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MLMRankings.com has just posted the latest monthly update on top gainers as far as popularity among MLM and Home Based Business Opportunities. MLMRankings updates the list every month. Here at OpTree, we haven’t updated you in a while, so here is the current lists of both top gainers in the industry.

Current list of top gainers-

Tahitian Noni International - 28.22% Gain
Discovery Toys - 25.93% Gain
Jafra Cosmetics International - 25.61% Gain
Zija International - 22.78% Gain
BEAUTICONTROL - 21.83% Gain
Oxyfresh Worldwide - 21.02% Gain
XanGo (OpTree Profile) - 20.60% Gain
Shaperite Concepts - 20.00% Gain
Elysee Cosmetics - 20.00% Gain
Natural Air Products - 20.00% Gain

MLMRankings also provides list of Top MLM companies and has tools to compare companies against each other. While the site doesn’t give any specific info on each company, it could be a useful tool in determining the popularity of a company you might be interested in.

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Zacks Investment Research recently ran an article by Tracey Ryniec which gave some insight into Tupperware’s presentation at the Bear Stearns conference held this past March.

With an independent sales force of two million, the Company has has expanded to 100 countries selling eight brands including Tupperware, Avroy Shlain, Beauticontrol, Fuller, Naturecare, Nutrimetics, Nuvo, and Swissgarde.

Tupperware produces storage and serving solutions for the kitchen and home. The other brands focus on beauty and personal care products, including cosmetics and skin care products.

In the last few years, the company has expanded beyond its famous Tupperware brand to add more worldwide beauty lines to its stable of brands. For instance, Swissgarde is a beauty products line sold exclusively in Africa.

At a Bear Stearns Conference in New York in early March, the company said it was focusing on the emerging markets and growing the beauty products segment. Currently, 40% of the company’s profit comes from the emerging markets. TUP’s goal is to expand it to more than 50%.

For 2008, Tupperware expects sales to rise between 4% and 6% in Europe and Asia Pacific, and 5% to 7% in North America. Worldwide, the company projects the Tupperware division to grow 4% to 6%, compared to 14% in 2007, while the beauty products division is expected to increase sales 7% to 10%, compared to 12% in 2007.

Despite the sales growth guidance given by the company, brokerage analysts still expect earnings per share growth to be strong for the company in 2008. Analysts estimate earnings growth of 17% in 2008.

Tupperware beat on fourth-quarter earnings estimates by 14.81% and has surprised each of the last four quarters on average of 33.39%.

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The WHO Foundation (Women Helping Others) recently awarded $208,250 to 11 not-for-profit organizations dedicated to serving the needs of women and children. The following organizations were this year’s deserving recipients. The smallest, most innocent in our society deserve protection and the best of care, which is why Angels Foster Family Network needs more foster families for their innovative parenting program. Their Infants in Crisis Project recruits, trains and provides support for new foster families to help care for the more than 7,000 children in San Diego County, CA. The WHO Foundation awarded $5,000 to enable Angels to meet its goal of making 50 new infant placements in stable, nurturing homes.

Early detection is critical when diagnosing breast cancer and yet many female low-wage earners are not able to afford preventative health screenings. With a recently awarded $30,500 WHO grant, Creating Healthy Lives, Inc., an organization that currently screens for many high-risk health problems, will be able to expand their screening service to offer free mammography screenings and clinical breast exams. These screenings will be available to 150 at-risk, underserved or low-income women during breast cancer awareness months (October, November and December) each year, along with follow-up care, education and evaluation. With this new program, Creating Healthy Lives, Inc. will help create a better quality of life for the community of Indian Wells Valley, CA.

About WHO
The WHO Foundation (Women Helping Others) established in 1993 is committed to encouraging women everywhere to help others through community service; supporting organizations dedicated to the needs of women and children in crisis; and, informing people about health and education issues. Since its inception, the WHO Foundation has granted more than $2 million to other non-profit organizations supporting such issues as teen pregnancy, rape, education, homelessness, drug and alcohol abuse, and domestic violence.

Many of BeautiControl’s 100,000 Independent Consultants throughout the United States and Puerto Rico volunteer their time leading fund-raising activities to benefit local groups and the WHO Foundation. Each year, the WHO Foundation Awards recognizes BeautiControl Consultants who have demonstrated outstanding volunteerism in their communities. Winners of the WHO Foundation Community Service Awards each receive a check from the WHO Foundation made payable to the charity for which they volunteer. Each year, the foundation also selects several national grant recipients.

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