Bill Ackman
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EDITORIAL: Herbalife And Polarization In The Latino Community
The PP Blog’s take on Bill Ackman’s take on Herbalife is that the Los Angeles-based MLM firm dupes prospects into believing they’re boarding the bus to Disneyland, but it’s really the bus to Jurassic Park. Latinos, African Americans and other vulnerable populations pile on bus after bus and become financial protein for the pyramid scheme […]
EDITORIAL: Death Of An MLM Salesman — Brought To You Via Empower Network’s ‘Badass’ Button
If you’re an MLM company facing a PR problem or a crisis involving the firm and its distributors, don’t expect fellow MLM firm Empower Network to solve it for you. In fact, it’s probably prudent to expect that Empower Network will only magnify your bad press or virally blab the things you’re trying to keep […]
Series Of News Releases From Purported MLM Trainer Plants Seed That Federal Trade Commission Has Given Green Light To Several Opportunities, Including Herbalife
EDITOR’S NOTE: The PP Blog called the Federal Trade Commission to get its take on these news releases, which use the agency’s name and imply that the FTC recently has given several MLM “opportunities” a clean bill of health. The agency did not immediately respond. What would you think if you read a headline on […]
BULLETIN: KPMG Discloses Chicanery In Its ‘Los Angeles Business Unit’; Shares Of Herbalife Temporarily Halted; MLM Firm Says KPMG Told It That KPMG-Employed Auditor Was Engaging In ‘Insider Trading’ Of Herbalife Stock
Shares of MLM company Herbalife were halted this morning after its auditor — KPMG — issued a statement yesterday that it was informed “late last week” that “the partner in charge of KPMG’s audit practice in our Los Angeles business unit was involved in providing non-public client information to a third party, who then used […]