Herbalife Names Compliance Officer to Ensure Distributors Adhere to Marketing and Sales Policies
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2002--Herbalife International, Inc. (Nasdaq:HERBA - news; Nasdaq:HERBB - news) today announced the appointment of Timothy J. Sweeney as senior vice president for finance and compliance.
Since assuming his position in early February, Mr. Sweeney has been reviewing and strengthening Herbalife's marketing and sales policies. One of Mr. Sweeney's primary areas of responsibility is to ensure that the Company's distributors adhere to Herbalife's rules.
``Herbalife enjoys a valued reputation as a respected manufacturer and marketer of nutritional, weight management and personal care products, and it is important that this continue to be protected,'' said Frank X. Tirelli, president and chief executive officer of Herbalife. ``Tim is an extremely diligent and accomplished professional. We are very pleased to have him in this position.''
As one of his first acts to protect and enhance Herbalife's good reputation, Mr. Sweeney contacted the American Association of Code Enforcement, a professional association in the United States and Canada, to discuss issues associated with the use of signs by Herbalife Distributors. As a result, Mr. Sweeney recommended and Herbalife agreed to prohibit Herbalife Distributors from posting advertising signs on any public property or on any private property without the express permission of the owner, even if such posting is allowed by state or local laws.
``Our new policy is good for Herbalife and for our image,'' said Mr. Sweeney. ``The proliferation of signs is simply not consistent with the excellent image of Herbalife products, the professionalism of our dedicated Herbalife Distributors and our efforts to be a good corporate citizen.''
Rick Wolf, president of the American Association of Code Enforcement, added, ``We are all excited about Herbalife's voluntary response to our concerns, and we look forward to continuing to work with Mr. Sweeney to protect the Herbalife image by ensuring that its policies are enforced.''
Herbalife manufactures a wide range of nutritional, weight management and personal care items and markets them in 54 countries worldwide through a network of independent Distributors who purchase the products directly from the Company. In 2001, the Company had net retail sales of $1.66 billion.
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This one beats the pants off anything in the Ultima series.
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Parallel ATA ribbon cable is about two inches wide and can be only 18 inches long. The Serial ATA cables can be made up to three feet long, allowing for more elaborate routing, which would aid in creating cooler-running PCs.
If Parallel ATA cables can only be 18 inches long, then I guess those 36" cables I have in my computer right now must not exist.
It's too bad, because for things that don't exist, they work great.
most likely be a fine and some time in a minimum security white collar joint.
Most likely not. I know Ross Nadel (the US attorney mentioned in the article as handling the case), and he'll push for whatever he can get. He's not interested in justice. He's interested in building his own career.
That said, Heckencamp is an idiot. We'd all most likely be better off if Mr. Nadel gets him life.
Those fees are collected by the CCRA. They are a regulatory body that "distributes mechanical royalties to artists". You would think that they would have to give the money to artists considering their mandate, but there is a loophole:
Since the artist can't prove that its their work that is being reproduced onto cd's cd-r's, cassettes, etc., the CCRA is not obligated to pay anything. The money stays in the gov't accounts.
"Also of note that this model with Linux installed is exactly the same price as the with Windows installed. It's nice to see that Linux users aren't being punished for wanting their OS as an option."
Ok, so if Linux is a free operating system, shouldn't the Linux OS laptop be a couple hundred dollars *less* than the Windows OS laptop?
It was in the something awful forums, and it was on the main page of Hard|OCP a while back. But i guess case mods from the forums were front page news several times on slashdot, too.
KIllustrator is a rip-off of the Illustrator name, and Adobe's complaint is valid. If some company was developing an Illustrator clone for the Mac, and called it MacIllustrator, they'd be in the same position. It's a confusingly similar name that detracts from the brand value of the original.
Now, my question is, why is it that when Microsoft rips off the name of something (when competing with 3com's Palm, Microsoft tried to name its product the Palm PC), everyone accuses them of unfair business practices, but when a group of OSS developers rip off the name of a product, everyone blames the people that are getting ripped off?
It seems to me that Netpliance knows it handled itself very, very poorly, and is now attempting to satiate the teeming masses of Open Source developers that it has alienated. Unfortunately, bald faced propaganda such as this does nothing for me. This article reads like it was written by a NetPliance PR person. I don't want some warm, fuzzy article about a company, especially one that up until this point has treated everyone I know with contempt and deception. They just think everyone will believe it because it's posted on a domain with "Linux" in it. "Mandatory" retroactive service agreements, collecting addresses and credit card info from Circuit City, the list goes on and on. After stunts like these, they're going to have to earn their respect, not lie to everyone even more. Granted, acknowledging that we (as a market) exist is a step, but regardless of how nicely they're doing it, they're still brushing us off. They're ostensibly giving us the finger, the whole time hiding behind their "SEC Filing" and "FCC Regulations. Take this quote for example: They also risk violating FCC regulations if they sold certified devices that they knew would be modified. That is the sober reality of the situation. *Every* electronic device has to be FCC certified in order to be sold, from my TV to my computer, to my toaster. There's tons of websites on modifing every single aspect of computers. Does that mean that Dell is in violation of FCC regulations when Joe Schmoe decides he wants a bigger hard drive, or a different OS? Not at all. They're selling a certified product that falls within certain parameters; once it's in the hands of the consumer, it's out of their control. The FCC knows this, so claims like this are absurd. The bottom line is, NetPliance gave this guy a line, and bought into it 100%. You'd get less biased information off their home page.
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You can buy a Serial->USB adapter.
Serial ports are no longer necessary, even if you have serial devices.
That's exactly my point. They put out the press release for plausible deniability, all the while encouraging it, unofficially, of course.
They're not going to strangle one of their main sources of income, but they have to pretend they're doing something, so they don't get shut down.
Which is ironic, because they recently put out a press release about street spam:
Herbalife Names Compliance Officer to Ensure Distributors Adhere to Marketing and Sales Policies
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2002--Herbalife International, Inc. (Nasdaq:HERBA - news; Nasdaq:HERBB - news) today announced the appointment of Timothy J. Sweeney as senior vice president for finance and compliance.
Since assuming his position in early February, Mr. Sweeney has been reviewing and strengthening Herbalife's marketing and sales policies. One of Mr. Sweeney's primary areas of responsibility is to ensure that the Company's distributors adhere to Herbalife's rules.
``Herbalife enjoys a valued reputation as a respected manufacturer and marketer of nutritional, weight management and personal care products, and it is important that this continue to be protected,'' said Frank X. Tirelli, president and chief executive officer of Herbalife. ``Tim is an extremely diligent and accomplished professional. We are very pleased to have him in this position.''
As one of his first acts to protect and enhance Herbalife's good reputation, Mr. Sweeney contacted the American Association of Code Enforcement, a professional association in the United States and Canada, to discuss issues associated with the use of signs by Herbalife Distributors. As a result, Mr. Sweeney recommended and Herbalife agreed to prohibit Herbalife Distributors from posting advertising signs on any public property or on any private property without the express permission of the owner, even if such posting is allowed by state or local laws.
``Our new policy is good for Herbalife and for our image,'' said Mr. Sweeney. ``The proliferation of signs is simply not consistent with the excellent image of Herbalife products, the professionalism of our dedicated Herbalife Distributors and our efforts to be a good corporate citizen.''
Rick Wolf, president of the American Association of Code Enforcement, added, ``We are all excited about Herbalife's voluntary response to our concerns, and we look forward to continuing to work with Mr. Sweeney to protect the Herbalife image by ensuring that its policies are enforced.''
Herbalife manufactures a wide range of nutritional, weight management and personal care items and markets them in 54 countries worldwide through a network of independent Distributors who purchase the products directly from the Company. In 2001, the Company had net retail sales of $1.66 billion.
This is even better than the Google bar.
Not only can you search google, but you can do searches no matter what you are doing - email, word processing, programming, whatever.
There's more. You're not a captive to Google. Do Yahoo searches with a "question?", get Merriam-Webster definitions with a "colon:", get Bloomberg stock quotes like this "msft intc csco$", and find Switchboard phone numbers by saying "Lois Lane#". You can search real "news." search "newsgroups," check "weather*", or "comparison shop$$". There's a built in calculator when you need to know "pow(1.0625, 30)" is 6.1640785. And so on.
Too much to remember? Under IE 5.5 or better there's a little menu that shows you all your choices. Not enough space on your deskbar? It includes a clock so that you can free up some space by turning off the system deskbar clock.
Missing a feature you need? If you know HTML and want to add your own functionality, you can - it is distributed under GPL.
Not to mention TV listings, temperature conversions, search ebay, ask jeeves, slashdot, etc.
You should check it out, definitely.
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Ultimuh; The ultimate role-playing game includes scanned in digitized actors, emotion tearing sound track, and dramatic sequences! This is the best example of role-playing ever made in the history of man-kind. 8 Levels of digitally scanned in graphics... Each one more complicated than the one before. Can you make it.......?
This one beats the pants off anything in the Ultima series.
Parallel ATA ribbon cable is about two inches wide and can be only 18 inches long. The Serial ATA cables can be made up to three feet long, allowing for more elaborate routing, which would aid in creating cooler-running PCs.
If Parallel ATA cables can only be 18 inches long, then I guess those 36" cables I have in my computer right now must not exist.
It's too bad, because for things that don't exist, they work great.
most likely be a fine and some time in a minimum security white collar joint.
Most likely not. I know Ross Nadel (the US attorney mentioned in the article as handling the case), and he'll push for whatever he can get. He's not interested in justice. He's interested in building his own career.
That said, Heckencamp is an idiot. We'd all most likely be better off if Mr. Nadel gets him life.
There was just an article about Hong Kong using smartcards as ID, this is quite sad.
I believe it's a different type of smart card. The one referenced in this article is used with a descrambler box to view pay tv channels.
The "smart card" in the other article was more of an ID card that one would carry around for personal identification purposes.
Same name, two distinctly different items, with disparate applications.
Well, no.
Those fees are collected by the CCRA. They are a regulatory body that "distributes mechanical royalties to artists". You would think that they would have to give the money to artists considering their mandate, but there is a loophole:
Since the artist can't prove that its their work that is being reproduced onto cd's cd-r's, cassettes, etc., the CCRA is not obligated to pay anything. The money stays in the gov't accounts.
If anyone cares, Scott Draeker's wife (Kayt Draeker, aka Kathryn Rosa Sorhaindo Draeker) has a web page.
She's the one that was "listed in corporate papers as the company's secretary".
Personally, I just think it's funny that they insist on calling it the "Justice Department".
Java? Bean there, done that.
We know for a fact that that all three of these flagship products could be replicated by OSS programmers with not a lot of difficulty.
Then why aren't they?
The moving company hadn't even made us sign a contract.
You should have made them sign a contract. I'm not trying to be a jerk, but that situation is entirely your fault.
Most credit card companies will limit personal liability to $50, if you pay with their card.
So, if you don't want to worry about fraud, use a Visa or Mastercard.
I've read this before, and I don't recall you as the author.
They must be talking about predicting the weather for L.A. for the next 1000 years.
That's easy. Sunny.
try searching for "Home Station". Slashdot search sure ain't google.
"Also of note that this model with Linux installed is exactly the same price as the with Windows installed. It's nice to see that Linux users aren't being punished for wanting their OS as an option."
Ok, so if Linux is a free operating system, shouldn't the Linux OS laptop be a couple hundred dollars *less* than the Windows OS laptop?
hey, that was a pretty good troll, but you forgot to mention when the 'Street Fighter 2' movie.
It was in the something awful forums, and it was on the main page of Hard|OCP a while back. But i guess case mods from the forums were front page news several times on slashdot, too.
actually, god compared his own people to sheep. read the bible much?
It would depend on the application. If you made a word processor and called it that, then no.
KIllustrator is a rip-off of the Illustrator name, and Adobe's complaint is valid. If some company was developing an Illustrator clone for the Mac, and called it MacIllustrator, they'd be in the same position. It's a confusingly similar name that detracts from the brand value of the original.
Now, my question is, why is it that when Microsoft rips off the name of something (when competing with 3com's Palm, Microsoft tried to name its product the Palm PC), everyone accuses them of unfair business practices, but when a group of OSS developers rip off the name of a product, everyone blames the people that are getting ripped off?
It seems to me that Netpliance knows it handled itself very, very poorly, and is now attempting to satiate the teeming masses of Open Source developers that it has alienated. Unfortunately, bald faced propaganda such as this does nothing for me. This article reads like it was written by a NetPliance PR person. I don't want some warm, fuzzy article about a company, especially one that up until this point has treated everyone I know with contempt and deception. They just think everyone will believe it because it's posted on a domain with "Linux" in it. "Mandatory" retroactive service agreements, collecting addresses and credit card info from Circuit City, the list goes on and on. After stunts like these, they're going to have to earn their respect, not lie to everyone even more. Granted, acknowledging that we (as a market) exist is a step, but regardless of how nicely they're doing it, they're still brushing us off. They're ostensibly giving us the finger, the whole time hiding behind their "SEC Filing" and "FCC Regulations. Take this quote for example: They also risk violating FCC regulations if they sold certified devices that they knew would be modified. That is the sober reality of the situation. *Every* electronic device has to be FCC certified in order to be sold, from my TV to my computer, to my toaster. There's tons of websites on modifing every single aspect of computers. Does that mean that Dell is in violation of FCC regulations when Joe Schmoe decides he wants a bigger hard drive, or a different OS? Not at all. They're selling a certified product that falls within certain parameters; once it's in the hands of the consumer, it's out of their control. The FCC knows this, so claims like this are absurd. The bottom line is, NetPliance gave this guy a line, and bought into it 100%. You'd get less biased information off their home page.