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High-tech incubator Blueseed not the first to target high seas
PALO ALTO -- Forget building a startup. Max Marty and Dario Mutabdzija want to build a startup colony. And they want to put it in the Pacific Ocean –- out of the reach of restrictive U.S. immigration laws they say keep high-skilled immigrants...
Tags: Bodies of Water, Oceans, Kevin Costner, Media Industry, Career and Workplace
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Consumer group urges FTC to investigate Herbalife
A consumer advocacy group has called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the business practices of Herbalife Ltd., a Los Angeles nutritional products company that’s been described as a pyramid scheme by hedge fund manager Bill Ackman...
Tags: Herbalife Limited, Consumers, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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The five biggest lies about entitlement programs
Everybody loves lists. Most of those you see in the papers or online tend toward the inconsequential (The Six Best "Fast & Furious" Movies). So here's a list with a bit more gravitas: The five biggest lies you're being told about entitlement programs....
Tags: Taxation, Career and Workplace, Employees, Insurance, Retirement
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Herbalife is global giant with business model in question
Stock spotlight is a new weekly feature that will profile a notable, public company. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: Herbalife: A caption for a photo with the Stock Spotlight column in the Feb. 25 Section A said customers were participating in an...
Tags: Prices, Stock Market, David Einhorn, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Nutrition
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Exchange-traded funds gain on traditional mutual funds
In the early 1990s, executives of the now-defunct American Stock Exchange hatched a revolutionary idea: a hybrid mutual fund-type investment that would trade like a stock. But in an era when hot-handed mutual fund managers had rock-star status, the...
Tags: Personal Finance, Financial Markets, Financial and Business Services, Stock Market, 401K
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Rising interest rates pose issue for target-date mutual funds
The appeal of age-based mutual funds is that investors generally don't have to worry about them. The funds are geared toward long-term goals such as retirement or a child's college education, and automatically shift into more conservative holdings...
Tags: Personal Finance, Money and Monetary Policy, Bonds, Career and Workplace, Credit Ratings
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Herbalife gives Icahn two seats on board, shares increase
Herbalife Ltd. announced an agreement with billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who owns more than 13% of Herbalife's stock, that will allow him to add two members to its board and give him the right to increase his holdings to one-quarter of the company&...
Tags: Herbalife Limited, Carl Icahn, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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Fund practices patience to maximize profits
Things at the Nicholas Fund in Milwaukee haven't changed as much as you might expect in its 44 years. Albert "Ab" Nicholas is still running the show, just as he has since it opened in 1969. He's still hunting for attractively priced stocks that his...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, O'Reilly Automotive Incorporated, Warren Buffett, Earnings, Apple iPhone
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Pro-James 'super PAC' receives $200,000 donation
L.A. NOWAn independent committee supporting Kevin James in the mayoral contest received a new infusion of cash, according to disclosure documents filed with the city over the weekend. Better Way L.A., which has been airing ads on behalf of the sole...... -
Herbalife cozies up with UCLA
Herbalife International says it's all about helping people "pursue healthy, active lives." UCLA's Geffen School of Medicine likes to think of itself as being in the forefront of medical research and modern healthcare. But the curious relationship...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Research, Pistachios, University of California, Los Angeles, Colleges and Universities
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Is Herbalife planning a campaign against critic Bill Ackman?
This just got personal. Herbalife Ltd. has obtained the rights to domain names such as therealbillackman.com and billackman.net, a sign that the Los Angeles nutritional products company may be planning a public campaign against one of its biggest...
Tags: Herbalife Limited, Fraud, Corporate Crime
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Herbalife says its earnings soared in fourth quarter
Herbalife Ltd. reported that sales of its weight-loss and nutrition products increased significantly in the fourth quarter, even as a hedge fund manager was preparing a massive campaign to short its stock. The Los Angeles company said it earned $1.05...
Tags: Herbalife Limited, Carl Icahn
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