MSN Money ( Sept 20, 2006 ) AMS Health Sciences, Inc AMM announced today the settlement of Randal Potter et al v. Advantage Marketing Systems, Inc., the final lawsuit pending against the Company involving its products containing ephedra. In Potter, the plaintiff alleged that the ingestion of ephedra included in the Company's AM-300 product resulted in the death of Pamela Sue Potter. The exact settlement terms are confidential.

CCBN (Wed Oct 18 5:10pm) Avon Products Inc. Earnings Conference Call (Q3 2006)Scheduled to start Fri, Oct 27, 2006, 9:00 am Eastern

NEW YORK, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Avon Products Inc. (AVP.N: Quote, Profile, Research), the world's largest direct seller of cosmetics, said on Tuesday its decision to outsource some services and terminate certain employees will result in a charge ranging between $5 million and $6 million.

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Avon Products Inc. (AVP : Avon Products Inc. News , chart, profile, more Last: 29.36-0.55-1.84% 4:15am 10/16/2006 Delayed quote dataAdd to portfolio Analyst Create alertInsider Discuss Financials Sponsored by: AVP29.36, -0.55, -1.8%) was downgraded to peer perform from outperform at Bear Stearns, due primarily to valuation. The beauty products maker's stock closed Wednesday at $31.03, achieving Analyst Justin Hott's $31 target. The stock was last down 1.1% at $30.68. "We recommend reducing exposure now, as Avon approaches previous 2006 highs," Hott said. "We think Avon is trading at a reasonable price for an early stage restructure, pricing in a balance between negative and positive scenarios."

Fortune-Thursday October 12, 11:34 am ET Thursday Barnes inherited a mish-mash of companies when she became CEO last year. So she began selling noncore businesses like Hanes apparel to focus on food. The divested units made up 40% of Sara Lee's revenues, which were $19.3 billion when Barnes took over and are expected to shrink to about $11.6 billion this year. The stock is still lagging, as Barnes has been forced to lower the company's long-term targets.

Tallahassee.com - 14 Oct 2006 By Jerry Osteryoung. Q: I'm interested in becoming part of a multi-level marketing company. I've been doing a lot of research on multi-level marketing because I've never done it before.

EDGAR Online (Thu, Oct 5) On October 2, 2006, the Company executed Amendment No. 1 (the "Amendment") to its Credit Agreement dated as of June 2, 2005. The Amendment (i) reduces the amount available for borrowing under the Credit Agreement from $150 million to $75 million, (ii) changes the initial termination date from June 2, 2010 to June 1, 2009, (iii) increases the rates of interest applicable to loans under the Credit Agreement and (iv) modifies some of the covenants.

The Associated Press - Friday October 20, 2006 Business Events for the Coming Week-Business Events Scheduled for the Coming Week. Major business events and economic events scheduled for the coming week (some dates are tentative):

Port St. Lucie, FL, October 12, 2006 --(PR.COM)-- Doing business on the Internet is touted to be simple, inexpensive, and a great way to make a living. Needless to say, not every company who promises easy wealth using their "program" or "system" is willing or able to deliver on their so-called guarantees. So where do people looking for an online business turn? The answer may be to stop looking at MLM and other programs, and start thinking more traditionally: buy items at wholesale prices, mark them up, and make a profit.

Fortune ( Oct 9th 2006) We're in the middle of a turnaround. We've eliminated 10 percent of our workforce, cut almost 30 percent of our management, and reduced 15 layers to eight. This brings us closer to the market. It also helps us cut costs by almost $200 million annually. Now I have to decide, how do we invest those savings?