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Talk Fusion Extends Dream Getaway Qualification

 
After a tremendous last minute push to qualify by determined Associates, Talk Fusion has extended the qualification period for its Dream Getaway vacation incentive by another week to May 10, 2015.
This extension gives more Associates the opportunity to “Go Diamond” and qualify for the company to send them to Maui, Hawaii for the highly anticipated bi-annual event to be held on May 28 – June 1, 2015.
“We call it the ‘Dream Getaway’ for a reason. Anything great that has ever happened in life has been powered by the Dream,” says Talk Fusion Founder & CEO Bob Reina. “Whatever it is – being debt-free, helping family and friends, contributing to vital charities, even driving a brand new sports car – having the financial freedom to make that Dream come true will really

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Zija International Releases New Améo (AGX) Product Divison

 
Zija International’s Améo product division has recently experienced a surge of scientific innovations in the essential oil space. This period of enlightenment is driving more value, efficacy, and understanding about how Améo Essential Oils can deliver their maximum and true potential to product users. The company has discovered things like:

Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy: An instrument that provides live analysis of how essential oils interact with living human cells. With this instrument, Améo’s Research and Development team is able to see how the body’s cells respond to different essential oils; e.g. the rate at which cells absorb different essential oils, the retention of essential oils, where the essential oils go once inside the cell, and much more.
CaCo-2: A system involving a network of cells that characterizes the bioavailability of essential oils on a

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Blyth Quarterly Sales Down From $118 Million To $103 Million

 
Blyth, Inc. (NYSE:  BTH), a direct-to-consumer company and leading designer and marketer of candles and accessories for the home and health, wellness and beauty products, household convenience items and personalized gifts sold through the direct selling and direct marketing channels, today reported sales and earnings for the first quarter of 2015.
Net sales for the three months ended March 31, 2015 decreased approximately 12% to $103.7 million from $118.2 million for the comparable prior year period.  Sales for the quarter were negatively impacted by the strengthening U.S. Dollar, particularly against the euro, by approximately 9%, or $10.7 million.
Commenting on the first quarter results, Robert B. Goergen, Jr., Chief Executive Officer noted, “While our Catalog & Internet segment sales gained over the prior year period, our Candles & Home Decor segment sales were negatively affected by the increasing strength of the U.S. dollar

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Javita Celebrates New Diamond Club Leaders

 
Javita welcomes Romichelle and James Del Rosario to the Diamond Club.
The Del Rosario’s reside in Buena Park, CA and joined Javita in September 2013. Although this is the couple’s first business endeavor in network marketing, they have been steadily climbing the ranks, achieving Diamond in a little over a year.

“Since my husband, James, and I joined Javita we have been sharing this incredible opportunity with everyone we know. Now, it has become a family business, with my parents and two brothers and their spouses also having successful Javita businesses.”

Romichelle arrived to America from the Philippines in 1990 to seek a better life with her parents and four siblings. “We all shared one room and we struggled to pay the bills, and yet, my parents still managed to put us through school in

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Amway Appoints New CFO, Recruited From Apple

 
Ada-based direct selling giant Amway Corp. announced today that it hired Mark Stevens as its new chief financial officer, according to a statement.
Before his appointment, Stevens was responsible for a $153 billion portfolio as the vice president of worldwide sales finance for Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL). Prior to working at Apple, Stevens spent 21 years of his career in Asia working for large technology companies such as Motorola Solutions Inc. and Dell Inc.
Stevens replaces Mike Cazer, Amway’s previous CFO who was appointed the role of COO in 2014.
About Amway
Amway is an American company using a multi-level marketing model to sell a variety of products, primarily in the health, beauty, and home care markets. Amway was founded in 1959 by Jay Van Andel and Richard DeVos.

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Avon Having Trouble Getting Rid Of North American Business, Sales Plummet

 
Avon shares slid by more than 7% on Tuesday to around $7.53 a share.
Last month, the stock surged by more than 15% after the Wall Street Journal reported that it is exploring “strategic alternatives” for its North American business, meaning the company is looking for ways to improve its competitiveness.
The initial report from WSJ said the company is looking to sell some or all of this unit. But according to a New York Post story published late Tuesday, this process isn’t going very well.
The Post reported that companies interested in buying out Avon are losing interest because they are struggling to finance an offer.

The Post quotes one hedge fund investor as saying: “All in all, I don’t see a deal happening unless Avon basically gives away its North America business for essentially nothing.”

Avon also reported weak first-quarter results last

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Herbalife Reports Quarterly Revenue At $1.11 Billion – Beating Wall Streets Expectations

 
Nathan Vardi at Forbes reports: 
Herbalife , the controversial nutritional supplements seller, delivered a blow to its adversaries on Tuesday by reporting first-quarter earnings that suggested its business model was not as broken as some had predicted.
Herbalife reported that in the first three months of 2015 it earned $1.29 per share on an adjusted basis, beating consensus estimates on Wall Street that had called for the company to earn $1.01 per share, the bottom of the company’s first quarter earnings guidance of $1.00 to $1.10 per share.
In addition to the earnings beat, the company raised its earnings per share guidance for 2015 to a range of $4.30 to $4.60 per share. The previous range Herbalife had given investors was $4.10 to $4.50 per share. Herbalife posted revenue of $1.11 billion in the first quarter of 2015,

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Reliv 2015 Q1 Net Sales Up 7.4% To $14.8 Million

 
Reliv International, Inc. (NASDAQ: RELV), a maker of nutritional supplements that promote optimal health, reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2015.
Reliv reported net sales of $14.8 million for the first quarter of 2015, compared to net sales of $14.5 million for the first quarter of 2014. U.S. net sales increased 7.4 percent for the quarter compared to the same quarter in 2014. International net sales for the quarter decreased 11.1 percent, with a stronger U.S. dollar accounting for 8.0 percent of the decline.
The Company reported net income of $116,000, or $0.01 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2015 compared to a net loss of $151,000, or ($0.01) per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2014. Income from operations for the first quarter of 2015 was $429,000 compared

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Talk Fusion Continues Expansion Into Latin America

 
In late 2014, Diamond Elite Associate Walter Suarez put together a team of international Talk Fusion Leaders with one goal: bring the Talk Fusion opportunity to the countries of Latin America throughout 2015.
Their team has already successfully visited numerous major cities throughout Mexico, El Salvador, Panama, Peru, Brazil, and Argentina. Over the next several weeks, they will bring the vision and the power of Talk Fusion to multiple cities in five additional countries in Central and South America, with more following during the year.
Talk Fusion offers tremendous benefits to people throughout the region. “The basic salaries in those countries are between $200 and $400 US dollars per month,” says Walter Suarez. “We are providing knowledge, fantastic easy-to-use tools and excellent support for average people to double or triple their regular income

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Very Few Herbalife Distributors Stake Claim In Herbalife Lawsuit

 
In a recent pyramid scheme lawsuit that Herbalife Ltd. agreed to settle, few distributors who received notice of the US $17.5 million agreement filed claims to recuperate their losses and obtain product refunds. 
Although notices were sent to more than 1.5 million individuals, fewer than 7,300 claims were filed, court records showed. The average claimant who meets certain criteria will receive roughly $1,100 from a $15-million cash settlement fund, according to court documents filed this month.
The claims rate of 0.47 percent “is a clear red flag that the class notice program was inadequate and unfair,” Douglas Brooks, a Massachusetts-based lawyer who represented 18 distributors objecting to the settlement, wrote in April 20 court papers. 

Herbalife’s outside legal team on Monday countered that the majority of class members who declined to file a claim “confirmed the integrity of

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