete and I got that chance, briefly, but after my injury I stopped going to the gym. Depression set in.”

John went on to become a surgical ICU nurse and now works with post op open heart patients at the VA hospital in Washington D.C. Despite

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