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September 2008

Herbalife Distributor Sues UpLine  

In an unprecedented legal action, Dietary Supplement Safety Committee Co-Founder Christopher Grell, has expanded the scope of a recently filed law suit against Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) in which the company has been accused of fraud and product negligence by add...

Source: Trading Markets


Herbalife Distributor Sues UpLine
Posted 6/19/2008


Herbalife Sued  

The Law Offices of Christopher Grell have filed a lawsuit against Herbalife Ltd. NYSE: HLF in the Superior Court of the State of California (case BC392373, dept. 48) today on behalf of a 29-year-old woman who acquired acute liver problems after taking Herbalife products.

The lawsuit, which also na...

Source: PR Newswire


Herbalife Sued
Posted 6/19/2008



Plaintiffs Lawyer Tests Herbalife Products for Lead  

Attorney Christopher Grell ordered lab tests on behalf of his client on three popular Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) daily regiment vitamin products that were initially tested by the Fraud Discovery Institute.

On May 19th the Fraud Discovery Institute released the findings on 6 of Herbalife’s most popular...

Source: CNNMoney.com


Plaintiffs Lawyer Tests Herbalife Products for Lead
Posted 6/16/2008



Herbalife Gives to Instanbul Charity  

Children from Istanbul's AIP, Urgent Need Project Foundation (UNPF), ran side by side with Herbalife independent distributors and employees in a fun run to celebrate the opening of a Casa Herbalife program at the center. The grant will allow UNPF to help provide healthy meals and nutritional educati...

Source: PR-Inside.com


Herbalife Gives to Instanbul Charity
Posted 6/9/2008



Herbalife Confirms Resume Error  

Herbalife Ltd. stated Thursday night its President and Chief Operating Officer did not fully complete a MBA degree as it is stated in his biography.

It was confirmed by officials at California State University, Los Angeles that Gregory L. Probert was enrolled in the MBA program in the 1980's but h...

Source: International Business Times


Herbalife Confirms Resume Error
Posted 4/29/2008



Herbalife Hits New Stock High  

Herbalife (HLF) gapped open higher and has continued to climb throughout most of the first hour and a half of trading. The stock is adding onto a strong of gains that began on Monday and is at a new high, up 91 cents at $50.19.

Genzyme Extends Multi-Week Upswing [GENZ]

Genzyme (GENZ) gapped open...

Source: RTT News


Herbalife Hits New Stock High
Posted 4/8/2008



Herbalife Directory Buys Stock  

A director of Herbalife Ltd., which sells weight-management and nutritional supplement products, bought 5,000 shares of stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Friday.

In a Form 4 filed with the SEC, Hal Gaba reported he bought the shares for $44.90 apiece on Wednesday.

I...

Source: Houston Chronicle


Herbalife Directory Buys Stock
Posted 3/12/2008



Herbalife SVP Exercises Options  

A senior vice president of Herbalife Ltd., which sells nutritional supplements and weight loss products, exercised options for 28,900 shares of common stock under a prearranged trading plan, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Thursday.

In a Form 4 filed with the SEC, Thomas Z...

Source: Forbes


Herbalife SVP Exercises Options
Posted 2/25/2008



Herbalife and AYSO Announce Breakthrough Agreement  

AYSO and Herbalife Announce Breakthrough Sponsor Agreement

The American Youth Soccer Organization and Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), a global nutrition and direct selling company, announced a first-ever four-year agreement that makes Herbalife the Official Nutrition Advisor and Official Health and Wel...

Source: Press Release


Herbalife and AYSO Announce Breakthrough Agreement
Posted 1/23/2008



Herbalife Announces Fourth Quarter Earnings  

Herbalife Ltd. Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007 Earnings Release Date and Investor Call

Herbalife Ltd. will release its fourth quarter and full year 2007 financial results after the close of trading on the NYSE on Tuesday, February 26, 2008. The following day, Wednesday, February 27, 20...

Source: Trading Markets


Herbalife Announces Fourth Quarter Earnings
Posted 1/9/2008



Herbalife to Host First Investor Conference  

Kelly Hough started dieting at 13. One at a time, she moved through a sea of options: Jenny Craig, NutriSystem, Slim.Fast, Herbalife, the Cabbage Soup Diet, and, most recently, Atkins.

Last month at Whole Foods, her approach was different. Zipping up the produce aisle, Hough grabbed a plastic-wrap...

Source: WELT ONLINE


Herbalife to Host First Investor Conference
Posted 11/28/2007



Herbalife Boosts 2007 Earnings Outlook  

NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Herbalife Ltd., which sells nutritional supplements and weight loss products, boosted its fiscal 2007 earnings guidance on Tuesday, after reporting that profit spiked 83 percent in the third quarter to top expectations.

Herbalife now expects 2007 earnings per share be...

Source: CNNMoney.com


Herbalife Boosts 2007 Earnings Outlook
Posted 11/12/2007



Herbalife Brews up New Protein Shake  

Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), a global nutrition and direct-selling company, launched a new flavor of its flagship nutritional shake, Cafe Latte Formula 1 Nutritional Shake Mix.

When combined with eight ounces of nonfat milk, the cafe latte protein shake is only 180 calories, and is a healthy altern...

Source: Business Wire


Herbalife Brews up New Protein Shake
Posted 10/31/2007



New GM For Herbalife in the Philippines  

Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF) announced the appointment of Enrico Garcia as general manager of its business in the Philippines.

Garcia is a seasoned sales executive with an extensive resume in direct selling and retail sales. He comes to Herbalife from Nikken Philippines Inc., a direct selling compa...

Source: Business Wire


New GM For Herbalife in the Philippines
Posted 10/18/2007



Herbalife Foundation Opens Program in Zambia  

The Sara Rose Children Foundation, Inc. received a grant from Herbalife Family Foundation’s Casa Herbalife program to improve its ability to serve healthier food to children living in its new facility in Kitwe, Zambia.

In response to the growing number of orphans and abandoned children affected b...

Source: dBusinessNews Los Angeles


Herbalife Foundation Opens Program in Zambia
Posted 10/8/2007



Herbalife Increases Buyback Plan  

Herbalife Ltd., which sells nutritional supplements, said Thursday its board of directors authorized an increase of $150 million to its share repurchase plan.

The increase raises the total authorized amount of shares available for repurchase to $450 million.

To finance a portion of the program,...

Source: Forbes


Herbalife Increases Buyback Plan
Posted 8/27/2007



Herbalife Receives Additional Access in China  

Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) , a global nutrition direct-selling company, announced today that it has received a direct-selling license from China's Ministry of Commerce to conduct business throughout the entire Jiangsu province. In March 2007, the company received permission to conduct business in just two...

Source: NPIcenter


Herbalife Receives Additional Access in China
Posted 7/16/2007



Herbalife Appoints New Manager for Indonesia  

Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) has hired Agung Karso Sardjono as general manger of its Indonesia operations, responsible for expanding the company’s operations and working closely with its distributor leadership. He will report to Vice President, Southeast Asia Edi Hienrich.

Sardjono has 17 years of d...

Source: Business Wire


Herbalife Appoints New Manager for Indonesia
Posted 6/30/2007



Herbalife SVP Sells 22500 Shares  

A senior vice president of nutritional supplement company Herbalife Ltd. exercised options for and then sold 22,500 shares of stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Tuesday.

In a Form 4 filed with the SEC, Sergio Medina Gomez, senior vice president for Mexico and Central A...

Source: MSN Money


Herbalife SVP Sells 22500 Shares
Posted 6/3/2007



Herbalife Appoints New Regional Managing Director  

Mendizabal brings a stellar consumer marketing background to Herbalife based upon best practices developed throughout her career. She joins the company from Johnson & Johnson Consumer Mexico, where she served as general manager of the company’s consumer division. Under her leadership, the company ac...

Source: BUSINESS WIRE


Herbalife Appoints New Regional Managing Director
Posted 5/26/2007



Herbalife Says Acquisition Talks Ended  

Herbalife Says Acquisition Talks With Whitney Ended

April 9 (Bloomberg) -- Herbalife Ltd., a seller of nutritional and weight-loss supplements, said talks about a sale to its largest shareholder Whitney & Co. ended.

A special committee set up to consider an offer was disbanded, Herbalife said t...

Source: Bloomberg


Herbalife Says Acquisition Talks Ended
Posted 4/13/2007



Investment Group Pulls Herbalife Offer  

Investment group pulls its offer for Herbalife

An investment group whose bid for Century City-based Herbalife Ltd. was rejected said Friday that it was withdrawing the $2.7-billion offer — and that it might sell the Herbalife shares it owns or buy some more.

J.H. Whitney & Co., which owns about...

Source: LA Times


Investment Group Pulls Herbalife Offer
Posted 4/2/2007



Herbalife buy estimates raised  

NEW YORK, March 26 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Wedbush Morgan maintain their "buy" rating on Herbalife Ltd (ticker: HLF), while raising their estimates for the company. The 12-month target price is set to $47.

In a research note published this morning, the analysts mention that the company has...

Source: newratings.com


Herbalife buy estimates raised
Posted 3/26/2007



Herbalife Awards 30 Million in Distributor Bonuses  

First Humanitarian Award Presented by Herbalife Family Foundation

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Over 3,000 Herbalife independent distributors gathered for the 2006 Mark Hughes Bonus Awards where Herbalife distributed $30 million in year-end bonuses, the largest pool ever, to its top achievers t...

Source: Business Wire


Herbalife Awards 30 Million in Distributor Bonuses
Posted 3/26/2007



Herbalife to enter Chinese direct sales market  

International dietary supplements marketer Herbalife said it has received its direct-selling license from China's Ministry of Commerce, following a period when the government prohibited direct sales companies.

The global direct marketing company sells weight-management, nutritional supplements and...

Source: Staff Reporter


Herbalife to enter Chinese direct sales market
Posted 3/23/2007



Herbalife Foundation Provides Childrens Grant  

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A grant to establish a Casa Herbalife program at Po Leung Kuk in Hong Kong has been given by the Herbalife Family Foundation (HFF).

The Casa Herbalife program, created in 2005, works with existing charitable organizations around the world to help provide healthy and...

Source: BUSINESS WIRE


Herbalife Foundation Provides Childrens Grant
Posted 3/13/2007



Herbalife 4Q Profit Jumps 39 Percent  

Herbalife Ltd., which sells nutritional supplements and other weight management products, said Monday its fourth-quarter profit grew 39 percent on stronger sales worldwide.

Quarterly earnings rose to $41.7 million, or 56 cents per share, from $30 million, or 41 cents per share, in the prior-year p...

Source: Npros.com


Herbalife 4Q Profit Jumps 39 Percent
Posted 3/3/2007



Herbalife Statement in Iceland  

From Borre Gjersvik, Nordic Director, Herbalife:

Herbalife products have been sold in Iceland for the past seven years with the full approval of all the appropriate regulatory authorities and we have ongoing dialogue with the State Drug Inspectorate (SDI).

Consumer confidence in the safety and...

Source: Iceland Daily News


Herbalife Statement in Iceland
Posted 2/10/2007



Herbalife Hires Goldman Sachs After Bid  

According to the Los Angeles Business Journal, Herbalife has hired Goldman Sachs after the recent aquisition bid made for the company stock.

'Herbalife Ltd. has retained financial and legal advisers to help it review an acquisition proposal by private equity firm Whitney V LP – the first ...'...

Source: Los Angeles Business Journal


Herbalife Hires Goldman Sachs After Bid
Posted 2/10/2007



Group Makes Official Herbalife Bid  

Group has made an official bid for Herbalife Ltd.

LOS ANGELES-- A private investment group that owns more than a quarter of Herbalife Ltd., the direct seller of nutritional and weight-loss supplements, has made a bid for the entire company, Herbalife said Friday.

J.H. Whitney & Co., which took H...

Source: Belleville News


Group Makes Official Herbalife Bid
Posted 2/8/2007



Herbalife Stock Soars on Buy Offer  

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Amazon.com Inc. were active Friday evening as investors continued to digest the company's quarterly results, while shares of Herbalife Ltd. shot up 18% after the nutritional supplement maker said that it has received a buyout offer.

Shares of Herbalife jump...

Source: MarketWatch


Herbalife Stock Soars on Buy Offer
Posted 2/4/2007



Herbalife Investor Bids for Firm  

J.H. Whitney & Co.'s offer values the maker of nutritional supplements at $2.7 billion. It already owns 27% of the shares.

A private investment group that owns more than a quarter of Herbalife Ltd., the Century City-based direct seller of nutritional and weight-loss supplements, has made a bid for...

Source: Herbalife


Herbalife Investor Bids for Firm
Posted 2/4/2007



Herbalife Moving to Downtown LA  

Herbalife to move downtown

Herbalife Ltd. said Wednesday that it would move its U.S. headquarters to downtown Los Angeles from Century City in 2008, giving a boost to downtown and the L.A. Live project.

The maker of nutritional supplements and weight management products will be one of the anchor...

Source: Npros.com


Herbalife Moving to Downtown LA
Posted 11/16/2006



United Thera and Herbalife Settle Suit  

SILVER SPRING, Md. — United Therapeutics Corp., a biotechnology company, said Monday its subsidiary Unither Pharma Inc. settled a three-year-old patent dispute with nutritional supplements maker Herbalife Ltd.

Financial terms of the settlement were not disclosed.

United Therapeutics said under t...

Source: Chron.com


United Thera and Herbalife Settle Suit
Posted 11/13/2006



Herbalife Launches Best Defense  

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), a global nutrition direct-selling company, is launching Best Defense™, an effervescent tablet that boosts the body’s immune system.

The dietary supplement contains a powerful combination of echinacea, standardized as 15 percent polysacchari...

Source: Press Release


Herbalife Launches Best Defense
Posted 10/24/2006



Herbalife Q2 Earnings Surge  

Herbalife Q2 Earnings Surge 60% Buoyed By Strong Sales - Update

(RTTNews) - Wednesday after the bell, Herbalife Ltd. (HLF | charts | news | PowerRating) announced second quarter results , reporting earnings that rose from last year, attributable to double-digit net sales growth and lower interes...

Source: Trading Markets


Herbalife Q2 Earnings Surge
Posted 8/5/2006



Herbalife says may refinance credit facility  

LOS ANGELES, June 27 (Reuters) - Nutritional supplement company Herbalife Ltd. (HLF.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Tuesday it is considering refinancing with a new senior secured credit facility.

If the refinancing is consummated, some of the proceeds may be used to repay or redeem substanti...

Source: Reuters


Herbalife says may refinance credit facility
Posted 6/28/2006



Herbalife Feeling Much More Fit  

Nutritional Supplement Seller Feeling Much More Fit These Days

After years of controversy, bad publicity, legal problems — even tragedy — Herbalife (HLF) seems to have put its worst days behind it.

The direct seller of everything from nutritional supplements to skin lotions has posted three stra...

Source: Investor.com


Herbalife Feeling Much More Fit
Posted 6/17/2006



Herbalife Sponsors LA Riptide  

Herbalife Announces Sponsorship of Lacrosse's New L.A. Riptide; Agreement Furthers Company's Strategy to Align with Sports and Provide Sampling Opportunities to Independent Distributors

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 2006--Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) continues its presence on the sport...

Source: Business Wire


Herbalife Sponsors LA Riptide
Posted 6/5/2006



Herbalife Adds Uk Sports Specialist  

Herbalife Adds UK Sports Specialist Ralph Rogers, M.D., Ph.D. FECSS, FACSM FFSEM (RCSI) to Medical Advisory Board 2006-05-18 - Herbalife Ltd.

LOS ANGELES, May 18, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) has expanded its Medical Advisory Board (MAB) with the addition of Ralph Rogers, M.D., P...

Source: NPI


Herbalife Adds Uk Sports Specialist
Posted 5/19/2006



Herbalife Announces Record 1Q Sales  

Herbalife Ltd. Announces Record First-Quarter Net Sales; Company Raises Full Year Earnings Per Share Guidance

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2006--Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) today reported record first-quarter net sales of $455.8 million, an increase of 22.5 percent compared to the same peri...

Source: Business Wire


Herbalife Announces Record 1Q Sales
Posted 5/7/2006



Herbalife Names Colombe M Nicholas to Board of Directors  

Herbalife Names Colombe M. Nicholas to Board of Directors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 2006--Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) today announced the appointment of Colombe M. Nicholas to its board of directors at its 2006 annual shareholders meeting. Nicholas joins 10 current members of the Board, w...

Source: Business Wire


Herbalife Names Colombe M Nicholas to Board of Directors
Posted 5/5/2006



Herbalife Opens New Offices  

Herbalife Opens New Offices in Mexico, Spain, Holland and South Africa LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 2006--Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) announced the opening of new corporate facilities in Guadalajara, Mexico; Barcelona, Spain; Utrecht, Holland; and Cape Town, South Africa. The expansion is in...

Source: Business Wire


Herbalife Opens New Offices
Posted 5/5/2006



Herbalife Establishes Casa Herbalife in Mexico  

The Herbalife Family Foundation (HFF) established its first Casa Herbalife in Mexico today at Albergue Infantil Los Pinos, a non-profit organization that provides social services to disadvantaged children, in Guadalajara. This is the 11th Casa Herbalife program established around the world.

Alber...

Source: Finanzen.net


Herbalife Establishes Casa Herbalife in Mexico
Posted 4/25/2006



Herbalife Sponsors California Events  

Herbalife Sponsors Series of Events in California; Company Signs Two Los Angeles Galaxy Players

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2006--Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) announced a series of new sponsorships in southern and northern California. The company's sponsorship strategy is to enhance the...

Source: Npros.com


Herbalife Sponsors California Events
Posted 4/20/2006



Herbalife Ltd. Announces First Quarter 2006 Earnings  

Herbalife Ltd. Announces First Quarter 2006 Earnings Release Date and Conference Call LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 2006--Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) will release its first quarter 2006 financial results after the close of trading on the NYSE on Wednesday, May 3, 2006. The following day, Th...

Source: Business Wire


Herbalife Ltd. Announces First Quarter 2006 Earnings
Posted 4/7/2006



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