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Illinois wants to shut down YTB

St. Louis Post-Dispatch - St. Louis, MO, USA  05/16/2009
... the suit filed Thursday by the state of IL just might force it out of business. ... IL AG, Lisa Madigan, is asking a court to shut down the ...

Story link and more on YTB here

California settles with Internet travel business YTB

Los Angeles Times - CA, USA 5/15/2009
YTB International agrees to pay $1 million in penalties, attorney costs and restitution to consumers. The settlement ... would prohibit the company from charging customers $450 each to buy a personalized website and about $50 a month to operate it ... Chief Executive Scott Tomer predicted that the settlement could help YTB to "emerge a better company" by updating its franchise model while maintaining an effective sales incentive program.

Story link and more on YTB here

$110b direct selling industry eyes ME
11 March 2008  Khaleej Times - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The Dh404-billion ($110 billion) global industry of multilevel marketing, or direct selling, will pry open the Middle East ... Dubai now allows people to work part-time.

FDA Asks US Marshals to Seize Dietary Supplements - 9/2006
... Ellagimax capsules, Coral Max capsules, Coral Max without Iron capsules, and Advanced
Arthritis Support capsules distributed by Advantage Nutraceuticals LLC of ...

You can read all the whole FDA file on Advantage here:
http://tinyurl.com/qwzmp

Victims Of Alleged Pyramid Scam File Class Action Lawsuit  WAVE-TV NBC 3 Louisville (KY)  6/8/06 5:23 PM ... bought from Phoenix USA, believing it was a legitimate multi-level marketing operation. "They were told that they could buy this inventory and re-sell it for handsome" ... Louisville Pro ... Eli Ohayon ...

FTC Proposes New Business Opportunity Rule April 5, 2006 Jeffrey Babener, Babener and Associates ... FTC released sweeping proposed change in its FTC Business Opportunity Rule ... proposal immediately and strongly criticized by representatives MLM, Direct Sales, Direct Selling, Network Marketing and Party Plan companies ...

Arizona Attorney General  Arizona Republic (Phoenix) (AZ)  5/25/06 1:27 AM  Attorney General Terry Goddard on Wednesday announced a $115,000 settlement with Scottsdale-based Liberty League International LLC and its principals, Brent Payne and Shane Krider...The consent judgment resolves complaints that the multilevel marketing corporation tricked customers into spending substantial amounts of money by promising "sizable commissions" if they ...

Tahitian Noni, XanGo settle dispute over juice   Daily Herald, UT   May 12, 2006  ... A three-year legal dispute over intellectual property rights to XanGo's flagship mangosteen juice supplement has been settled. Details weren't available as the settlement agreement reached Thursday between Tahitian Noni International Inc. of Provo and XanGo LLC of Lehi was confidential, and all court documents concerning the dispute are sealed. ...

Marketers of gas additive shut down  Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX) 5/18/06 5:37 AM  .. than $1 million in 14 months in the network marketing industry. BioPerformance's Web site remained active Wednesday afternoon despite an order by state District Judge ...
 

Attorney General To Investigate Little Green Pill Claims   MSNBC (Local News)   5/16/06 11:38 PM  ... Florida Attorney General has launched an investigation into BioPerformance, the company that markets the little green pill....

FTC Proposes New Rule to Protect Consumers   4/17/06 4:46 AM  Compliance Advisor ... the 1970s, and numerous cases against work-at-home and multilevel marketing companies under Section 5 of the FTC Act. Since 1995, the Commission has conducted 12 ...