[dfwgator]

Guess they didn’t make a big enough payment to the DNC coffers.

[BADROTOFINGER]

I recently read something about this. The government is attacking Herbalife in order to manipulate the value of the company so that some big shot statist can make a boatload of money shortselling it. I’ll see if I can find it somewhere.

[iowamark]

Ackman accused Herbalife more than a year ago of running a pyramid scheme in which salespeople make more money recruiting new sales agents than selling products. Only those at the top of the company make money, while more than 90% of distributors earn nothing or even lose money, Ackman said.

Pretty much true of every MLM company.

[drunknsage]

Were they selling stevia?

[Balding_Eagle]

Herbalifes big, big mistake was advertising on Rush and (I think) Hannity.

This is targeted payback, and a message to other companies.

It’s none of the other stuff people are speculating on.

[ninonitti]

http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2014/03/17/gop-challenger-files-senate-ethics-complaint-against-markey-over-herbalife-probe/BAUv77y1PA888A1GtJDFQP/story.html

Ackerman’s press flack happens to have also worked for Markey

[yldstrk]

It’s about damn time

[ModelBreaker]

they must have polled HL distributors and found out they are disproportionately conservative.

[goldstategop]

MLMs are different from Ponzi scams in that they do offer real products/services for sale. Its not really a viable business model though because you have to recruit a lot of people beneath you to make any money and 99% percent of MLMers never make any money.

For most people, direct sales is a far better fit for them.

[struggle]

Thanks Bill Ackman, for ruining the livelihood of thousands of people just because you’ve been unsuccessfully trying to short their stock for years.

[stylin19a]

Herbalife can't stay off somebody’s radar. they've been taking hits since Christ was a corporal.

[GAFreedom]

GOOD. I have no patience for Herbalife. These medical woo-meisters market crap that's totally ineffective and not proven to do squat. Worse, they're a multi-level marketing scheme, just like Amway. I hope they get driven out of business. I can't stand scammers.