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Embattled Herbalife Has Another Healthy Quarter

The nutrition and weight loss supplement company is at the center of a massive fight between several very rich investors. But Herbalife continues to churn out great results.

Icahn Buys Big Stake in Herbalife, Heats Up Feud With Ackman

A clash between Wall Street titans is flaring again Friday after Carl Icahn grabbed a 13 percent stake in Herbalife, a supplement company that Pershing Square Capital Management's William Ackman shorted heavily and publicly, calling it a massive pyramid scheme.

Mitt Romney's Money Man: Who Is Frank VanderSloot?

We've profiled two wealthy benefactors behind GOP candidates for president: Sheldon Adelson, who bankrolls Newt Gingrich's super PAC, and Foster Friess, whose millions support Rick Santorum. Now we turn our focus to Frank L. VanderSloot, the billionaire backing Mitt Romney.

'Narc That Car' could translate into 'lose your money,' BBB warns

In a frenzy over Ponzi

Average consumer is vulnerable to Ponzi schemes

How to spot a Ponzi scheme

Consumers conned out of millions with affinity fraud

Multi-level marketing plans systematically flawed

YourTravelBiz (YTB) sued by Attorney General for being "gigantic pyramid scheme"

MLMs: Almost a sure way to lose money

Dead ants and other buggy business schemes infest China

How MLMS stay 'legal'

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