NYSE:HLF will release its second quarter 2009 financial resultsafter the close of trading on

(NYSE:HLF) will release its second quarter 2009 financial resultsafter the close of trading on the NYSE on Monday, August 3, 2009 The followingday, Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at 8 a.m PDT (11 a.m. EDT), Herbalife`s seniormanagement team will host an investor conference call to discuss its recentfinancial results and provide an update on current business trends. The dial-in number for this conference call for domestic callers is (866)219-5268 and (703) 639-1120 for international callers. Live audio of theconference call will be simultaneously webcast in the investor relations sectionof the company`s Web site at An audio replay will be available following the completion of the conferencecall in MP3 format or by dialing (866) 837-8032 (domestic callers) and (703)925-2474 (international callers) and entering access code 336024. The webcast ofthe teleconference will be archived and available on Herbalife`s Web site About Herbalife Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) is a global network marketing company that sellsweight-management, nutrition, and personal care products intended to support ahealthy lifestyle. Herbalife products are sold in 70 countries through a networkof over 1.9 million independent distributors.

The company supports the HerbalifeFamily Foundation and its Casa Herbalife program to help bring good nutrition tochildren. Herbalife`s Web site contains a significant amount of informationabout Herbalife, including financial and other information for investors at The company encourages investors to visit its Web sitefrom time to time, as information is updated and new information is posted. Herbalife Ltd.Media Contact:George FischerVP, Worldwide Corp. Comm.213-745-0519orInvestor RelationsRichard GoudisChief Financial Officer213-745-0443 Copyright Business Wire 2009.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – People who travel have nearly triple the normal risk of developing a dangerous blood clot, with a measurable increase for every two hours spent sitting in a car or wedged into an airline seat, researchers reported on Monday. LifestyleThey said the risk is serious enough to merit research into better ways to keep travelers healthy, although not severe enough to justify giving airline passengers anti-clotting drugs.Dr. They noted that some studies have shown no risk of blood clots but said the way those studies were done could be questioned.”The findings of this report suggest that, at least among generally healthy individuals, even a three-fold increase in relative risk is unlikely to produce a sufficiently high absolute risk to justify higher-risk interventions, such as oral anticoagulation during travel,” they wrote.But ensuring that people drink extra fluids and get up and move every two hours or so is worthwhile, they said.”Worldwide, 2.5 billion passengers will travel by air alone in 2010, which underscores the large global population at risk for this serious condition,” they wrote.(Editing by Jackie Frank) Lifestyle. By Patrick Rucker Regulatory News  |  Bonds WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) – The U.S.

TreasuryDepartment is warning the financial services industry that itwill not back down from its proposal to create a new consumerprotection agency, even while lobbyists build a warchest andstrategy to defeat the plan The new agency, part of a wider revamp of U.S. financialrules proposed by the Obama administration, would have thepower to regulate products like mortgages and credit cards inwhat advocates have likened to a safety commission forfinancial products. The proposal, detailed in a 152-page draft bill sent toCongress last week, has drawn fire from financial servicecompanies, but it has also galvanized consumer groups, settingthe stage for a tough legislative battle. On Thursday, a senior Treasury Department official toldmembers of the American Bankers Association that PresidentBarack Obama is committed to the Consumer Finance ProtectionAgency and will fight for its passage through Congress. Michael Barr, Treasury assistant secretary for financialinstitutions, told ABA members the current regulatory system”has failed to protect the American people and needs to befixed in a fundamental way,” said one person who heard thecall. Officials hope that a new system of regulation willdiscourage the kind of high-risk lending that spurred arunaway housing market for five years and ended in the currentbust of record foreclosures. Mortgages with low early payments were popular in once-hothousing markets, but many home buyers could not shoulder thehidden costs of those loans.

“Our society has a system to protect us from explodingtoasters, but not exploding interest rates,” said BrianKettenring of Acorn, a national community organization. Barr plans to lead regular meetings with industry andcommunity leaders to explain how the Consumer FinancialProtection Agency would work, a Treasury spokesman said. ‘HARRY AND LOUISE’ REDUX? Last week, the administration sent Congress a 152-pagedraft bill that would consolidate in a single agency financialconsumer protection powers now spread among a number ofregulators Rep. Barney Frank, chairman of the House ofRepresentatives Financial Services Committee, has said that heexpects a bill to clear his panel before Congress takes itssummer recess starting Aug 3. Meanwhile, a coalition of financial trade groups isbrainstorming on how to sink the agency, which they argue willcreate new costs and red tape while doing little to helpconsumers “The consumer is our customer. We don’t take a backseat toanyone who is interested in protecting the consumer,” saidBill Himpler, executive vice president of the AmericanFinancial Services Association.