I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
The Muskegon Chronicle reports that Amway may be shut down and expelled from the United Kingdom as a result of a lawsuit filed by the government against the company and two of its distributors. That lawsuit was completed on Dec. 8 and a ruling is expected in the next few weeks.
Charges in the UK lawsuit include allegations that the company misrepresents the true financial rewards of being a distributor, that the Amway business focuses primarily on profiting from what they call Business Support Materials (mostly motivational tapes, books and pamphlets) and that they misrepresent their products as cheaper than their competitors’ when they are actually more expensive.
While Amway only does a small percentage of its business in the UK, this would be a serious blow to the company’s international image. It could also lead to a domino effect, as there are other nations, including China and India, that have similar on-going investigations.
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