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Herbalife Launches Second Attack On Bill Ackman

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Fox Business Reports: Herbalife, (HLF) the embattled nutritional supplements company, has released its second attack-video against its chief nemesis, Bill Ackman, accusing the hedge fund billionaire of enriching himself through activist campaigns that lead to massive layoffs at his targeted companies, the Fox Business Network has learned.

“Billionaire Bill Ackman would like us to believe his corporate raiding has a higher purpose than mere wealth accumulation but for the tens of thousands of employees who lost their jobs because of his meddling he is probably more prince of darkness than white knight,” the video states.

The video is the second to be featured on the firm’s recently launched website, which also contains various stories about the short-seller’s attacks against the company.
An Herbalife spokesman had no comment; neither Ackman nor a spokeswoman for his Pershing Square hedge

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Could Herbalife Be Next? ValueWalk Speculates

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ValueWalk reports: Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) is one of Wall Street’s favorite controversies, and now it seems like there could be another problem on the company’s plate. Although it isn’t directly impacting Herbalife right now, it could at some point in the future, as the company has admitted to being under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission.
FTC moves against Vemma Nutrition
The FTC is now seeking an injunction against Vemma Nutrition, another multi-level marketing company which sells some products that are similar to those sold by Herbalife. Unfortunately for Herbalife, its business practices (some past and some present) seem to be in some ways similar to Vemma’s practices. ValueWalk contacted a pyramid scheme expert who found three areas of concern for Herbalife in the case filed against Vemma.

Court documents reviewed by ValueWalk (Hat tip to Quoth the Raven)

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Herbalife Beating Wall Street Odds In 2nd Quarter

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USA Today reports: Shares of Herbalife shot up more than 7% in late trading Wednesday after the energy drink company posted better-than-expected financial results for the second quarter.
Herbalife, which has been waging an ugly battle with billionaire Bill Ackman over the legitimacy of its business, posted profits of $1.24 a share on $1.16 billion in sales.
Sales were down 11% from a year earlier due to “unfavorable” currency exchange rates in certain markets, the company said. Still, Herbalife shares shot up close to 8% in after-hours trading because Wall Street analysts had expected the company to post earnings of $1.11 a share on revenue of $1.14 billion.
Ackman, founder of hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management, placed a $1 billion bet on the stock’s decline in 2012 on the theory that Herbalife is a pyramid scheme — an allegation the company denies.
Ackman shorted the stock at around $47 a share and came close to

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Top Member Of Herbalife’s Legal Team Leaves Company

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The NY Post reports: A top member of Herbalife’s legal team has left the building.
Jim Berklas, who was the associate general counsel and chief compliance officer of the Los Angeles company, on Monday joined the Barnes Group, a Connecticut aviation company.
Berklas spent seven years with the diet shake seller that activist Bill Ackman has bet $1 billion is a pyramid scheme.
Herbalife has vehemently denied the accusation.
The exit of Berklas comes less then three months after Herbalife disclosed a criminal probe into its business practices and said a number of top executives and distributors have been subpoenaed by the Department of Justice.
At least one of those distributors, a veteran member of its 60-person “Chairman’s Club,” has become a whistleblower with law enforcement, The Post has learned.
Berklas is the first senior exec to leave Herbalife

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Herbalife Q2 Revenue Down 11% To $1.2 Billion

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Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) reported second quarter net sales of $1.2 billion. Local currency net sales grew by 1%, while reported net sales declined 11% primarily due to the continuing unfavorable impact of currency exchange rates.
Adjusted1 earnings for the quarter were $1.24 per diluted share compared to $1.55 per diluted share for the same period in 2014.
On a reported basis, second quarter net income was $82.8 million, or $0.97 per diluted share, compared to $119.5 million, or $1.31 per diluted share for the same period in 2014. Second quarter 2015 diluted EPS was negatively impacted by a $0.412 currency fluctuation.
For the quarter ended June 30, 2015, the company generated $197.6 million in net operating cash flow, and invested $16.2 million in capital expenditures.
The company is raising its adjusted diluted EPS

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Herbalife Wins Dismissal Of ‘Pyramid Scheme’ Lawsuit

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BisJournals.com reports: 
A federal judge has once again dismissed a lawsuit accusing nutritional products maker Herbalife Ltd. of misrepresenting its business structure and sales practices as legitimate when it amounted to a pyramid scheme, a charge the the company has denied.
U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer in Los Angeles on Tuesday said the plaintiffs, led by the Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System, did not show that Herbalife(NYSE: HLF) or its chief executive, Michael Johnson, defrauded shareholders, according to Reuters.
Fischer in March had dismissed an earlier version of the lawsuit.
Shareholders had filed suit claiming they lost money after billionaire hedge fund manager William Ackman accused Herbalife of operating a pyramid scheme. In December 2012, Ackman said his firm, Pershing Square Capital Management LP, had made a $1 billion bet that Herbalife’s stock price would fall.
Fischer in his dismissal of the lawsuit in March said Ackman’s

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Herbalife Joins Hispanic Association On Corporate Responsibility

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Global nutrition company Herbalife is proud to join the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) as a Corporate Member. HACR seeks to advance the inclusion of Hispanics in corporate America. As a Corporate member, Herbalife is committed to supporting Hispanic leadership and promoting an inclusive work environment while continuing efforts to make Latino communities healthier.

“As a company proudly invested in the Latino community, and one that recognizes the talent and power of Hispanics in the United States, Herbalife is excited to be part of the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility,” said Ibi Fleming, Herbalife senior vice president and managing director of the North America region.
“Hispanic inclusion is in our corporate DNA and we are eager to work with HACR to continue advancing Hispanic leaders in the workplace.”

About Herbalife:
Herbalife is a global nutrition

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

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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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Very Few Herbalife Distributors Stake Claim In Herbalife Lawsuit

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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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