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-- Globalgroup Investment Holdings, Inc. (pinksheets:GIHI) announced today that its subsidiary Sovereign Oil Corp has completed the initial clean-up of the Baker lease tank battery in preparation for oil storage from the accessible production of the 9 existing wells and 3 additional wells scheduled to be re-worked in Q1. The electricity has been tested and oil is expected to begin flowing by mid-month.
Under the terms of the acquisition Sovereign has an additional 60 days in which to complete its due diligence and all oil recovered during this period shall be the property of Sovereign Oil & Gas. Sovereign expects to close the acquisition by March 1st 2013.
Fred Rackers, President of Globalgroup Investment Holdings, Inc., stated, "The secondary recovery drilling of the three wells on the Baker lease in Kansas in addition to the 9 existing producing wells is just the beginning. Several additional wells are anticipated to be drilled later this year on the Baker lease." Mr. Rackers continued, "The production from the 9 existing wells and projected production from the 3 wells to be re-worked will result in improved cash flow for Globalgroup throughout 2013."
Upon completing the 3 re-works and restart of the 9 existing wells, GIHI's petroleum division expects annual revenues at current market prices to add an additional $200,000 annually.
About Globalgroup Investment Holdings, Inc. Globalgroup provides a viable online shopping alternative for fiscally challenged consumers by offering quality name brand products at affordable prices, regardless of household income, through credit alternatives and time-payment options. Globalgroup also offers technology solutions such as GlobalLOK(TM) that address the computer payment collection challenges associated with rent to own, pay as you go and no-credit-check computer markets, and in other industries where remote PCs and laptops are deployed. Sovereign Oil, a wholly owned subsidiary, has its emphasis on oil and gas exploration, drilling, and well completion.
This company is for all healthcare not just MJ.
This company is for all healthcare not just MJ.
THE ENTIRE MARKET IS DOWN EXCEPT MWIP woot!! In it to win it LONG TERM BABY
Every marijuana associated stock has mdbx potential. Especially as the united states retarded government understands that by legalization they can generate billions alone in taxes. And then apply those taxes into healthcare especially medicare and medicaid as well as maybe build many mental health hospitals to stick those individuals to finally start preventing some fucking shootings ya digg!!
Every marijuana associated stock has mdbx potential. Especially as the united states retarded government understands that by legalization they can generate billions alone in taxes. And then apply those taxes into healthcare especially medicare and medicaid as well as maybe build many mental health hospitals to stick those individuals to finally start preventing some fucking shootings ya digg!!
Regulation is what needs to be addressed now in medical marijuana and recreation use. And what is the solution?? MWIP!! Smart people are going to be loading up on this for the long term my friends.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/05/16356880-in-los-angeles-advocates-push-dueling-medical-marijuana-measures?lite
This is a stock for the long term FOOLS. Marijuana support is growing in our nation and eventually will be legalized. This is not going to happen over a few days so forget your dumb candlestick projections that mean nothing here. Legalization may take a year may take 5. But this stock has a good potential of being worth a couple hundred pps. This stock should grow past mjna fairly quickly as more educated people start recognizing it, because it is useful in all healthcare professions.
Cannot WAIT for the weeks to come!!! Next couple months are going to be exciting and I am glad to be in on this early!
Proper deals take time. Just supports that managements are not rushing into the deals they are making sure everything is being covered prior to signing. SHould bring some nice revenues to the company.
Proper deals take time. Just supports that managements are not rushing into the deals they are making sure everything is being covered prior to signing. SHould bring some nice revenues to the company.
"Globalgroup Investment Holdings, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: GIHI) announced today that its subsidiary Sovereign Oil Corp has completed the initial clean-up of the Baker lease tank battery in preparation for oil storage from the accessible production of the 9 existing wells and 3 additional wells scheduled to be re-worked in Q1. The electricity has been tested and oil is expected to begin flowing by mid-month.
Under the terms of the acquisition Sovereign has an additional 60 days in which to complete its due diligence and all oil recovered during this period shall be the property of Sovereign Oil & Gas. Sovereign expects to close the acquisition by March 1st 2013.
Fred Rackers, President of Globalgroup Investment Holdings, Inc., stated, "The secondary recovery drilling of the three wells on the Baker lease in Kansas in addition to the 9 existing producing wells is just the beginning. Several additional wells are anticipated to be drilled later this year on the Baker lease." Mr. Rackers continued, "The production from the 9 existing wells and projected production from the 3 wells to be re-worked will result in improved cash flow for Globalgroup throughout 2013."
Upon completing the 3 re-works and restart of the 9 existing wells, GIHI's petroleum division expects annual revenues at current market prices to add an additional $200,000 annually."
I just have this bullish vision of 100 companies looking into buying this company and merging. THe environment is already in trouble. Within my field dentistry: we have gone digital in everything (no more paper records at all no more "paper" x-rays either). Paper leads to high unreasonable costs especially for hospitals. Along with many mistakes and loss of information. Now is time for all medical areas to get rid of paper and turn to digital. Especially for tracking! Endless possibilities for this company.
This trend is heading south my friends.
Important: Does anyone have any market/revenue data on these types of games. In my opinion there is not much of any demand for these games, reviews for the games are bad, and they are severely overpriced. However, I would like to be convinced by some real positive data to jump on this ship rather than just hype and a weak chart with a spike that may be misleading. If anyone can find any real positive data on the type of games themselves count me in to bid on the ask. Thanks.
Hey guys I am out. Turned a nice profit. I think it will rise to 45 still though. Goodluck!!
As soon as these people start hitting the ask it should explode.. being cheap babies.
MWIP Going to explode may be the new MDBX
Do you know how much it costs to reallocate corporate headquarters in favor of proper legislation?
MediSwipe Inc. Announces New Corporate Headquarters in Michigan
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New State Legislation Favoring Medical Marijuana and Medical Dispensaries Offers Company Growing Business Opportunities
LOS ANGELES, CA -- (MARKETWIRE) -- 01/03/13 -- MediSwipe Inc. (www.MediSwipe.com) (OTCQB: MWIP), a patient security solutions and financial products company for the health care industry, announced today that the Company has relocated its corporate headquarters from South Florida to Birmingham, Michigan effective immediately. The Company made the decision to relocate to Michigan based on recent and favorable state legislation regarding medical marijuana and dispensary laws as early as two weeks ago in December 2012.
While Colorado, Washington and Massachusetts have grabbed the spotlight during the elections, the state of Michigan made plenty of headway as well, though in an indirect way. Voters in four cities -- Detroit, Grand Rapids, Flint and Ypsilanti -- backed initiatives to decriminalize marijuana or make cannabis a low priority for law enforcement officials.
Key members of the MediSwipe leadership team, including President B. Michael Friedman and legal counsel, will be based in the state as well as some of the Company's largest shareholders. As one of the fastest growing medical marijuana states, Michigan will also provide a strong community of support for the growing Company.
Michigan's recent legislation adds clarification and restrictions to the voter-approved medical marijuana act of 2008 and got the required support from three-fourths of legislators. The changes are the result of many months of meetings with stakeholders and committee hearings with testimony from law enforcement officials, doctors, medical marijuana caregivers and patient advocates.
Two main bills got 29-9 and 30-8 votes in the Republican-led Senate. Shortly after, the GOP-controlled House voted 98-7 and 100-5 to send them to Gov. Rick Snyder.
HB 4834 requires a driver's license or state ID card to obtain medical marijuana patient registration cards, extends the card's expiration from one to two years, and attempts to address a backlog of card applications by calling for the state to contract with a private company to help process and issue registration cards.
It also would allow the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs to verify the validity of registry cards to members of law enforcement, without disclosing more information than necessary.
HB 4851 adds conditions for a "bona fide physician-patient relationship," which is required for medical marijuana cardholders.
"I felt this move was a necessary and important move for the Company, and will allow us to keep a close pulse on the industry as we continue to introduce innovative products to businesses and patients in Michigan and surrounding states proposing similar legislation. While the states out west including Colorado and Washington figure out total legalization, we would prefer to focus on and be the dominant player within the east coast and Midwest markets like Michigan, New Jersey, Massachusetts and potential new emerging markets like Ohio and Vermont, keeping our east coast roots as well as remaining close to our investment banking partners on Wall Street," stated B. Michael Friedman.
"Right now, MediSwipe can offer server or cloud based patient record scanning and record storage through our DigitalID software, bill pay and cashless payment kiosks for alternative payment solutions as well as mobile platform solutions for coupons, prescription alerts and renewals. Any dispensary or healthcare operation seeking more information on the MediSwipe suite of products may call our offices at 561.296.6393," further stated Friedman.
About MediSwipe Inc.
MediSwipe Inc. (www.MediSwipe.com) provides innovative patient solutions for electronically processing transactions within the healthcare industry. MediSwipe provides a terminal based service packages and an integrated Web Portal add-ons for physicians, clinics, hospitals and medical dispensaries that include: digital patient records, Electronic Referrals, Credit/Debit Card merchant services, Check Guarantee and alternative medical Financing.
FORWARD-LOOKING DISCLAIMER
This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements and information, as defined within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is subject to the Safe Harbor created by those sections. This material contains statements about expected future events and/or financial results that are forward-looking in nature and subject to risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements by definition involve risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of MediSwipe Inc. to be materially different from the statements made herein.
CONTACT:
MediSwipe Inc.
www.MediSwipe.com
Investor Relations:
561.296.6393
Email Contact
Released January 3, 2013
MediSwipe Inc. Announces New Corporate Headquarters in Michigan
Download PDF
New State Legislation Favoring Medical Marijuana and Medical Dispensaries Offers Company Growing Business Opportunities
LOS ANGELES, CA -- (MARKETWIRE) -- 01/03/13 -- MediSwipe Inc. (www.MediSwipe.com) (OTCQB: MWIP), a patient security solutions and financial products company for the health care industry, announced today that the Company has relocated its corporate headquarters from South Florida to Birmingham, Michigan effective immediately. The Company made the decision to relocate to Michigan based on recent and favorable state legislation regarding medical marijuana and dispensary laws as early as two weeks ago in December 2012.
While Colorado, Washington and Massachusetts have grabbed the spotlight during the elections, the state of Michigan made plenty of headway as well, though in an indirect way. Voters in four cities -- Detroit, Grand Rapids, Flint and Ypsilanti -- backed initiatives to decriminalize marijuana or make cannabis a low priority for law enforcement officials.
Key members of the MediSwipe leadership team, including President B. Michael Friedman and legal counsel, will be based in the state as well as some of the Company's largest shareholders. As one of the fastest growing medical marijuana states, Michigan will also provide a strong community of support for the growing Company.
Michigan's recent legislation adds clarification and restrictions to the voter-approved medical marijuana act of 2008 and got the required support from three-fourths of legislators. The changes are the result of many months of meetings with stakeholders and committee hearings with testimony from law enforcement officials, doctors, medical marijuana caregivers and patient advocates.
Two main bills got 29-9 and 30-8 votes in the Republican-led Senate. Shortly after, the GOP-controlled House voted 98-7 and 100-5 to send them to Gov. Rick Snyder.
HB 4834 requires a driver's license or state ID card to obtain medical marijuana patient registration cards, extends the card's expiration from one to two years, and attempts to address a backlog of card applications by calling for the state to contract with a private company to help process and issue registration cards.
It also would allow the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs to verify the validity of registry cards to members of law enforcement, without disclosing more information than necessary.
HB 4851 adds conditions for a "bona fide physician-patient relationship," which is required for medical marijuana cardholders.
"I felt this move was a necessary and important move for the Company, and will allow us to keep a close pulse on the industry as we continue to introduce innovative products to businesses and patients in Michigan and surrounding states proposing similar legislation. While the states out west including Colorado and Washington figure out total legalization, we would prefer to focus on and be the dominant player within the east coast and Midwest markets like Michigan, New Jersey, Massachusetts and potential new emerging markets like Ohio and Vermont, keeping our east coast roots as well as remaining close to our investment banking partners on Wall Street," stated B. Michael Friedman.
"Right now, MediSwipe can offer server or cloud based patient record scanning and record storage through our DigitalID software, bill pay and cashless payment kiosks for alternative payment solutions as well as mobile platform solutions for coupons, prescription alerts and renewals. Any dispensary or healthcare operation seeking more information on the MediSwipe suite of products may call our offices at 561.296.6393," further stated Friedman.
About MediSwipe Inc.
MediSwipe Inc. (www.MediSwipe.com) provides innovative patient solutions for electronically processing transactions within the healthcare industry. MediSwipe provides a terminal based service packages and an integrated Web Portal add-ons for physicians, clinics, hospitals and medical dispensaries that include: digital patient records, Electronic Referrals, Credit/Debit Card merchant services, Check Guarantee and alternative medical Financing.
FORWARD-LOOKING DISCLAIMER
This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements and information, as defined within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is subject to the Safe Harbor created by those sections. This material contains statements about expected future events and/or financial results that are forward-looking in nature and subject to risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements by definition involve risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of MediSwipe Inc. to be materially different from the statements made herein.
CONTACT:
MediSwipe Inc.
www.MediSwipe.com
Investor Relations:
561.296.6393
Email Contact
Released January 3, 2013
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I'm staying long just put a couple hundred in. Hoping this turns out like mdbx!
Ah thanks that helps a bit, but how about the price being controlled at below .4 what is up with that?
Just went back through time and spent 2 hours reading about this company because I was so interested. However, it appears that the price of this stock is being controlled at .40 and never allowed to go above .42. Let alone that they are going to owe their credit agencies soon and let alone have not reached above 1 dollar yet so they are in trouble there as well..
Can someone interpret this for me please?
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1079282/000139390512000486/bmsn_ex102.htm
Just moved to chicago and Jewel osco is the only grocery store I see. It is everywhere. So I am watching this stock since i'll be buying all my groceries from there lol.
Down 12.5%. Boom in wrong direction.
https://www.facebook.com/Herbalife?group_id=0,
Join the other 500,000 plus people @ Herbalife's Facebook on advice to a healthier new year!!
You exercise to get in shape not drink a drink lol.
RBBROOKE from seeking alpha a former distributer
"For context....I have been a competitor of HLFs for 36 years including serving on the Direct Selling Board of Directors and its Ethics Committee. I have written several books, dozens of articles on the MLM business model and speak about it all over the world.
I cringed while watching Ackman's presentation both for its exposure of inconsistencies in HFLs presentation and for its blatant ignorance and misappropriation of facts. Some of the things he brought forth were embarrassing for HFL. Hype and perhaps playing stupid with the numbers. Our profession as a whole is full of hype and playing loose . But ironically no industry has more blatantly defrauded the public than Wall Street and the investor community. Just look at what Ackman is allowed to do.
His rouse should be illegal and is costing a lot of innocent investors and distributors hundreds of millions.
A couple of things to consider:
1. HFLs internal consumption percentage has zero bearing on its business model or whether the FTC considers it a pyramid. Internal consumption is part of our business model. Some billion dollar companies have near 100% internal consumption and been in business growing profitably for decades. To make internal consumption an issue is ignorant at best.
2. HLF is a cash business. All sales to distributors are for cash as are those distributors sales to customers internal or external. As such HFL is free to report all their sales as sales. This is not a flooring or consignment model like the auto companies.
3.HFLs commissions are paid for sales not for recruiting as Ackman portrayed. That part of his presentation was so misrepresented, that if I were HFL I would sue him on that set of slides alone. He choose to ignore the most basic tenants of our business model.
4. For those of you considering long...HFLs sales force in the US is mostly lower socioeconomic with a large percent non english speaking. They do not invest, don't follow this stuff and could care less who Ackman is. This will not impact their love for HFL. And the vast majority of HFLs sales are in foreign markets where they care even less. Count on HLFs sales to continue to grow for another few decades at least.
5. And lastly regarding HLFs overpriced commodity products. Right on. They are overpriced for what you get. But Ackman intentionally misses a key point. So are Nieman Marcus products. So are Whole Foods. So is Starbucks. So are most brokerage firms. The art of marketing and business is to package your product in such a way so as to maximize your margins and sales. Otherwise why compete?
Environment and context determine price. Enough people will pay NM prices so they can say they did. Enough people will pay for Starbucks so as to visit the mini mecca and been seen...same for whole foods.
Last night I sort of happily paid $16 for barely acceptable popcorn, Vitamin water ( which by the way there is nothing healthy about cept better than diet coke) and a cup of ice for my V water. $4.50 for the cup of ice. Why did I pay these extortionist prices? Because I was at the movies.
HFLs products are packaged with an opportunity for people who don't have a lot of opportunity to break out and either make some extra income or make a lot. Do most people succeed? Of course not. Do most people pursuing any dream of financial freedom succeed?
Yes, too many MLM companies lie about and hype the opportunity. Some of us are fighting hard to clean that up but unfortunately lying about your product and business is the american way. Just scan the headlines for banking and the investment communities. The fines are in the hundreds of millions and now a record 1.92 billion for HSBC. They can afford it. They made a lot more that than in the fraud.
The public must appreciate HFLs packaged offer of product and opportunity ( popcorn at the movies) or HFL would not be able to grow and grow and grow for 30 years. And done so through some amazing adversity including FDA indictments, fierce competition, the death of their iconic founder, buyouts, going public, going private, going public etc. This investor manipulation scheme will not deter people from going to this movie.
Ps.. Berkshire Hathaway owns 3 Direct Sales companies one of which is The Pampered Chef which is a MLM company...not quite as "MLM" as HFL but it is in the same space. Buffet is quoted as saying TPC was the best investment BH ever made.
People need to do their homework. Don't take my word for anything...I am an insider...biased and knowledgeable. Certainly dont take Ackmans word for it. His presentation is biased and missing a few key cards in the deck. "
And FINISHED EVEN STRONGER
Herbalife!!! Looking to double up catch it before it sky rockets and you are left in the dust!
Addressing the pyramid and who cares. This was posted on seekingalpha by someone else. I like this guy's (MFENTONREB's) thoughts.
"Here is my take on Herbalife and whether or not they are a pyramid scheme. I am not a legal expert on pyramid schemes and I am not an expert on the inner workings of Herbalife. However, I want to make some comparisons between Herbalife and the way other retailers do business using different semantics.
Costco, for example, has members. A huge percentage of those members are solely a consumer of the products they buy from Costco. A small percentage of Costco members own small retail businesses and buy some of their inventory from Costo to resell. This sounds similar to Herbalife to me whereas some distributors only sign up to get the discount and are truely only a consumer, and others sign up to operate their own Herbalife business. This is the exact reason I have a Costco membership. I want to be able to buy products cheaper than I can elsewhere for my own personal consumption. Another bearish argument I hear about Herbalife is that distrubutors get better discounts by buying more product so in turn it is an incentive to recruit more distributors. Costco is able to purchase products at a better wholesale price, too. Because Costco purchases in such large quantities. This is nothing new.
Now lets look at DirecTV. I am a member of DirecTV and pay a membership fee of around $80 per month. Oh wait, I forgot (sarcastically) DirecTV doesn't refer to me as a member, they refer to me as a customer (sorry, my bad). However, DirecTV allows me to resell their service and gives me a recruiting bonus of of $10 per month off my bill for each new customer (member) I help them recruit, hmmm! Why isn't DirecTV a pyramid scheme? I've also heard the bearish argument that Herbalife pays its distributors to recruiting, just like DirecTV. This is not an uncommon practice. Most business is done by referral and good testimonials. This is a brilliant business model by DirecTV and by Herbalife. But if you don't offer people a financial incentive, they won't want to help bring in new people since they are not being rewarded for their efforts. I will reiterate that I really don't know anything about the specifics of Herbalife's compensation plan, but I'm merely making comparisons between the bearish arguments about Herbalife and how their general business model compares to other companies that are using some of the same strategies.
Are you starting to see a pattern here as to how semantics and expectations play a huge role in whether or not a company is a pyramid scheme? I honestly don't know whether or not Herbalife can be crammed into the definition of a pyramid scheme or not. But what seems to make sense to me is even if Herbalife can somehow be construed as a pyramid scheme, they might only need to make slight changes to the semantics of how they do business, and without changing their business model become perfectly legal.
I find it hard to believe that Herbalife could have existed for 32 years without the government realizing that they are an illegal pyramid scheme and shutting them down. I also find it hard to believe that they went through the exhaustive process of becoming a publicly traded company and still, nobody noticed that they were an illegal pyramid scheme. I question whether or not the bearish people writing bearish articles are referring to Herbalife as a pyramid scheme in the actual legal sense or the theoretical sense. Only a court can decide and make a statement as to whether or not Herbalife is breaking the law and operating under the legal definition of a pyramid scheme. Whether Herbalife is operating under the theory of a pyramid scheme or not is a different story but not necessarily illegal and quite possibly sustainable. Costco and DirecTV are both sustainable entities and incorporate similar strategies as Herbalife.
Here is my opinion on Herbalife. I think they are sustainable because people are consuming their products, seem to like their products and seem to plan to indefinitely continue to consume their products. The reason any company can remain in business is simply because they sell products or services and people continue to buy those products or services. Herbalife is selling a lot of product. The people consuming these products are consumers. They may also be distributors but semantically speaking they are consumers. As long as Herbalife is selling products to anyone that wants to consume those products and as long as Herbalife is making a profit selling these products either to distributor-consumers or regular consumers, they will continue to be a sustainable entity.
Why must Herbalife go out of business if it is discovered that their business model is illegal or unsustainable over time? Why can't they simply make minor modifications to their business model? Just about every company in existence must continually evaluate and modify their business model in order to remain competitive. Avon made minor modifications to its business model a few years ago. If Herbalife is making billions of dollars and paying what must be millions of dollars in taxes, and creating jobs in these dire economic times, I doubt anyone wants to see them go out of business, except the few bears that will greatly profit if Herbalife fails and this would be purely selfish reasoning.
There is one final argument I must present. It is extraordinarily unlikely that anyone will ever be successful at anything working an hour a day. I don't care what business you are in, generally in order to be successful you must work on your business almost every waking moment. Successful self employed people work 12 hours a day or more to make their business successful. Herbalife is no different. If people are failing at Herbalife it is because they are not cut out to be self employed and do not have the dedication it takes to succeed being self employed in any business. I believe anyone who is dedicated and willing to work hard can succeed at at Herbalife or any other business they so choose. It's only a matter of dedicating the time and effort necessary. In addition, it is much less expensive to start an Herbalife business than say a restaurant or flower shop. This makes it a viable business opportunity for a huge number of people that may not have enough to start a business with more expensive start up costs. Herbalife should be commended for the opportunity they are giving people.
One of today's notable stocks on the rise is Herbalife (NYSE:HLF), up 4.7% to $30.77. The S&P is trading higher by 0.2% to 1,405 and the Dow is trading fractionally lower to 12,925.
Herbalife share prices have moved between a 52-week high of $73.00 and a 52-week low of $24.24 and are now trading 27% above that low price at $30.77 per share. Over the past week, the 200-day moving average (MA) has gone down 1.6% while the 50-day MA has declined 4%.
Herbalife Ltd. is a network marketing company that sells weight management, nutritional supplement and personal care products. The Company sells its products globally through a network of independent distributors. Herbalife also sells literature and promotional materials.
Herbalife (NYSE:HLF) has potential upside of 158.6% based on a current price of $30.77 and analysts' consensus price target of $79.57. The stock should find initial resistance at its 50-day moving average (MA) of $45.17 and further resistance at its 200-day MA of $51.49.
Yeah I regretfully bought MP Assault awhile ago by mistake.
It is specifically on topic, and all those other companies are all private anyways.. Too bad for all of us stock buyers.
O yeah no doubt all supplement companies will sell because very few know what they are actually buying. MP is sugar water and does not compare to real products like cellucor c4, jack3d, or NaNO vapor. Go ask anyone who takes workout supps.
Not buying till .012 where it belongs
Nice links. I just picked up load of shares and won't sell till where the experts are forecasting. $48/share within a few months.
OO I get you now. Well anyways, as long as people are willing to purchase the product regardless of reselling it themselves the company still thrives. Therefore, the company is alive since the company receives significant revenues on a quarterly basis.
And more so alive as obesity is the number one problem in america. These supplement companies are worth billions and no matter their business strategy our government doesn't care and neither does the FDA. Especially, since they employ such a tremendous amount of people. And the products directly and indirectly motivate people to loose weight. All positive for the society we live in.
People can buy supplements and get motivated to work out maybe spend a couple hundred dollars each person and have the opportunity to be further motivated and resell products themselves to make some extra cash.
OR
People can just sit on their asses suck up unemployment checks become obese, get diabetes, chronic arterial disease and what not that will end up costing hundreds of thousands over their life time.
The cost benefit analysis favors supplement companies probably throughout the next generations of time. Older people probably are naive and don't see this but me as a 23 years old I see this and don't know anyone that doesn't take supplement products.