Archive for December 28th, 2006

Palm Beach Daily News:

An inkling of that history-making event dawned on Ford during a party he hosted with Manalapan resident and Amway founder Richard DeVos, a close friend.
During the party for about 40 guests, Ford learned from a TV broadcast of the now infamous missing segments of the Watergate tapes. DeVos said he turned to [...]

 News Leader:

Barry and Denise Martin work from their two-story home in southwest Springfield.
Each morning, the Martins roll out of their enormous bed and head to their offices. His is about six steps across the hallway. Hers is just off the large kitchen.
“We shared an office when Barry first started working at home, but that only [...]

mediapost:

On Jan. 1, Simon Hemus, who joined the company a year ago as group president of the international beauty division, will take over day-to-day operations of the Orlando-based direct selling company as president and chief operating officer.
Tupperware CEO Rick Goings will continue to focus on strategy, leadership development and external relations, the company said. [...]

Cananda.com:
She advocates finding that few hundred without a second job, from income streams most people have never considered.
Among her ideas:
1. Get paid for your hobby. Say you like knitting doggy sweaters. Don’t just sell them at craft fairs. Sell patterns, too, or take photos of cute dogs in duds, then market greeting cards.
2. Not ready [...]

Mannatech, Incorporated , has reformulated its most popular children’s supplement, MannaBears, with natural sweeteners.
Along with the new sweeteners, the colorful, chewy supplements include the company’s proprietary Ambrotose complex, antioxidant support and beneficial phytochemicals.
Mannatech replaced the product’s refined sugar and corn syrup with evaporated cane juice and tapioca syrup. Evaporated cane juice is a preferable alternative [...]

techweb:
While retail Web sites did a slightly better job of satisfying customers this holiday season, some of the biggest names in retail ranked among the laggards in customer satisfaction, according to a study released today.
The sites with the best customer satisfaction were Netflix, Amazon, L.L. Bean, QVC, and Apple, according to ForeSee Results’ Top 40 [...]

 Kansas City Star:
Plaintiffs in a massive antitrust action against Amway Corp. overcame another hurdle this week in their long quest to get their case heard by a jury.
A federal judge on Monday refused to dismiss all but one of eight counts against the company, finding that the plaintiffs’ allegations were legally sufficient to support claims [...]

In 1996 Mary Kay Ash founded the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation, an organization that raises money to help find cures for women’s related cancers, such as breast cancer. Along with this support for cancer research, the foundation also supports a number of women’s shelters and educates women of the dangers of domestic violence. [...]

From 1992 through 2005, the Avon Foundation has raised and donated more than $400 million in 50 countries worldwide for breast cancer medical research, access to treatment, screening, support services and education. In addition, Avon has also raised over $7 million for families and children of those lost in the terrorist attacks of September 11, [...]

LACEY, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Independent Sales Associates at Univera LifeSciences, the world’s leading healthy-aging relationship marketing company, brightened the holidays for children in rural Mississippi. Over a thousand gifts went to children at Ruleville Elementary and [...]