MLM Company Reliv Reports Higher Third Quarter Sales

MLM company Reliv International, Inc., a developer, manufacturer and marketer of proprietary nutritional supplements, today reported a 4.3 percent increase in net sales and an 8.1 percent increase in net income for the third quarter of 2006 compared to the same period last year.

MLM Company Herbalife Opens In Peru

MLM company Herbalife Ltd., a global nutrition direct-selling company, today announced that it will begin conducting business in Peru during December 2006, expanding the company’s reach to 63 countries where Herbalife products are sold through a network of independent distributors. Jaime Elkin Ackerman has been appointed as managing director, and will oversee the day-to-day operations of the country. The company’s head office will be located in the capital city of Lima.

Herbalife was established in California in 1980. The company began doing business in South America in 1994 in Venezuela and Argentina. Peru will be the seventh market on this continent.

MLM Company Mannatech Under Investigation In Texas

MLM company Mannatech, a Dallas-area company that sells sugar pills touted to cure cancer, Down syndrome and a panoply of other conditions, is under investigation by the Texas Attorney General's Office for possible deceptive trade practices.

"Mannatech has made unproven health claims about its products, such as the ability to cure cancer and numerous other ailments," the AG's office wrote in an Oct. 24 response to a public information request. "The claims are not approved by the Food and Drug Administration, making the claims potentially in violation of both state and federal law."