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Dr. Oz put raspberry ketone in high demand.   It is considered the magical weight losing pill. 
Luckily, Viviona offers private label service on raspberry ketone.  You can market with your own brand.  We offer pills and bottle for your choices.  Kosher certified.

Raspberry ketone is a natural phenolic compound that is the primary aroma compound of red raspberries. It is used in perfumery, in cosmetics, and as a food additive to impart a fruity odor. It is one of the most expensive natural flavor components used in the food industry. The natural compound can cost as much as $20,000 per kg. In 1965, the Food and Drug Administration placed raspberry ketone on generally recognized as safe (GRAS) status.

In plants, raspberry ketone is synthesized from coumaroyl-CoA. Extraction of pure raspberry ketone is usually 1-4 mg per kg of raspberries.

Since the natural abundance of raspberry ketone is very low, it is prepared industrially by a variety of methods from chemical intermediates. It will increase the yield to 99%.

When given to mice in very high doses (up to 2% of food intake), raspberry ketone has been shown to prevent high-fat-diet-induced elevations in body weight. However, no effects on body weight were observed with doses up to 200 times greater than the estimated intake in humans. The high dose effect is reported to stem from the alteration of lipid metabolism, increasing norepinephrine-induced lipolysis. Although products containing this compound are marketed for weight loss, there is no clinical evidence for this effect in humans.


 
 
Taobao.com, part of the Alibaba Group, is the largest online C2C/B2C e-commerce platform in China. Taobao recently released its 2011 annual consumer data report that summarizes its user behavior and their transaction activities.

In 2011 the number of daily unique visitors on Taobao reached 120 million – an increase of 120% from 2010. According to the report, 2,358 pieces of clothing are sold every minute on Taobao – the total length of all clothing sold is equivalent to a roundtrip from the earth to the moon. Other items sold on Taobao in 2011 include home electronics (310 million), personal accessories (130 million) and toys (83.64 million).

Interestingly, Taobao users are gradually adopting new technologies to purchase goods. In 2011 the number of mobile transactions increased six times year-over-year reaching 10.8 billion yuan, with average daily transactions of 200 million yuan.

Marketers in particular should keep an eye on the growing number of branded Taobao Tian Mao (formerly called Tmall) stores that have emerged. Companies across a wide-range of industries are turning to Taobao to serve Chinese consumers rather than investing in their own independent online stores. See a few examples below:

  • Cosmetics & Beauty: L’Oreal, Olay
  • Clothing & Accessories: Gap, Ray-Ban
  • Consumer Electronics: Samsung, Microsoft, Toshiba, Philips, HP, Motorola, Dell
  • Automotive: Chevrolet
 
 
Most scholars agree that wealth inequality in the United States is at historic highs, with some estimates suggesting that the top 1% of Americans hold nearly 50% of the wealth, topping even the levels seen just before the Great Depression in the 1920’s (Davies, Sandstrom, Shorrocks, & Wolff, 2009; Keister, 2000; Wolff, 2002).  The Actual is even worse than estimates.  

Then the 1% who holds 50% of the wealth should pay 50% of the wealth. but reality is...

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/09/19/weekinreview/19marsh.html
 




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